Device-defined data types

The serial device has two communication ports named
Channel 0
and
Channel 1
. Each channel can be used as one of these serial protocols:
  • Generic ASCII
  • Modbus Master
  • Modbus Slave
The table displays the data types for the device according the the
Channel
selection in the
Device definition
dialog box.
Channel
Input Data Type
Output Data Type
Generic ASCII
AB:5000_ASCII:I:1
AB:5000_ASCII:O:0
Modbus Master
AB:5000_ModbusMaster_Status_<XXXXXXXX>:I:1
AB:5000_ModbusMaster_<XXXXXXXX>:I:1
AB:5000_ModbusMaster_Run_<XXXXXXXX>:O:1
AB:5000_ModbusMaster_<XXXXXXXX>:O:0
Modbus Slave
AB:5000_ModbusSlave:I:1
AB:5000_ModbusSlave:O:1
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