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Serial Port Profiles
Advanced Field Descriptions
Configure the following parameters:
Idle Timeout
Enable Modbus
Exceptions
Character Timeout
Message Timeout
Use this timer to close a connection because of inactivity. When the Idle
Timeout
expires, the IOLAN will end the connection.
Range: 0-4294967 seconds (about 49 days)
Default: 0 (zero), which does not timeout, so the connection is permanently
open.
Click this button to launch the Destination Slave IP Settings window, where
you can configure the TCP/Ethernet Modbus Slaves that the Modbus Master on
the Serial Port will communicate with.
Used in conjunction with the Modbus RTU protocol, specifies how long to
wait, in milliseconds, after a character to determine the end of frame.
Range: 10-10000
Default: 30 ms
Time to wait, in milliseconds, for a response message from a Modbus TCP or
serial slave (depending if the Modbus Gateway is a Master Gateway or Slave
Gateway, respectively) before sending a Modbus exception.
Range: 10-10000
Default: 1000 ms