Moxa ioLogik

This driver supports communication over Ip with Moxa ioLogik controllers, including the 1200 and 2200 series.

The driver is designed for Moxa AOPC active communication, it includes both master/slave data exchanges and unsolicited data reporting.

You can configure the Moxa iologik driver using the Smart Generator designed for it.

Network properties

This topic only includes a reference of objects' properties.

See the topic How to configure networks devices and frames for more information about how to configure communication objects.

General properties
Name The name of the network
Description The description of the network (optional)
Listening port The port number used to listen for unsolicited incoming connections from the ioLogik modules. Default 9900.
Activate at start-up If enabled, the network will start upon Equipment communication start-up

Advanced properties

 

Timeout

Use default value

Networking

Servers

The list of PcVue stations where the network will be active

Device properties

General properties
Name The name of the device
Description The description of the device (optional)
Equipment type Select the type of equipment that best suits the field device you want communicate with.
The list of frame types and address ranges depend on the equipment type.
Address The Ip address of the field device.
Some drivers also support configuration by host name.
Activate at start-up If enabled, the device will start upon network start-up

Advanced properties

 

Connection

Timeout

Maximum waiting time between a request and the reply from the equipment

Port number

The port number of the field device

Miscellaneous

Virtual

Reserved. Do not select.

Message delay Reserved. Leave default value 0.

Frame addressing

Depending on the equipment type you have selected when configuring the device, you have access to the following type of frames.

The Starting address and Quantity properties define the memory address range for each frame, how it is read from and written to, and how it is interpreted in PcVue.

Data types Access Max quantity Starting address Description

Bit

DIO

Read/Write

65535 0..65535

Digital I/O

Byte
AIO

Read/Write

65535 0..65535 Analog I/O
Word
AIO

Read/Write

32767 0..65535 Analog I/O
Real
AIO

Read/Write

16383 0..65535 Analog I/O
Double Word
AIO

Read/Write

16383 0..65535 Analog I/O

Driver status

The driver status provides driver-specific information to supplement the frame general status. For more information on status in general, refer to the topic General communication status.

Driver status

Description

0x8001

Watchdog error from device

0x8002

Equipment configuration not retrieved

SCADA Basic scripting

You can control communication with this driver in SCADA Basic scripts with the CIMWAY instruction.

See the topic Message exchange mechanisms in PcVue for more information about what to optimize and how you can send commands from scripts.