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Digital Input Address: Enter the address of internal IODB database for Digital Input I/O control. Valid values for this
field are 1 through 65535 as defined for specified I/O type.
Digital Input Counter Address: Enter the address of internal IODB database for Digital Input Counter. The valid values
for this field are 1 through a value of defined register allocation configured for Analog Input I/O type. The address
ranges are displayed on I/O Transfer screen under ‘Display of Modbus Default Slave Addresses’ based on configured
local register allocation for specified I/O type.
Note: This address cannot be the same address as Analog Input Address. Take care to select a unique address to be
used in Analog Input IODB for Digital Input Corner.
Digital Output Address: Enter the address of internal IODB database for Digital Output I/O control. Valid values for this
field are 1 through 65535 as defined for specified I/O type.
Analog Input Address: Enter the address of internal IODB database for Analog Input I/O control. Valid values for this
field are 1 through value defined registers configured for specified I/O type. The address ranges are displayed on I/O
Transfer screen under 'Display Of Modbus Default Slave Addresses' based on configured local register allocation for
specified I/O type.
Update Interval (ms) (Required): Enter update interval, in milliseconds, for updating the internal IODB database with
value of supported IO/CTRL. The recommended value for this field is 500ms or higher.
Enable Auto update?: Select Yes to enable automatic updating of the I/O ports value. Manual updating is disable
while auto update is in effect. The recommended setting for this field is Yes.
Select update interval: Select the update interval to be used when auto update is enabled from one of the choices in
the drop-down list provided. Choices (in seconds) include: 3, 5, 10 or 15.
Be advised that when connected via Cellular interface, the data collected will count towards your total data plan
usage.
Click on the “Save” button to save the Forwarding configuration in the modbus.xml file. The “Apply” button will save your
settings and apply them immediately. To revert to the previous defaults, click on the “Revert” button.
3.6.6.2 Test I/O
Test I/O is used to verify the functionality of I/O states in gateways, RTUs and I/O modules.
The Test I/O interface has been kept simple to make managing the test I/O process easier and keep the screen less
cluttered and easier to look at and quickly locate your test values.
Scan Rate: This is the time in which the screen will automatically refresh values from the internal I/ODB.
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