Chapter 2 Writing Programs
2.4.4
Basic Configuration
After users click
Basic Configuration
on the
Tool
menu, they can click
PC <=> TP Communication Setting
,
TP <=> PLC Protocol
, or
TP Other Setting
in the
Basic Configuration
window.
PC <=> TP Communication Setting
Before users dow
nload the program in TPEditor to a text panel, or upload the program in a text panel to their
personal computer, they have to click
PC <=> TP Communication Setting
in the
Basic Configuration
window. The users have to use a USB cable to connect the text panel to the personal computer. The
communication ports on the personal computer are displayed in TPEditor. After the users select the
communication port which is connected to the text panel, they can download the program in TPEditor to the text
panel, or upload the program in the text panel to the personal computer.
TP <=> PLC Protocol
After users click TP <=> PLC Protocol in the Basic Configuration window, they can set a communication
protocol between a text panel and an external device. The text panel can be connected to the external device
only if the communication protocol of the text panel and the communication of the external device are the same.
In the example in this chapter, the communication protocol between the VFD-M series AC motor drive used and
TP70P is “9600, 7, E, 1”.
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