Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R Series User Manual page 129

■Connections: Scanner (Class3 tag communications)
Item
Connection Name
Connection No.
Port
Link Address
Communication Method
Service
Data Type
Tag Name
Tag Name Size
Size
Comment
Trigger Type
RPI
Timeout Multiplier
*1 Round up to one decimal point.
Description
Displays the connection name.
Set the connection number.
The default value is the minimum value from the unused connection numbers
in the connection list.
Set the port.
• Not Used: No port is used.
• Backplane: Communication is performed to the link address.
Set the link address.
This item can be set only when "Port" is set to "Backplane".
Displays the communication method.
Set the service type.
Set the data type for the tag.
• INT: Signed 16-bit data
• DINT: Signed 32-bit data
Set the tag name.
The connection number with the minimum digit is set as a default value.
Displays the number of characters in the string displayed in "Tag Name".
(Unit: Characters)
Set the size (the number of elements for INT/DINT type data).
The size setting range depends on the setting of "Service", "Data Type", and
"Tag Name Size".
• For INT: 1 to 248 (Read), 1 to 246 - ("Tag Name Size"2)
• For DINT: 1 to 124 (Read), 1 to 123 - ("Tag Name Size"4)
Set comments to the connection if required.
Set the trigger type to be used in combination with "RPI" to control the timing
of data sending.
• Cyclic: Class3 messages are sent periodically according to "RPI".
• Application Trigger: Class3 messages are sent according to the request
from the client (own station).
Set the request packet interval (RPI). (Unit: 500s)
Set the timeout multiplier.
Setting range

001 to 256
(Default: Refer to the left.)
• Not Used
• Backplane
(Default: Not Used)
0 to 255
(Default: 0)

• Read
• Write
(Default: Read)
• INT
• DINT
(Default: INT)
Up to 255 characters
(Default: Tag001)

1 to 248
(Default: 1)
*1
(Write)
*1
(Write)
Up to 32 characters (one-byte or two-
byte)
(Default: empty)
• Cyclic
• Application Trigger
(Default: Cyclic)
200000 to 60000000
(Default: 200000)
• 4
• 8
• 16
• 32
• 64
• 128
• 256
• 512
(Default: 4)
8 PARAMETER SETTINGS
8.2 EtherNet/IP Parameter Settings
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