Delta Industrial Automation

DVP12-SE PLC can be configured to exchange data between other PLCs via Ethernet(modbus TCP/IP) by using DCISoft  Software. DCISoft  Software is an integrated configuration tool of Delta network modules for WINDOWS operation system. Below is how to configure DVP12-SE for Data Exchange with other PLCs.

Ethernet function of DVP12-SE PLC

Follow the steps below to configure DVP12-SE for Data Exchange.

1. Communication Setting: Start DCISoft in your PC, and click Communication Setting on the Tools menu.

When the DCISoft opens as shown above,Click the communication settings icon on the tool menu as shown below. Set the communication type and the communication parameter that you prefer to use on your PC for connecting the DCISoft with the DVP12-SE PLC .

2. Auto Search

After setting the communication type and communication parameter, then push the “Auto Search” button to search  for the DVP12-SE in the DCISoft for configuration.

3. Setup Overview : after the step above, the interface below will appear. Double-click on the DVP12-SE module icon contained in the interface  below to enter the setup overview page.

4. Overview

After the step above, the interface below will appear which contains several tabs in the tool bar. The first tab is the overview tab, this tab shows the current basic status of the DVP12-SE PLC module. I will further talk about the Basic and the Data Exchange tabs used for the configuration of the DVP12-SE PLC.

5. Basic settings 

Push the basic tab, the interface below for setting the network parameter will appear.

5.1 Module name:  There can be many DVP12-SE on the network. Thus, you can set up a module name for each module to identify the module when you need to use them.

5.2 Network setup: In the IP configuration field, you can Enable DHCP (DHCP: is Automatically updated by the server. There has to be a server in the LAN) or static IP. (Static IP: Is Preset or manually modified by the user).  if you choose Static IP, manually modified  the; IP address, Subnet mask (Netmask ) and the Gateway IP.

6. Data Exchange 

Click the data exchange tab, the interface below will appear. The Data Exchange is used for configuring exchange of data between PLC via network. A Delta Ethernet master can read/write data from/into a slave.

If a device which is not a Delta PLC is connected, users can use the  hexadecimal four-digit MODBUS address of the device for data exchange.

6.1. Enable  data Exchange:
Users can enable or disable a data exchange. After a data exchange is enabled, the data will
be exchanged

6.2 .Enable Condition:
In the enable condition field,you can select Always Enable,Program Control or PLC Run. If Always Enable is selected,DVP12-SE will execute data exchange continuously until the setting in DCISoft is changed.
If Program Control is selected, DVP12-SE will execute data exchange according to the
program setting. If PLC Run is selected, DVP12-SE will execute data exchange when the DVP12-SE Run Mode switch is activated

6.3. Slave ID, IP Address and Enable (Station Address-IP Address:)
You have to type in the IP address of the slaves. for example, If the IP address of a slave is 192.168.0.1, and the station number of the slave is 1, you can type 1 in the first Slave ID cell, select the box in the first Enable cell, and type  in the first IP Address cell. You have to enable and include the IP addresses of the other  PLC that will be  slaves

6.4. Master Device, Slave Device, and Quantity:

below is a brief information about the function of Master Device, Slave Device, and Quantity in data exchange dialog box of DCISoft.

In the Master Device, Slave Device cell,  if the the slaves device is a Delta PLC, enter the starting D register that you will use for data exchange.

If the slave is a third party device(not a delta PLC), enter the an hexadecimal four-digit MODBUS address that the device will use for data exchange. see below the meaning of the arrow signs in the master device and slave device column of  data exchange page in DCISoft.

Reading (←): Initial reception register in a master← Initial transmission register in a slave

Writing (→): Initial transmission register in a master→ Initial reception register in a slave

6.5. Quantity: A slave station can send 100 pieces of data at most and receive 100 pieces of data at most  Simultaneously

See explanation below on how the Quantity  field of data exchange works.

From the figure above, with the quantity specified as 100, see explanation below what the specified D registers does.

writing data from the slave side and receiving data at the master side (← )

Looking at the first row of the Master Device and Slave Device column as contained in the figure above, The master will use D register ; D0, D1……….up to D99 (that is possible 100 pieces of different data base on the “100” Quantity Specified in DCISoft) to receive the data written by  D99, D100…..up to D199 of the slave  simultaneously. (that is possible 100 pieces of different data base on the “100 ” Quantity Specified in DCISoft)

writing data from the master side and receiving data at the slave side (→)

Looking at the second row of the  Master Device and Slave Device column as contained in the figure above, The master can write data to the slave D register using D200, D201……up to D300 and the slave can read this data using D300, D301…D400.

From the configuration above, I can send and receive up to 100 pieces of different data by enabling data exchange and specifying a quantity of 100.

7. Reconstruction

To save your configuration to your PC desktop or USB stick, push the new button as show above and save the DCISoft file

Example

Look at the video below to see how I send and receive data between two DVP12-SE using the configuration that I explained earlier above, I use one DVP12-SE PLC as a master and the other DVP12-SE PLC as a slave for data exchange.