Manual Documentation Number: MES1A/MES1B-2106m PN7138-rev001
B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 – www.bb-elec.com
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CHAPTER 4: CONFIGURING THE MES1A/B.................................................. 19
NAVIGATING THE CONFIGURATION MENU .............................................................. 20
1) NETWORK/IP SETTINGS....................................................................................... 22
IP Address........................................................................................................... 22
Default Gateway ................................................................................................. 23
Netmask............................................................................................................... 24
Telnet Configuration Password .......................................................................... 24
2) SERIAL AND MODE SETTINGS.............................................................................. 24
Protocol .............................................................................................................. 25
Serial Interface.................................................................................................... 26
3) MODEM/CONFIGURABLE PIN SETTINGS............................................................... 27
4) ADVANCED MODBUS PROTOCOL SETTINGS ........................................................ 28
Slave Address / Unit ID Source........................................................................... 29
Allow Modbus Broadcasts .................................................................................. 30
Use MB/TCP 00BH/00AH Exception Responses................................................ 30
Disable Modbus/TCP Pipeline............................................................................ 31
Character Timeout.............................................................................................. 31
Message Timeout ................................................................................................ 31
Serial TX Delay after RX .................................................................................... 32
Swap 4x/0H to Get 3x/1x..................................................................................... 32
5) UNIT ID TO IP ADDRESS LOOKUP TABLE SETTINGS............................................ 32
Close Idle TCP Sockets After.............................................................................. 32
Redundant Entry Retries After............................................................................ 33
Add, Delete, Exit - Select Function.................................................................... 33
Modbus Address From/To................................................................................... 33
Slave IP Address................................................................................................. 34
CHAPTER 5: USING OTHER DEVICE INSTALLER FEATURES................ 35
MANAGING DEVICE LISTS ....................................................................................... 35
Creating a New Device List................................................................................ 35
Saving Device Lists............................................................................................. 36
Opening Device Lists.......................................................................................... 36
Device List Display Options ............................................................................... 36
Adding a Device Manually.................................................................................. 37
ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS (USING DEVICE INSTALLER)......................................... 38
Using Device Installer to Assign an IP Address................................................. 38
USING THE DEVICES DETAILS TAB.......................................................................... 39
UPGRADING FIRMWARE........................................................................................... 40
INSTALLING PRE-SAVED CONFIGURATION FILES..................................................... 41
Saving Setup Records.......................................................................................... 41
Installing Setup Records ..................................................................................... 42
LOGGING SEARCH AND UPGRADE DATA ................................................................. 43