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What’s New in v334
Firmwareversion334(v334)fortheION880 0meteroffersModbusMasterover
TCP/IP.ThisallowstheION8800toread orrecorddatafromModbusslavedevices
usinguptotenavailableTCPsockets.TheModbusMasteroverTCP/IPutilizes
onespecific,dedicatedcommunicationsconnectionthatisindependentofthe
existingavailable
maximum4simultaneousEthernetconnections.
To support the new features in v334, download the latest version of ION Setup from
www.global.powerlogic.com.
ModbusMasteroverTCP/IPmustbeconfiguredthroughIONSetuporION
Enterprisesoftware.SeetheION8800UserGuideforins truct ions.
Asamaster,theION8800canaggregatedatafrommultipleslavedevicesandthen
passittoIONsoftwareforanalysis.ModbusMasteralsogivesyoucontrolof
deviceson
aModbusnetworkwiththemeter’swritecapability.
Thereare twocommunicationlinkstoconsiderwhenyouModbusMasterwiththe
ION8800:thelinkbetween theIONsoftwareandtheION8800,andthelink
betweentheION8800andtheModbusnetwork.
4 simultaneous connections.
Protocols include ION, DNP,
Modbus, etc.
SMTP Server (email)
outgoing only
NEW
TCP/IP Modbus Mastering dedicated
TCP port. Connect with up to 10
Modbus slave IP addresses
Ethernet Connections for the ION8800