red lion SN-66 series Software Manual

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Revised 2017-08-31 Automation TabDrawing No. LP0997-CSixnet ® Series SN/RAM ® 6000 & RAM 9000 Software Manual - 173 -3.6 Automation TabThe Automation menu contains all aspects of managing your Modbus and DNP3 based I/O transfers or messages.This option is only supported in the RAM 6000 and the RAM 9000 series. The RAM 6000 or RAM 9000 acts as aMODBUS Master and as an I/O concentrator for MODBUS/DNP3 devices. I/O for these devices can be read orwritten using MODBUS/DNP3 I/O transfers with the RAM 6000 or RAM 9000 acting as a MODBUS/DNP3 master.I/O data is stored in a local I/O database.The RAM 6000 and RAM 9000 series will support:• I/O transfers using MODBUS/DNP3• Slave Station Status• Forwarding of MODBUS/DNP3 messages• Developing of third party applications using our SDK based on ELDK4.2 and the SIXNET IODB API.Additionally, the RAM 6000 and RAM 9000 series will act as a MODBUS slave. This allows MODBUS masters torequest or update I/O points in the I/O database.Modbus ConfigurationUser interfaces will be provided to configure I/O transfers, the MODBUS forwarding table and serial interfaces.MODBUS configuration data will be stored in an XML based file named modbus.xml. This file will contain thefollowing sections:• serials: xml section to define the parameters used for serial ports for both MODBUS and DNP3.• localStation: xml section to define the local station number and name for both MODBUS and DNP3.• remoteStations: defines remote stations and the I/O transfers associated with them.• regAllocation: defines the number of registers for each I/O type.• forwards: defines the list of remote stations to forward MODBUS requests.There are two (2) methods to configure these sections.• CLI: The command line interface for the cellular RTUs and routers provides a Cisco-style telnet commandline interface. It writes an XML configuration file, which is used to drive the backend daemons.• Web UI: This method is a WEB based interface which is the focus of this documentation.The user interfaces will have the ability to:• Configure/Display local station information such as station name and station number.• Configure/Display serial ports• Configure/Display remote stations• Configure/Display I/O transfers• Configure/Display MODBUS forward stations• Configure/Display MODBUS registers allocation