Omron Fins Serial
7 min
review the following information for setting up and configuring the omron fins serial driver overview the omron fins serial driver enables communication with omron plcs using the fins (factory interface network service) protocol over serial rs 232/rs 422/rs 485 connections this driver supports reading and writing data from various memory areas including cio, work area, holding area, auxiliary relay, counter, timer, data memory, and extended memory manufacturing connect edge compatible series compatibility parameter compatible items driver type serial validated devices/series omron cs/cj/cp/nj/nx series replaces gen 1 driver(s) n/a to set up and configure this device in manufacturing connect edge, you will need to do the following step 1 set up and configure the plc device step 2 set up the plc device in manufacturing connect edge devicehub step 3 configure the list of registers step 1 set up and configure the plc device configure the plc's serial communication port settings record the following parameters baud rate communication speed (default 9600) data bits number of data bits (default 7) stop bits number of stop bits (default 2) parity parity setting (default even) note the plc's node addresses source address the pc/manufacturing connect edge address (default 0) source node id the pc/manufacturing connect edge node id (default 0) destination address the plc network address (default 0) destination node id the plc node id (default 0) destination unit id the plc unit id (default 0) identify the serial port connection on your manufacturing connect edge device (for example, /dev/ttys0 or /dev/ttyusb0) step 2 set up the plc device in manufacturing connect edge devicehub configure the following parameters when you connect a device docid\ nm1lqfefya dsiffitity with this driver update default values to the specific setup of your device parameter value type omron driver omron fins serial communication port /dev/ttys0 (or your specific serial port) baud rate 9600 data bits 7 stop bits 2 parity even source address 0 source node id 0 destination address 0 destination node id 0 destination unit id 0 step 3 configure the list of registers when you add tags docid\ h5heqicxrcy3nch9kbg9i to the connected device, refer to the following register table and tag parameters refer to the following additional resources organize device and tag data by using metadata docid\ jouzsq77y8z4dt jdgct tag formula variables docid 4yhyz92z7ggpgswqp05tf register table name value types access types address format min address max address description cio int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w dddd 0 6143 channel i/o cio bit bit r/w dddddd 0 614315 channel i/o w int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddd 0 511 work area w bit bit r/w ddddd 0 51115 work area h int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddd 0 511 holding area h bit bit r/w ddddd 0 51115 holding area a int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddd 0 959 auxiliary relay a bit bit r/w ddddd 0 95915 auxiliary relay c flag, int, bcd, word r/w dddd 0 4095 counter t flag, int, bcd, word r/w dddd 0 4095 timer d int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 data memory d bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 data memory em0 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 0 em0 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 0 em1 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 1 em1 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 1 em2 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 2 em2 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 2 em3 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 3 em3 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 3 em4 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 4 em4 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 4 em5 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 5 em5 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 5 em6 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 6 em6 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 6 em7 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 7 em7 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 7 em8 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 8 em8 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 8 em9 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 9 em9 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 9 em10 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 10 em10 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 10 em11 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 11 em11 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 11 em12 int, dint, lint, bcd, dbcd, lbcd, real, lreal, word, dword, lword, string r/w ddddd 0 32767 extend memory bank 12 em12 bit bit r/w ddddddd 0 3276715 extend memory bank 12 tag parameters name select a register name from the drop down list the available options depend on the names in the register table value type select a data type from the drop down list the available options depend on the register name selected polling interval enter a value in milliseconds this determines how often the tag should poll the register for data tag name enter a name for the tag description (optional) enter a description for the tag address enter a tag address in decimal format, within the allowed min/max range omit leading zeros the lowercase letters in the address format indicate how many digits you should enter for the bit address for bit tags, append the bit address (0 15) without a separator to the word address example addresses cio100 channel i/o word 100 cio10005 channel i/o word 100, bit 5 d1000 data memory word 1000 w50 work area word 50 count enter the number of register values to read a count higher than 1 will generate an array of values from the address value configured and respective subsequent address values tag formula enter a formula for the tag to process the generated data two variables are permitted value (current tag value) and timestamp (current tag unix time in milliseconds) the following math functions are available sin cos sqrt tan power power( x ) performs the operation 10^x log log ( x ) is the natural logarithm (the logarithm is in base e ) exp exp ( x ) performs the operation e^x only publish on change of value select the checkbox to customize nats messages to be published only when the value parameter changes to a new one change of value only applies to boolean, numeric (such as int or float), and simple string data types it does not apply to complex types, such as json or array poll once topics will not be affected by change of value settings these topics will still only see a single message meta data metadata summarizes basic information about data this feature allows you to define key value pair data for the device output payload later on it can then be used to find, use, and reuse particular instances of data note if you use special characters in meta data key names, the special characters are replaced with underscore characters in the payload this can cause two key names to be combined into one for example, configuring the key names a b and a&\&b will cause only one key name to be created (a b)