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Components of WAGO-I/O-PRO 32
General Online Functions
be established to the selected gateway address — possibly because it has not
been started or the address is incorrect — the phrase 'not connected' appears in
brackets after the address and a message 'No gateway with these settings could
be found' appears. In this connection, see for further information under 'Quick
check in the event of unsuccessful connection attempt to gateway'.
Once the desired channel is set up, close the dialog using OK. The settings are
saved with the project.
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Setting up a new channel for the local gateway server
You can set up new channels for the currently connected gateway server,
which are then available for establishing further connection from the server, a
connection to a controller for example. The options that you have in this
regard depend on the particular choice of the number of device drivers
installed on your computer.
Press the New button. The dialog 'Communication Parameters: New Channel'
comes up:
x Example dialog, installing a new channel
The input field Name automatically contains the name used for the last
inputted channel. If no channel has yet been defined, the current gateway
name will be offered, followed by an underline character , e.g. 'localhost_'.
You can edit the channel name at this point. The channel name is purely
informative, it does not have to be a unique name but it is recommended to use
one.
The device drivers available on the gateway computer are listed in the table
under Device. In the Name column, select by mouse click one of the available
drivers; the corresponding comment, if any, appears in the Info column.
If you close the '...New Channel' dialog with OK, the newly defined channel
appears in the 'Communication Parameters' dialog as a new entry in Channels
at the lowest position under the minus sign. So far, it is only stored locally in
the project (see above). At this point you can edit the Value column (see tips
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