Protocol Manager Configuration

Overview

The controller uses a protocol manager to manage the device network:

Controllers/Protocol Managers	Industrial Ethernet Manager	Ethernet/IP Scanner	Modbus TCP IO Scanner	Sercos Master
M241	✓	–	–	–
M251	✓	–	–	–
M262	–	✓	✓	✓⁽¹⁾
(1) On Ethernet_1 on TM262M•

Protocol Manager Settings for M241/M251 Controllers

To configure the protocol manager, proceed as follows:

Step	Action
1	In the Devices tree, double-click Industrial_Ethernet_Manager. NOTE: The Network Settings are automatically generated in accordance with the Industrial Ethernet port network settings.
2	Select the Preferred protocol Modbus TCP. Your selection becomes the device protocol set by default for each device declaration.

Step

Action

In the Devices tree, double-click Industrial_Ethernet_Manager.

NOTE: The Network Settings are automatically generated in accordance with the Industrial Ethernet port network settings.

Select the Preferred protocol Modbus TCP.

Your selection becomes the device protocol set by default for each device declaration.

NOTE: When the Modbus TCP IOScanner is configured, the post configuration file for the Industrial Ethernet network is ignored.

Protocol Manager Settings for M262 Controllers

To see the configuration of the protocol manager, in the Devices tree, double-click Modbus_TCP_IO_Scanner.

NOTE: The settings are automatically generated in accordance with the Industrial Ethernet port network settings.