Connect PLC and I/O point

  1. Click the following icon for Data source in the upper left corner of the main interface:
    Figure 1. Data source
  2. Select Modbus IP as the data source type and click Add:
    Figure 2. Select Modbus IP as Data Source
  3. In Modbus IP, set the name, select the appropriate update time, fill in the host IP, and save the data source. Then select the value type to be read in the registration range of Modbus read data on the right and click Read Data to read the current value of the corresponding type quantity of the corresponding host through Modbus:
    Figure 3. Modebus IP Settings
  4. Then click ‘add point’ on the Point locator test, enter the Name of the data Point (preferably the same as PLC > monitoring > Point Name), the offset (starting at 0, corresponding to 0.0 in PLC), and save:
    Figure 4. Point Settings
  5. Then activate each point and the device, that is, click the observation list of the first icon in the upper left corner to view the value of each data point of the device in real-time:
    Figure 5. Data Point Values