Read Device Registers

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From the EIFE menu bar, click Diagnostics .

Opens the Diagnostics menu.

2

From the Diagnostics menu, in the Device Health Check submenu, click Read Device Registers .

Opens the Read Device Registers page.

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From the Device Name , select the device.

Selects the device from the drop-down list.

4

Enter Local ID (or choose from the defined device list), Starting Register , and the Number of Registers to read.

Enters the registers to read from the specified device.

5

Select the data type from Data Type drop-down list.

Selects the appropriate data type.

6

To change how Modbus data is displayed in the Value column, select Decimal , Hexadecimal , Binary , or ASCII .

Selects how the data values are displayed.

7

Click Read .

Reads the device registered according to the selected configuration.

Device Name

Selects a device to read from the list of previously added devices.

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Local ID

The address (local ID) of the device that is to be read.

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Starting Register

Register number in decimal.

0–65535

Default setting: 1000

Number of Registers

The number of registers to read.

1–125

Default setting: 10

Register

Lists the register numbers in decimal.

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Value

Lists the data stored for a register. Values retrieved depend on the device connected to the EIFE interface. Refer to the documentation for the connected device for more information about stored register values.

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Data Type

Lists the data types available for the device.

• Holding Registers (default setting)

• Input Registers

• Input Coils

• Output Coils

Decimal, Hexadecimal, Binary, or ASCII options

Select an option to specify how the value column data is displayed.

Decimal (default setting)