User manual
IEC61131 User and Reference Manual 
April 22, 2008     
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Inputs 
Type 
Description 
may be set to TRUE or FALSE when the protocol type is 
Modbus ASCII. 
For com3 or com4 this parameter is set to TRUE when 
the protocol type is Modbus RTU. This parameter is set 
to FALSE when the protocol type is Modbus ASCII. 
For SCADAPack 32 controllers: 
For all com ports this parameter is set to TRUE when the 
protocol type is Modbus RTU. This parameter is set to 
FALSE when the protocol type is Modbus ASCII. 
txFlowControl 
Boolean 
Enable transmitter flow control when TRUE. 
Disable transmitter flow control when FALSE. 
For SCADAPack cont rollers: 
For com1 and com2 this parameter is set to FALSE 
when the protocol type is Modbus RTU. This parameter 
may be set to TRUE or FALSE when the protocol type is 
Modbus ASCII. 
For com3 this parameter may be set to TRUE or FALSE. 
For SCADAPack 32 cont rollers: 
For all com ports this parameter may be set to TRUE or 
FALSE. 
Default = FALSE 
Timeout 
Integer 
Serial time-out delay in tenths of seconds. Valid values 
are 0 to 65535. 
Default = 600 (60.0 seconds) 
Outputs 
Type 
Description 
Q 
Boolean 
TRUE if set input is TRUE. 
FALSE in all other cases. 
See Also 
getcom, cominfo 










