Advanced - Mailbox tab

What it shows

When you select a node in the tree view, this subtab appears on the Advanced tab (except for SICOS drivers).

The following properties are available:

This property …

allows you to …

Enable mailbox

enable the mailbox.

Note: You must enable the mailbox to use all the extended services and to define subnodes.

PLC address

specify the exact PLC address where the special telegrams (extended services) should be written to.

Mailbox length

specify the number of words allocated for the special telegrams. The required number of words depends on how many telegrams you use and their data format. In most cases, 20 words will be sufficient.

How it looks

The figure below shows the Mailbox tab.

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