Before Configuring
4-1
Before Configuring
Register Function Blocks for Data Exchange
Set the Tag Names
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To send tag data to the CX-Process Monitor, you must first perform the following
three operations using CX-Process Tool.
Note The function blocks include the Send to Computer Block (401 to 404), Send Ter-
minal to All Nodes Block (407 and 408), and DO/AO Terminal Settings from
Computer (409 and 410).
Example: Register the 1-Block Send Terminal to Computer Function Block, and
specify block address 001 as the send source.
Enter the tag names. The CX-Process Monitor differentiates data using tag
names.
Example: 1-Block Send Terminal to Computer/4-Block Send Terminal to Com-
puter (403 and 404)
Item
Tag Name
Tag comment
Note Make sure to set the range high limit (RH) and range low limit (RL) to indicate the
the CX-Process Monitor scaling within the following range.
No. of digits
Value range
Specify send source
Max. No. of characters
8 standard characters
16 standard characters
5 digits max. (Including symbols and digits below the
decimal point.)
–5000 to 99999
Example: With one digit below the decimal point:
–550.0 to 9999.9
Section
4-1
Forbidden characters
None
None