Create A File On The Compactflash Card - Allen-Bradley Logix5000 Series Application Book

Create a File on the
CompactFlash Card
7. Enter the slot number where the controller will be located in the value
column.
When the application enters Run mode, the D_CF_Intialization routine
executes. The paths for all the message instructions will be modified to
contain the slot number you just entered. You can add a new rung zero
to the D_CF_Intialization routine to move the slot number into the tag
Controller_Slot_Number.
8. Download the project to the controller and go online.
9. Put the controller into Run mode.
Before you can perform any read or write commands to a file, you must create
the file on the CompactFlash card first.
1. Open the MainPrograms tags.
Make sure the Monitor Tags tab is selected in the tag editor.
2. Sort the tags by Name.
3. Find the tag CF_Data_Working.
This is a user-defined data type (UDT).
4. Click the + next to the tag to expand the CF_Data_Working tag.
The FileName element of the UDT CF_Data_Working needs to be
modified.
FileName, as it implies, is the name of the file you want to perform an
operation on, in this case create. The file name can be up to 140
characters in length. You must include a file extension.
5. Click in the value field.
The Browse button appears.
Example Application
Publication LOGIX-AP007B-EN-P - January 2007
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