Message Type To Configure A Msg To A Plc-5 Processor - Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley ControlNet 1734-ACNR User Manual

6-10 Peer-to-Peer Messaging
Table 6.7 Message Type to Configure a MSG to a PLC-5 Processor
If The Data Is And You Want To
integer (s) read (receive) data
write (send) data
floating-point (REAL) read (receive) data
write (send) data
A. If you added the module for which the
message instruction is sent to the I/O
configuration tree, you can use the
Browse button to choose the path.
If you haven't added the module, you
can type the path in manually, as
described below.
B. Select a Communication Method.
Publication CNET-UM001C-EN-P - November 2005

Message Type to Configure a MSG to a PLC-5 Processor

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Message Type
Source Element
Number of Elements
Destination Tag
Message Type
Source Tag
Number of Elements
Destination Element
Message Type
Source Element
Number of Elements
Destination Tag
Message Type
Source Tag
Number of Elements
Destination Element
3. On the Communication tab, specify the communication details:
4. Click OK.
A manually entered path starts with the controller's connection to the
backplane and follows a path as shown in the example below:
Type or Select
PLC5 Typed Read
data table address in the PLC-5 controller, such as N7:10
number of integers to transfer
first element of int_buffer
PLC5 Typed Write
first element of int_buffer
number of integers to transfer
data table address in the PLC-5 controller, such as N7:10
PLC5 Typed Read
data table address in the PLC-5 controller, such as F8:0
number of values to transfer
first element of the tag (controller-scoped) in this
controller for the data
PLC5 Typed Write
first element of the tag (controller-scoped) in this
controller that contains the data
number of values to transfer
data table address in the PLC-5 controller, such as F8:0