Panelview Tag Editor - Allen-Bradley 2755-SN3 Application Manual

17–14 Communicating with PanelView 900t Terminals on a DeviceNet Network

PanelView Tag Editor

Explicit-Client Tag Form View
Field Description
The name of the tag
Tag Name
Data Type The data format for the tag
Publication 2755-6.8
Use the form view of the tag editor toEF enter DeviceNet tags. Do
not use the table view since it does not show all of the DeviceNet
fields.
I/O Slave Tag Form View
Valid Characters
Maximum characters = 32
A - Z, a - z, 0 - 9
hyphen (-), underscore(_),
percent (%)
Select one of the following:
bit
4BCD
unsigned integer
signed integer
IEEE Float
bit array
character array
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Explicit-Server Tag Form View
Notes
if you type an invalid character, the Tag Editor
beeps and does not display it
the tag name must be unique within a project
cannot begin with 0 - 9, hyphen (-), or percent (%)
tag names are not case-sensitive
do not use blanks, tabs, carriage returns,
non-printable characters
the data type must be compatible with the data
format selected in the object's dialog.
Object Dialog
Alternate Methods:
Type the first letter of the data type. For
example, type b for the bit data type.
Use the TAB key to move to the Data Type
field and press ALT+ to display the list of
available formats.
Tag Editor