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SMD23E2 and SMD24E2 User’s Manual
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5.3 Add the Message Instructions to your Ladder Logic
The following rungs show how you can alternately read data from and write data to the unit.
Figure T5.1 Message Instruction Example
1) Double click on
Setup Screen
text inside the Message Instruction. The following window will open.
Note that this is the default window and its appearance will change considerably as you progress
through these steps.
Figure T5.2 Message Instruction Setup Screen
2) Double click in the
Channel
field, click on the
, select “1 (Integral)”, and press Enter.
3) Double click in the
Communication Command
field, click on the
, select “CIP Generic” and press
Enter.
4) If the Message Instruction is being used to read data from the SMD23E2 or SMD24E2, enter the
integer file where the data will be placed in the
Data Table Address (Received)
field and press enter.
5) If the Message Instruction is being used to write data to the SMD23E2 or SMD24E2, enter the inte-
ger file where the source data will be located in the
Data Table Address (Send)
field and press Enter.
6) Enter “20” as the number of bytes needed in either the
Size In Bytes (Receive)
or
Size In Bytes (Send)
fields. The SMD23E2 or SMD24E2 requires 20 bytes for both Receive and Send.
7) Enter a RIX address in the
Extended Routing
Info field. Please note that each Message Instruction
must have its own RIX address.
