Allen-Bradley controllogix 1756-L63, User Manual

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Publication 1756-UM001E-EN-P - August 2002
5-18 Communicate with Another Controller over an EtherNet/IP Network
Configure the Message
A. In the MSG instruction, click .
B. Select a configuration for the message:
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Table 5.A Message to a ControlLogix controller
If you want to: For this item: Type or select:
read (receive) the data Message Type CIP Data Table Read
Source Element first element of the tag that contains data in the other controller
Number Of Elements number of elements to transfer
Destination Tag first element of the tag (controller-scoped) in this controller for the data
write (send) the data Message Type CIP Data Table Write
Source Tag first element of the tag (controller-scoped) in this controller that
contains the data
Number Of Elements number of elements to transfer
Destination Element first element of the tag for the data in the other controller
Table 5.B Message to a SLC 500 controller
If the data is: And you want to: For this item: Type or select:
integer (s) read (receive) data Message Type SLC Typed Read
Source Element data table address in the SLC 500 controller (e.g., N7:10)
Number Of Elements number of integers to transfer
Destination Tag first element of
int_buffer
write (send) data Message Type SLC Typed Write
Source Tag first element of
int_buffer
Number Of Elements number of integers to transfer
Destination Element data table address in the SLC 500 controller (e.g., N7:10)
floating-point (REAL) read (receive) data Message Type SLC Typed Read
Source Element data table address in the SLC 500 controller (e.g., F8:0)
Number Of Elements number of values to transfer
Destination Tag first element of the tag (controller-scoped) in this controller
for the data
write (send) data Message Type SLC Typed Write
Source Tag first element of the tag (controller-scoped) in this controller
that contains the data
Number Of Elements number of values to transfer
Destination Element data table address in the SLC 500 controller (e.g., F8:0)