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Messaging Chapter 6
5. From the Destination Element pull-down menu, choose the instruction’s
destination element.
The message instruction’s destination determines how the message is
configured.
Function Configuration Box Required Information
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 controller-scoped tag in this controller for the data
Write (send) the data Message Type CIP Data Table Write
Source Tag First element of the controller-scoped tag 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
6. Click the Communication tab.
7. Specify the path of the module for which you sent the message instruction
to the I/O configuration tree:
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If the module has been added, click Browse to the choose the path.
If the module has not been added, type the path in the Path field.
8. Click OK.
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