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Figure 111: MSG Instruction Selection
Figure 112: XIO Instruction Selection
5)
Configure the MSG instruction.
a)
Set the “Read/Write” field to “Read”, “Target Device” field to “PLC5”, “Local/Remote” field to
“Local”, and “Control Block” to “N20:0”.
b)
Upon hitting the <ENTER> key while in the “Control Block” entry box, the MSG Properties
dialog box should appear (or it can be opened by clicking on the “Setup Screen” button at the
bottom of the MSG instruction). Refer to Figure 113.
c)
In this example, we will be reading a total of 25 registers beginning at N30:50 (register 2050 /
function code M01). To configure this, under “This Controller” set the “Data Table Address”
field to N18:1, set the “Size in Elements field” to 25, and set the “Channel” field to 1
(Ethernet).
d)
Under “Target Device”, set the “Data Table Address” field to N30:50 (starting target
register=2050) and set the “MultiHop” field to Yes to cause the “MultiHop” tab to appear.
e)
Under the “MultiHop” tab settings, set the “To Address” in the first row to the inverter’s IP
address, and the “To Address” in the second row to 0. Refer to Figure 114.
f)
Close the dialog box. At this point, the program should appear as shown in Figure 115.
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