Motion Event Instructions 
 
  Rockwell Automation Publication MOTION-RM002H-EN-P-February 2018  237 
Operands 
Ladder Diagram and Structured Text 
Operand  Type 
CompactLogix 5380, 
CompactLogix 5480, 
ControlLogix 5580, Compact 
GuardLogix 5380, and 
GuardLogix 5580 controllers 
Type 
CompactLogix 5370, 
ControlLogix 5570, Compact 
GuardLogix 5370, and 
GuardLogix 5570 controllers 
Format  Description 
Axis  AXIS_CIP_DRIVE  AXIS_CIP_DRIVE 
AXIS_GENERIC 
AXIS_GENERIC_DRIVE 
AXIS_SERVO 
AXIS_SERVO_DRIVE 
Tag  Name of the axis to perform 
operation on 
Motion Control  MOTION_INSTRUCTION  MOTION_INSTRUCTION  Tag  Structure used to access 
instruction status parameters. 
Trigger 
Condition 
BOOLEAN  BOOLEAN  Immediate  Select the watch-event trigger 
condition: 
0 = forward – the servo module 
looks for the actual position to 
change from less than the watch 
position to greater than the 
watch position. 
1 = reverse – the servo module 
looks for the actual position to 
change from greater than the 
watch position to less than the 
watch position. 
Position  REAL  REAL  Immediate or Tag  The new value for the watch 
position. 
See Structured Text Syntax for more information on the syntax of expressions 
within structured text.   
For the operands that require you to select from available options, enter your 
selection as: 
This Operand  Has These Options Which You 
Enter as Text  Or Enter as a 
Number 
TriggerCondition  forward 
reverse 
0 
1