Publication 1756-UM050A-EN-P - December 2001
Using Produced and Consumed Tags 7-19
Test the Messaging
1. Open the session of RSLogix 5000 for the Producer and verify that
the timer is running.
2. In the RSLogix 5000 session for the Consumer controller:
a. Double-click on the Controller Tags folder and select the
Monitor Tags tab.
b. Examine the consumed_data field. You should see the value
changing in step with the accumulated value of the timer in
the Producer.
This completes the example of Logix5550 controller to Logix5550
messaging using produced/consumed tags.
What’s Next?
This concludes the example applications. The appendices that follow
provide information to help you troubleshoot the module, describe
how to configure the Ethernet driver in RSLinx, and show the use of
the 1756-ENBT module in larger control systems.
You should see this value changing.
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