Publication 1756-RM084F-EN-P - July 2002
Import/Export Revision History C-3
Changes to support MESSAGE tag enhancements
Version 2.1 (major revision 2, minor revision 1) of the import/export
utility that is included with RSLogix 5000 programming software,
version 10.0 made significant changes to the MESSAGE tag. For
reference, the following table shows the MESSAGE tag structure of the
previous import/export release.
MESSAGE tag structure (version 2.0)
Attribute: Description:
Description
Provide information about the tag.
Specify:
Description := ”
text
”
Comment
Provide information about a tag component.
Specify:
Comment<
specifier
> := ”
text
”
Where the
specifier
is:
.
bitnumber
for a bit in the tag
[
element
] for an array element of the tag
.
membername
for a structure member of the tag
MessageType
Enter Block Transfer Read, Block Transfer Write, CIP Data Table Read, CIP Data Table
Write, CIP Generic, PLC2 Unprotected Read, PLC2 Unprotected Write, PLC3 Typed Read,
PLC3 Typed Write, PLC3 Word Range Read, PLC3 Word Range Write, PLC5 Typed Read,
PLC5 Typed Write, PLC5 Word Range Read, PLC5 Word Range Write, SLC Typed Read, or
SLC Typed Write.
Specify:
MessageType :=
text
RequestedLength
Specify the number of elements in the message instruction (0-32,767).
Specify:
RequestedLength :=
value
ConnectionPath
Specify the connection path to the other device.
Specify:
ConnectionPath :=
string
DF1DHFlag
If the communication method uses DH+, enter 1. If the communication method does not
use DH+, enter 0.
Specify:
DF1DHFlag :=
value
LocalTag
Specify the tag name of the element in the local device.
Specify:
LocalTag :=
text
RemoteElement
Specify the tag name of the element in the remote device.
Specify:
RemoteElement :=
value
DHPlusSourceLink
If the communication method uses DH+, specify the source link (0-65,535).
Specify:
DHPlusSourceLink :=
value
DHPlusDestinationLink
If the communication method uses DH+, specify the destination link (0-65,535).
Specify:
DHPlusDestinationLink :=
value
DHPlusDestinationNode
If the communication method uses DH+, specify the destination node number (0-63 octal).
Specify:
DHPlusDestinationNode :=
value
DHPlusChannel
If the communication method uses DH+, specify the DH+ channel. Enter either A or B.
Specify:
DHPlusChannel :=
letter
CacheConnections
If the message is to cache connections, enter TRUE. If the message is not to cache
connections, enter FALSE.
Specify:
CacheConnections :=
text
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