Publication 1756-RM084F-EN-P - July 2002
Creating a Complete Import/Export File 3-13
Specifying TAG attributes
You can specify these attributes for a TAG:
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
Radix
Specify the display style as decimal, hex, octal, binary, exponential, float, or ASCII.
Specify:
Radix :=
value
ProduceCount
Specify the number of consumers allowed (any positive number).
Specify:
ProduceCount :=
value
PLCMappingFile
If this tag is mapped to a PLC controller, specify the file number (any positive number).
Specify:
PLCMappingFile :=
number
PLC2Mapping
If this tag is mapped to a PLC-2 file, set this attribute to 1. If this tag is not mapped to a
PLC-2 file, set this attribute to 0.
Specify:
PLC2Mapping := 1
Producer
If the controller produces this tag, specify the name of the remote controller that
consumes this tag. You must also specify a RemoteTag and RPI attribute.
Specify:
Producer:=
name
RemoteTag
If the controller produces this tag to a controller that supports tag names, specify the
name of the tag on the remote controller. You must also specify a Producer and RPI
attribute.
Specify:
RemoteTag :=
name
RemoteFile
If the controller produces this tag to a PLC-5 controller, specify the PLC-5 file number (any
positive number) on the PLC-5 controller. You must also specify a Producer and a
RPI attribute.
Specify:
RemoteFile :=
number
RPI
If the controller produces this tag, specify the RPI value in milliseconds (any positive
number). You must also specify a Producer and RemoteTag attribute.
Specify:
RPI :=
milliseconds
IMPORTANT
If consume information is provided on an alias tag,
the alias tag is converted to a base tag before it can
consume data.
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