Allen-Bradley Micro800

Chapter 6 ASCII serial port instructions
128 Rockwell Automation Publication 2080-RM001D-EN-E - February 2015
ABLACB data type
The following table describes the ABLACB data type.
Parameter Data type Description
Channel UINT Serial port number:
• 2 for the embedded serial port, or
• 5-9 for serial port plug-ins installed in slots 1 through 5:
• 5 for slot 1
• 6 for slot 2
• 7 for slot 3
• 8 for slot 4
• 9 for slot 5
TriggerType USINT Represents one of the following:
• 0: Msg Triggered Once (when IN goes from False to True)
• 1: Msg triggered continuously when IN is True
• Other value: Reserved
Cancel BOOL When this input is set to TRUE, this function block does not execute.
ACL data type
The following table describes the ACL data type.
Parameter Data type Description
Channel UINT Serial port number:
• 2 for the embedded serial port, or
• 5-9 for serial port plug-ins installed in slots 1 through 5:
• 5 for slot 1
• 6 for slot 2
• 7 for slot 3
• 8 for slot 4
• 9 for slot 5
RXBuffer BOOL Clears the receive buffer when set to TRUE and removes the receive ASCII function blocks (ARL and ARD) from the ASCII queue.
TXBuffer BOOL Clears the transmit buffer when set TRUE and removes the transmit ASCII function blocks (AWA and AWT) from the ASCII queue.