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Protocol Button
Click the Protocol button to display the dialog box associated with the selected PLC.
Enter Timeout in seconds.
Click OK to return to the Project Setup dialog box.
Simatic TI Tag Variable Names
The legal variable names used with Simatic TI PLC's are shown in the following table. All series 520,
525, 530, 535, 560, and 565 are integers.
Format Variable Type Max in Group
DB00000 Drum Time Base 10
DC00000 Current Drum Status Word (read only) 10
DP00000 Drum preset for steps 1 thru 16 of drum n. N
can range from 1 to 30
7
TP00000 Timer/Counter preset value 7
TC00000 Timer/Counter current value 7
V00000 Variable Storage 7
WX00000 Word Input Image Register 7
WY00000 Word Output Image Register 7
X00000 Discrete Input Bit 10
Y00000 Discrete Output Bit 10
CR00000 Discrete "Control Relay" Bit 10
The variables listed in the above table can have one to five digit BCD address values. Variable names
must be upper case. For example, TC1 is a valid variable name for Timer 1 but tc1 is not.
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