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See the following table for the data type matching between the
ControlEdge 900 controller variables and Experion Server
parameters.
Data type in ControlEdge 900
controller
Data type in Experion
IEC_BOOL BOOLEAN
IEC_SINT INT8
IEC_INT INT16
IEC_DINT INT32
IEC_USINT UINIT8
IEC_UINT UINT16
IEC_UDINT UINT32
IEC_REAL FLOAT32
IEC_LREAL FLOAT64
IEC_BYTE UINT8
IEC_WORD UINT16
IEC_DWORD UINT32
IEC_ULINT UINT64
IEC_LWORD UINT64
IEC_STRING STRING
IEC_STRUCT See Note 1 below.
Note 1: Structure is a data type of I/O variable, so you should
create a single variable for each parameter in the structure for
CDA communication.
a. Click IEC Programming Workspace from the toolbar.
b. Perform either of the following methods to select CDA.
l From the variable sheets, select CDA.
Chapter 6 - Communication