Section 2 NS Series Functions 2-5 Communications Address Settings
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Select this option.
4. Click the OK Button.
5. Input the new tag in the Communications Address Field. Refer to Registering New Tags in the
Symbols Table for information on the characters that can be used for tags.
The data type of tags that are created depends on the settings for the communications address.
Setting Storage type Data type set for tag
Items that can be set only to BOOL BOOL
INT INT
UINT UINT
DINT DINT
UDINT UDINT
REAL REAL
BCD2 (1 word, unsigned) UINT_BCD
BCD2 (2 words, unsigned) UDINT_BCD
Items set together with storage type
Other storage types CHANNEL
Other items CHANNEL
N
N
N
o
o
o
t
t
t
e
e
e
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Even if the Treat As Tags When Inputting New Variable Names Option is selected in the Option Dialog
Box, tags will be treated as direct addresses or variable names of direct addresses in the following
cases.
• Direct addresses are input.
• A host that cannot use tags is specified.
Converting from Direct Addresses to Tags
Direct addresses that have been registered in symbol tables (including symbols without addresses)
can be converted to tags.
Use the following procedure for conversion. The following example assumes that SERIALA is a host
that does not support tags and that HOST3 is a host that supports tags.
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