MVI56-PDPMV1 ♦ ControlLogix Platform Mailbox Messaging
PROFIBUS DPV1 Master User Manual
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3.3.2 Output Mailbox: Legacy Mode
The following block requests a mailbox message from the module.
Block Format for Mailbox Out Message Request (Output Image)
Mailbox output message for module
Block Format for Mailbox Out Message Response (Input Image)
After the module receives the mailbox request, it immediately sends a data block
as confirmation that the block was received.
Status of out mailbox request:
0 = Request successfully added to mailbox queue
1 = Queue allocation error
2 = Queue is full
Index of output image to receive (1 to 4 for data, 0 or -1 if no data)
3.3.3 Receiving Mailbox Message Responses from the Module:
Legacy Mode
After a mailbox message has been sent, a response from the command, usually
containing the requested data or the status of the command, is returned from the
module to the processor. The response is returned from the MVI56-PDPMV1 via
the PROFIBUS Input data block.
Configuration, status and control data
Number of messages in the In Mailbox queue
Number of messages in the Out Mailbox queue
Number of messages in the alarm queue
Last Out Mailbox Message ID processed from output image
Current In Mailbox Control Index
Current Alarm Control Index
Incoming Mailbox Message data