Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley Compact 5000 Series - Modbus Master Name Conventions; DF1 Name Conventions; DH-485 Name Conventions

110 Rockwell Automation Publication 5069-UM003B-EN-P - January 2020
Appendix A Module Tags
Modbus Master Name Conventions
The following is an example for a Modbus Slave tag name. The conventions for
the example, ‘SERIAL_PROJECT:1:I00.RunMode’, would be the following:
• SERIAL_PROJECT= name of the module
•1 = slot number
• I00 = tag type (input) and channel number (0), connection number(0)
– The possible tag types are I (input) and O (output)
– The possible channel numbers are 0 or 1
– The possible connection numbers are 0 or 1
•RunMode = Parameter
DF1 Name Conventions
The following is an example for a DF1 tag name. The conventions for the
example, ‘Local:1:I1.RunMode’, would be the following:
•Local= name of the module
•1 = slot number
• I1 = tag type (input), channel number (1)
– The possible tag types are I (input) and O (output)
– The channel number is 1
•RunMode = Parameter
DH-485 Name Conventions
The following is an example for a DH-485 Master tag name. The conventions for
the example, ‘Local:1:I1.RunMode’, would be the following:
•Local= name of the module
•1 = slot number
• I 1= tag type (input), channel number (1)
– The possible tag types are I (input) and O (output)
– The channel number is 1
•RunMode = Parameter