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4. In addition to storing the configuration data in the controller, the controller manages the communications to
the drive with convenient tag-based addressing. Double-click on the “Controller Tags” icon under the
“Controller PowerFlex_Lab” folder.
The Monitor Tags window will appear.
5. Find the tag for “PF525_Drive:I” and expand it by clicking on the [+] next to the name. It may help to
change the width of the “Name” and “Value” columns to view the tag names and values more easily.
Descriptive tag names have been created for the configured drive, based on the module definition. The Drive Status bits
(BOOLs) are clearly defined as well as the “OutputFreq” and “OutputCurrent” (defined as one of the Input Datalinks). Note
that the proper data types are automatically used for every tag.