The following table shows the data point parameter:
Parameter Description
Data Type
Data type supported by backend (e.g. INT).
STRING data type is currently not supported.
Tag Name of the tag that has to be recorded.
The following table shows the recommended data type selection:
Rockwell data
type
Length Data range¹⁾
Industrial IoT Data
type
BOOL 1 bit 0 or 1 BOOLEAN
SINT 1 byte -128…+127 INT
INT
2
bytes
-32,768…+32,767 INT
DINT
4
bytes
-2,147,483,648…+2,147,483,647 INT
REAL
4
bytes
- -3.40282347E38…-1.17549435E-38 (negative
values)
DOUBLE
- 0
- -1.17549435E-38-…3.40282347E38 (positive
values)
¹⁾ Values have been taken from Logix 5000 Controllers I/O and Tag Data Programming Manual