Rockwell Automation 1395 ControlNet Communication Board - Manual (Page 36)

3–22 Configuration & PLC Interfacing
Publication 1395–5.37– March, 1999
Data Format:
Parameter Value – Drive units, may need to be scaled by the
Controller prior to being used in the Program.
Maximum Value – Drive units, may need to be scaled by the PLC
Controller prior to being used in the Program.
Minimum Value – Drive units, may need to be scaled by the PLC
Controller prior to being used in the Program.
Descriptor – A numeric value used by Allen-Bradley program
terminals to scale parameter data into the appropriate engineering
units.
Parameter Text – The parameter text is provided in the following
format. Each parameter text word contains two bytes in ASCII format,
which represent the text displayed by the Drive’s program terminals.
NOTE: Any parameter text that is returned comes back with each byte
reversed.