Rockwell Automation 1408-EMxx PowerMonitor 1000 Unit - Manual (Page 55)

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Explicit Messaging Chapter 5
Follow these steps to configure a message.
1. Choose the appropriate parameters in the Message Configuration window.
2. Click the Communication tab to select the communication type, either
Ethernet or Serial.
Parameter Choice
Message type Select the appropriate message type according to Message Type on page 54 .
Source Element Read: Refer to Appendix A – PowerMonitor 1000 Data Tables for the address
of the specific data table address you’re reading. If you are performing a
multiple element read, this should be the first element in the array of elements
you’re reading back.
Write: This is the controller tag in which to store the data being written to the
power monitor.
Number of
Elements
This is the number of elements being read or written to. If you are performing a
single element read or write, then this value should be 1. If you are performing
a multiple element read or write, then this should be the number of elements
after the source element that you wish to read or write.
Destination
Element
Read: This is the controller tag in which to store the data being read.
Write: Refer to
Appendix A – PowerMonitor 1000 Data Tables for the address
of the specific data table address you’re writing to.