Rockwell Automation 1408-EMxx PowerMonitor 1000 Unit User Manual
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Rockwell Automation Publication 1408-UM001D-EN-P - September 2013
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Explicit Messaging Chapter 5
RSLogix500 Software - Message Setup Using PLC5 or SLC Typed
Read/Write
The following is an example of how to set up your message instruction to read or
write single or multiple elements to a power monitor using Peer-To-Peer PLC5 or
CPU 500 Typed messages in RSLogix500 software. This setup applies to SLC
and MicroLogix programmable logic controllers.
Follow these steps to configure a message.
1. Set your MSG instruction.
2. Click Setup Screen at the bottom of the message instruction.
The message configuration window for either Ethernet network or Serial
communication appears.
Parameter
Choice
Read/Write
Select Read or Write
Target Device
Select the appropriate message type according to
Local/Remote
Select Local
Control Block
Select an available Integer word. In this example, we used N7:0.