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8 - working with tags, Using the tag editor, Working with tags – Rockwell Automation 2706-MB1 MESSAGEVIEW 421 SOFTWARE MANUAL User Manual

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Chapter

8

Publication 2706-817

Working with Tags

This chapter covers the following topics:

Using the tag editor

Validating tag addresses

Defining tags

Working with tags

Finding tags

Sorting tags

Printing tags

Using tools

Tag import/export utility

importing tags

exporting tags

examining the results of an import/export.

Tags define the link between each variable and its assigned address
in the logic controller. See the section starting on Page 4–31 for a
discussion of how tags work.

Enter tag information in either of two ways:

Table View

Enter and edit all tags for the application in a table which has its own
toolbar, and columns for tag attributes. This is also called the
Summary View.

Form View

Enter or edit a single tag from an Edit Tag dialog, available through
the variable’s dialog in the Message Editor Table View.

If Numeric Variables are to be scaled, change from the Tag Editor
Table View to the Form View as needed.

Using the Tag Editor