Rockwell Automation 2080-LC50 Micro800 Controllers: Getting Started with CIP Client Messaging - Manual (Page 42)

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Appendix A MSG_CIPSYMBOLIC Function Block
SymbolicCfg Input CIPSYMBOLICCFG Information of symbol to Read/Write. This is a structured data type. It consists of the following
elements:
• SymbolicCfg.Service (USINT)
Read/Write service
0 - Read (Default)|
1 - Write
• SymbolicCfg.Symbol (STRING)
Name of the variable to Read/Write. This field cannot be empty.
Maximum 80 characters can be entered.
Example 1: to read an array MyArray[1..100] then we should put
SymbolicCfg.Symbol := ‘MyArray’;
Example 2: to read an array MyArray[1..100], Start from 5th element of array then
SymbolicCfg.Symbol := ‘MyArray[5]’;
• SymbolicCfg.Count (UINT)
Number of variable elements to Read/Write.
1...65535, 1 is used if this value is set as 0 (default).
• SymbolicCfg.Type (USINT)
Data type value of Data being Read/Write. This field cannot be empty for Write.
For Read, function block execution fills this field with received data type. For Write, user
specifies the data type to be written. See
CIP Message Data Types on page 47 .
• SymbolicCfg.Offset (USINT)
Reserved for future use.
Byte offset of variable to Read/Write. This field is used to Read/Write a large size of variable
which cannot be processed in one message.
Range: 0...255.
MSG_CIPSYMBOLIC Parameters
Parameter Parameter
Type Data Type Description