Instance attributes – Rockwell Automation 2100-GK61 DeviceNet to SCANport User Manual
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Publication 2100-UM001B-EN-P – January 2001
DeviceNet Objects
C-11
Instance Attributes
Attribute ID
Access
Rule
Stub/Full
Name
Data Type
Description
1
➀
Stub
Parameter Value
Specified in
Descriptor,
Data Type,
and Data
Size
attributes.
Actual value of parameter. Data type
specified in descriptor, data type, and
data size.
➀➁
2
Get
Stub
Link Path Size
USINT
Size of Link Path attribute. If this
attribute is 0, then no link is specified.
Number of BYTEs in attribute 3.
3
Get
Stub
Link Path
ARRAY of
path seg-
ments
Path to the object from where this
parameter value is retrieved.
The link path is limited to 255 BYTEs.
Segment type/port
BYTE
Segment Address
Path (format
depends on
data
contained in
segment
type/port)
4
Get
Stub
Descriptor
WORD
Descriptor of parameter. Refer to the
table on page C-12.
5
Get
Stub
Data Type
USINT
Data type code. Refer to the table on
page C-13.
6
Get
Stub
Data Size
USINT
Number of BYTEs in attribute 1,
Parameter Value.
7
Get
Full
Parameter Name
String
SHORT_
STRING
A human readable string
representing the parameter name.
For example, “frequency #1.”
The maximum number of characters
is 16. (The first byte is a length code.)
8
Get
Full
Units String
SHORT_
STRING
Engineering unit string.
The maximum number of characters
is 4. (The first byte is a length code.)
9
Get
Full
SHORT_
STRING
The maximum number of characters
is 64. (The first byte is a length code.)
Always returns 0.
10
Get
Full
Minimum Value
Same as
attribute 1
The minimum valid actual value to
which attribute 1, Parameter Value,
can be set.
11
Get
Full
Maximum Value
Same as
attribute 1
The maximum valid actual value to
which attribute 1, Parameter Value,
can be set.
➀
The access rule is defined in bit 4 of instance attribute 4, the Descriptor. If bit 4 is 0, the access rule is Set and the Parameter Value can be read and
written. If bit 4 is 1, the access rule is Get and the Parameter Value can only be read.
➁
Data type specified in instance attributes 4 (Descriptor), 5 (Data Type), and 6 (Data Size).