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Sending real time clock or date data to a plc – Rockwell Automation 2706-LV2P_LV2R_LV4P_LV4R DL40 PLUS USER MANUAL User Manual

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Remote I/O Communications

8–28

Publication 2706-6.1

Sending Real Time Clock or Date Data to a PLC

Triggering special message 912 (or 12) causes the DL40 Plus to
send clock data to a PLC.

Triggering special message 913 (or 13) causes the DL40 Plus to
send date data to a PLC.

For details, see pages 8–29 and 8–30. See chapter 3, Special
Messages,
for more details on special messages.

Adding or Deleting Messages or Triggering a Priority Message
Using Discrete I/O

The following shows the format of a discrete I/O message trigger in
the Message List Run mode.

WORD 1

17 16 15

14

WORD 0

Handshake Bit

Output Image Table

Add/Delete Bit

Priority Message Number

WORD 2

Always Empty

WORD 3

WORD 4

WORD 5

WORD 6

WORD 7

Message Number

Always Empty

Always Empty

Always Empty

Always Empty

Always Empty

Full rack

1/4 rack

1/2 rack

3/4 rack

Messages can be added or deleted while priority messages are being
triggered. If you want to trigger a priority message but do not want
to change the Message List, you must set message number (in word
1) to 0.