Online operations, Communication with devices – Rockwell Automation DeviceLogix System User Manual User Manual
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Chapter 5 Create Logic in the Old DeviceLogix Ladder Editor
Dynamic tags are those created dynamically during configuration.
They are the referenced output bits of latch, counter, and timer
elements.
Online Operations
You can perform the following functions when you work on line:
• Communicate with devices
• View the status of I/O with online animation
• Change logic
• Change the value of timers and counters
• Enable and disable logic
• Verify logic
• Compare logic
• Upload and download logic
• Force
• Clear latched hardware faults
Communication with Devices
The old DeviceLogix Ladder Editor communicates with the devices to
accomplish the following:
• Determine device type
• Get communication parameters
• Set communication parameters
• Download configuration to the device
• Upload configuration from the device
• Modify function block parameters during animation (for
example, Preset value and Accumulated counts for counters or
Preset time and Elapsed time for timers)
• Force I/O values
• Start or Stop local logic (toggle Logic Enabled)
• Display device faults during animation
• Clear I/O faults
• Reset the device
Note that all communication between the old DeviceLogix Ladder
Editor and the device is done using explicit messaging connections.