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Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide User Manual

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3.

The label appears in the log file to identify an activity category. To
create your own label, type a new label up to 20 characters long.

4.

Check the appropriate boxes to specify where you want the activity
logged. You can log to the activity bar, log file, and printer.

For more information about the activity bar, see “Using the activity
bar” on page 8-15. F
or more information about log files, see
“Creating log files” on page 8-5.

5.

Complete Steps 2 through 4 for each category you want to log.

Communication
s

Communication errors for device, DDE, or
OPC

®

tags.

Important:

To log communication errors,

you must also select the Communication
Status check box in the Startup editor, or
type the command ComStatusOn at the
command line.

Tag Write

Any tag write (not write errors).

Tag writes are done by the = (Equal), Ramp,
Set, and Toggle commands, as well as by
downloading data from numeric input, string
input, and recipe fields in a graphic display.

Tag Read

Any tag read (not read errors).

Tag reads can be done by uploading data into
numeric and string input fields in a graphic
display. Normal scanning is not logged as a
tag read.

Custom 1
through
Custom 4

User-defined messages for use with
RSView32 VBA programs. For more
information about using custom activity
categories, see Help.

This activity

category

Logs