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Communications – Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide User Manual

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Communications

The following tags record device communication information. These
tags are added to the system folder when you configure a channel in
the Channel editor. Each channel you configure will have these four
tags. The number on the end identifies the tags for each channel. For
example, system\ComErrorString1 is for channel 1.

To report communication errors, issue the ComStatusOn command.

system\AlarmSummaryItems

Analog

The number of alarm transactions in an
unfiltered alarm summary.

system\AlarmSummaryItemsUnacked

Analog

The number of unacknowledged alarms in
an unfiltered alarm summary.

system\AlarmSuppressedCount

Analog

The number of tags with alarm suppression
turned on.

Tag Name

Type

Displays information about

Tag Name

Type

Displays information about

system\ComErrorString1

String

Most recent device error message.

system\ComErrorValue1

Analog

Internal number of most recent device error.

system\ComStatusString1

String

Current status of device communications. Will be the
same as system\ComErrorString1 if the error
condition still exists.

system\ComStatusValue1

Analog

Internal number indicating current status of device
communications. Will be the same as
system\ComErrorValue1 if the error condition still
exists.