ProSoft Technology ILX56-MM - Manual (Page 54)

Configure the ILX56-MM module ILX56-MM ♦ ControlLogix Platform
User Manual InRAx Message Manager for Industrial Communication
Page 54 of 112 ProSoft Technology, Inc.
February 6, 2012
Parameter Description
Data Blocks The memory that contains information for the program of the S7 PLC.
They may contain the following data types: BOOL, BYTE, WORD,
DWORD, INT, DINT, REAL, S5TIME, DATE, TIME, TIME_OF_DAY,
CHAR, DATE_AND_TIME, STRING, or ARRAY. Descriptions of these
data types should be available in the S7 PLC or Step 7 Programming
Software documentation. This memory is read/write for module access.
DB Number The number of the desired Data Block to access. This field is only valid
if the Address Type selected is Data Blocks (DB).
Offset The desired offset/number of the associated Address Type element.
The following is a description of this field’s meaning for each address
type:
Input,
Peripheral Input
& Output
Enter the slot number of the desired I/O module.
Flag Bit Enter the byte offset within the Flag Bit memory of
the desired location.
Timers &
Counters
Enter the number of the desired timer or counter.
Data Blocks Enter the number of the desired data block.
Bit ID The desired bit number within the data element.
Data Type The desired format for accessing the data. This field depends on the
selected Address Type. Certain Address Types have limited access and
particular Data Types will be grayed out if not applicable to the selected
Address Type.
String Size The size of the string to be accessed. Enter the exact size of the string
as it is defined in the S7 PLC. This is only applicable to an Address
Type of STRING.
Click D
ONE
to close the Siemens S7 New Tag dialog box. Click the S
AVE
button
to save the new tag configuration data.
See also Tags.