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MVI56-BAS ♦ ControlLogix Platform

Using the Program Port (PRT1)

BASIC Module (DB/BAS Compatible)

User Manual

ProSoft Technology, Inc.

Page 45 of 234

December 13, 2011

5

Using the Program Port (PRT1)

In This Chapter

Interfacing the PC and the MVI56-BAS ................................................. 46

Creating BASIC programs ..................................................................... 47

EDIT Command ..................................................................................... 50

Permanently Saving BASIC Programs .................................................. 51

Creating Offline BASIC programs .......................................................... 53

Module Backup ...................................................................................... 59

Module Restoration ............................................................................... 61

Program Copies .................................................................................... 63

Running a BASIC Program .................................................................... 64

Debugging a BASIC Program ................................................................ 65

Commenting a BASIC Program ............................................................. 70

Checking Available and Used RAM Memory ......................................... 71

Exit a BASIC Program (Ctrl+C) ............................................................. 72

The present section discusses important points while using the MVI56-BAS

program port such as creating, editing, and transferring a BASIC program to the

module. The program port by default is PRT1 (the middle port).
This section only describes PRT1 as the program port.