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ProSoft Technology MVI56E-LDM User Manual

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ControlLogix Platform ♦ "C" Programmable

Understanding the MVI56-LDM API

Linux Application Development Module

Developer's Manual

ProSoft Technology, Inc.

Page 59 of 264

March 12, 2014

As mentioned earlier, all character data is sent to RSLogix in sets of two per tag
since each tag is 16 bits in length and each ASCII character resides in 8 bits (one
byte). All ASCII information for each tag reads from right to left (low byte to high
byte) as shown in the following example:

All information regarding the sending and receiving of both client and server, as
well as to and from RSlogix is displayed on the serial output window.