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4.7 Naming Conventions
TAG.ATOM Notation
All Micro-PWC applications use the TAG.ATOM naming convention to reference data values. The TAG por-
tion of the name uniquely identifies the module containing the value. The ATOM portion uniquely identifies
which of the values in the module is to be referenced.
4.7.1 TAGs
4.7.1.1 Types of TAGs
There are three types of TAGnames:
4.7.1.2 Special Considerations in Using TAGnames
Any unused modules in instruments should have their Tagname set to null. The easiest way to do this is to
use the Remove Tag function in the Super32 software package (described in the 53PW6000 Micro-PWC
Configuration Guide).
The Micro-PWC system does not allow the use of duplicate tagnames. The first occurrence of a tag is
used. Super32 recognizes duplicate tagnames and attaches a suffix to the end of duplicate tags to make
them unique.
Although Micro-DCI instruments can store any ASCII character in a tagname, the Micro-PWC system only
recognizes A-Z, 0-9, _ (underscore) and - (dash). All unrecognized characters will be scanned-in as under-
scores.
USER-CONFIGURED:
User-configured TAGnames are Micro-DCI "A" values in the
instrument. See the respective instrument's Instruction Bulletin to see
if the module of interest has been assigned a TAGname. The
TAGname may be configured using any configuration method
available for the instrument in question, e.g., front panel, hand-held
unit, or the super32 configuration program.
EXTENDED:
Extended TAGnames are generated for 53SL6000 controllers. Since
the controller only has a single "A" value (the Unit Tagname),
additional TAGnames are created by adding suffixes to the Unit
Tagname.
NETWORK ADDRESS: The System Module of all instruments can be referenced by Network
Address TAGnames of the form "Netname-ia", where Netname is the
name assigned to the Micro-DCI network and "ia" is the network
address of the instrument (0-31).