Rockwell Automation T3831 ICS Regent Communications Package for Winterpret - Manual (Page 15)

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values are used by the GPL configuration when building the
input data templates for each Regent.
The initial value is used after a Regent warm starts until a
valid data value is received by the GPL communications. If
no initial value is defined, the variable will remain in its last
state.
The final value is used if the GPL communications times out
and fresh data from the providing Regent is not received over
any of the legs of the GPL network. If no final value is
defined, the variable will remain in its last state.
For each variable that a Regent will input from the GPL
communications you should define the initial and final values
that are appropriate for your system.
Using the GPL configuration editor
Once you have defined your projects, configured the serial
ports and configured the I/O and shared variable definitions
you can use the GPL configuration editor. From the Project
Selector Window, choose Guarded Peer-Link Configuration
from the Definitions Menu. The Guarded Peer-Link
Configuration dialog is opened as shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8. The Guarded Peer-Link Configuration Dialog.
The dialog lists the names of each variable that is added to
the GPL configuration. Each variable is listed by name, the
project that outputs the variable followed by a portion of the