Echelon LonPoint Application and Plug-In - Manual (Page 163)

The LonPoint Application and Plug-in Guide 12-3
Type Translator
The Type Translator tab appears as follows:
The Data Input and Data Output fields determine the type, length, and signed
attribute of the input and output network variables, respectively. The first time
a Type Translator functional block is configured, the fields that show the current
types will be blank, and you must select valid types before the functional block
can be used. Click the Data Input or Data Output network variable buttons to
open the network variable type dialog and select the network variable type of
the input or output.
The network variable type dialog allows you to select the network variable type
from the list of available network variable types. To view and select user
network variable types, deselect the Standard Network Variable Type option
and select the appropriate user type file. Only floating point, fixed point,
enumerations, and SNVT_switch types are recognized by the type translator.
Click the Set Default, OK, or Apply button to set the default translation for
the specified types.
The type translator tab contains the following fields:
Length Indicates the network variable length in bytes. This
field is read-only.
Signed Determines whether the data is treated as a signed
value. The Signed option for the output network