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To add a new phonebook tag, simply click on the New Phonebook icon to display the
Phone Number dialog.
Example
A phonebook tag name was created for 'Site1.'
Syntax Example: <Channel Name>.<Device Name>._Phonebook.Site1
Tag Name Description Access
<Name of Phone
book tag created in
Modem
Configuration>
Instead of specifying a telephone number by directly writing to the PhoneNumber
tag, a phonebook tag can be used. A phonebook tag can be created on the
channel, along with the other modem system tags previously described. The data
associated with a Phonebook tag is a phone number that can be assigned when
the tag is created and/or later modified when the server has an active client
connection. The phone number stored in a phonebook tag can be used to dial by
simply writing anything to the tag. The act of writing will cause the selected
phonebook tag to dial.
Read/Write
Phone Number
The Phone Number dialog is used to enter a new Phonebook tag, which can then be used to dial a desired phone
number. Phonebook Tags keep the list in the server, which is useful if the OPC client application cannot store the phone
number for a device location. To invoke a phonebook tag, the OPC client must write any string value to the desired
phonebook tag. The phone number dialog should appear as shown below.
 The Name parameter is used to enter the string that will represent the phone number available from the
phonebook tag. Names can be up to 256 characters in length. Although using descriptive names is generally a