Rockwell Automation 1755-OF8 GuardPLC Controller Systems - Manual (Page 260)

260 Publication 1753-UM001C-EN-P - March 2010
Chapter 20 Use the GuardPLC Controller as a Scanner
Open a Connection to a
Logix Controller The GuardPLC controller can establish a connection to a ControlLogix
or CompactLogix controller and read the data over this connection.
The data must be stored in the producing data tag in the Logix
controller. The data exchange is one-sided, from the Logix controller
to the GuardPLC controller. For exchanging data in both directions,
see
Open a Class 1 Connection from a Logix Controller to the
GuardPLC Controller on page 219 .
Create a Producing Data Tag
1. Open your RSLogix 5000 project.
2. Click the Edit Tags tab.
3. Right-click an empty line and choose Edit Tag Properties.
4. Enter the tag name.
5. Set the tag type as Produced.
The Number of Consumers parameter dictates how many
scanners should be able to read from this tag at the same time.
6. Enter the Data Type.
7. Click OK to save the changes.