Rockwell Automation 1757-ABRIO Process Remote I/O (RIO) Communication Interface Module - Manual (Page 79)

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Chapter
7
Monitoring the 1757-ABRIO Module
Introduction This chapter provides the following information on:
monitoring the operation of the 1757-ABRIO module.
monitoring the data value of tags.
monitoring the status of a block transfer.
monitoring the scanner log.
recognizing and clearing fatal errors.
Monitoring the Operation The AbRioCfg software lets you monitor the operation of the module
and perform maintenance operations. Tag, block transfer, and module
diagnostic counters are available only from AbRioCfg software, and
are not available to a ProcessLogix or ControlLogix controller.
AbRioCfg software can be used to:
display the current values of the digital inputs and outputs.
display the current values of block transfer data, along with
diagnostic information on the block transfer.
display the current contents of a tag.
display the module log, which consists of messages from the
firmware running on the module.
clear the log.
copy the contents of the log to the clipboard for use by another
application. This is often useful for technical support.
clear fatal errors and dump the fatal error log to a file for use by
technical support.
Monitoring Digital I/O To monitor the current value of digital inputs or digital outputs on all
racks, select Tools>Monitor Inputs or Tools>Monitor Outputs.
Rows correspond to racks 1 to 37 octal; columns correspond
to I/O groups 0 to 7.
Data can be displayed in hexadecimal, signed decimal, or
unsigned decimal using the View menu or buttons on the
toolbar. The default format is hexadecimal. One hexadecimal
digit corresponds to 4 digital bits.
You can use the monitor program to edit data.