Rockwell Automation 1771-DMC_DMC1_DMC4_DXPS Control Coprocessor User Manual User Manual

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API Library of Routines

Appendix B

TAG_WRITE

B-134

Description

Use TAG_WRITE to write data to a tagged memory area. This
function guarantees that the write data area is semaphored during the
write operation.

C Example

unsigned my_fred;

unsigned status;

my_fred = 42;

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status = TAG_WRITE (“Fred”,0,sizeof(my_fred),&my_fred,30);

BASIC Example

The BASIC function number is 68.

DIM status : INTEGER

DIM tag_id : INTEGER

DIM w_data : INTEGER

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rem * TAG_WRITE - write 4 bytes to a tag, starting at offset 0 from

rem * w_data with a timeout of 30 seconds.

RUN AB_BAS (68,status,tag_id,0,4,ADDR(w_data),30)

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References

TAG_LINK(); TAG_DEFINE(); TAG_UNDEF();
TAG_GLOBAL_UNDEF(); TAG_READ(); TAG_LOCK();
TAG_UNLOCK(); TAG_READ_W(); TAG_WRITE_W();

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