Rockwell Automation 1771-DB Basic Module User Manual - Series A - Manual (Page 9)

Chapter 1
Using This Manual
Read this chapter before you use the BASIC Module. It tells you how to
use this manual properly and efficiently.
This manual shows you how to install and operate your module. It gives
you information about:
hardware specifications.
installing the module.
the BASIC instruction set.
programming the module.
This manual is not a BASIC tutorial document. We assume that you are
familiar with BASIC programming.
Before you read this manual or try to use the BASIC Module, you should
be familiar with the operation of the 1771 I/O structure as it relates to your
particular processor. Refer to our Publication Index (publication number
SD499) for the appropriate Programming and Operations manual.
To make this manual easier for you to read and understand, we avoid
repeating product names where possible. We refer to the:
BASIC Language Module (Cat. No. 1771-DB) as the BASIC Module.
Industrial Terminal System (Cat. No. 1770-T3/T4) as the industrial
terminal.
Data Recorder (Cat. No. 1770-SA/SB) as the 1770-SA/SB Recorder.
RS-232-C compatible devices which communicate with the BASIC
Module, such as the Industrial Terminal, SA/SB Recorder, computers,
robots, barcode readers, or data terminals, as RS-423A/RS-232C
devices.
1.1
Chapter Objectives
1.2
What this manual contains
1.3
Audience
1.4
Definitions of major terms