5 - commands, Chapter objectives, Command types – Rockwell Automation 1785-Vx0B, D17856.5.9 PLC-5 VME VMEbus Programmable Controllers User Manual User Manual

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5

Chapter

5-1

Commands

Read this chapter to understand the command interface to the PLC-5/VME
processor. The orientation of this chapter is based on a driver program
running on a separate CPU module communicating with the processor.

Unless otherwise noted, all multiple-byte numerical fields are represented
in big-endian (Motorola) format, meaning that the most-significant data
byte appears in the lowest-addressed byte.

There are four types of commands:

Command

Command
Word

Definition

Continuous Copy
to VME

0001H

Instructs the PLC-5/VME processor to copy processor file
memory to VMEbus memory once per scan cycle of the
processor.

It is similar in definition to the corresponding command in the
6008-LTV processor.

Continuous Copy
from VME

0002H

Instructs the PLC-5/VME processor to copy VMEbus memory
to the processor file memory once per scan cycle.

Handle Interrupts

0003H

Defines which VMEbus interrupts the PLC-5/VME processor
behaves as an interrupt handler.

Send PCCC

FFFFH

Sends a command packet containing a standard PCCC.
These were referred to as “selective” commands in the
6008-LTV processor.

Chapter Objectives

Command Types

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