Rockwell Automation 8520-9API 9/Series OCI API Developer's Guide - Manual (Page 86)

4–38 OCI Data Server Data Items
Publication 8520-6.6 - August 1999
ACTIVE_PAL_MESSAGES,13
Returns the text string for the active PAL/Logic message that should
be displayed on line 13 as defined in your PAL/Logic application.
For each line returned the first 40 characters contain the ASCII
characters that make up the message. The next 40 characters contain
a control character for each of the 40 message text characters. Each
of these control characters is made up of three attributes assigned to
different bits of the word. These control characters identify how
each character of the message should be displayed as follows:
CODE_INVERSE 0x40
CODE_NORMAL 0x00
CODE_BLINK_ON 0x80
CODE_BLINK_OFF 0x00
CHR_BLACK 0x10
CHR_RED 0x11
CHR_GREEN 0x12
CHR_YELLOW 0x13
CHR_BLUE 0x14
CHR_MAGENTA 0x15
CHR_CYAN 0x16
CHR_WHITE 0x17
COPYRIGHT_DATE
Data Type
String1
Read/Write Read only
Array Index none
Control Type Lathe/Mill/Grinder 1
1 Grinder Control Type is not available for Release 1 of 9/PC.
Use this data item to identify the copyright date for the 9/Series or
9/PC CNC firmware. Data is returned as a text string with the
format:
(mm/dd/yy)
where:
mm – month
dd – day
yy – year
Miscellaneous Data Items