Panelview tag editor – Rockwell Automation 2755-SNx Adaptascan Bar Code Readers User Manual

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Communicating with PanelView 900

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Terminals on a DeviceNet Network

Publication 2755-6.8

Use the form view of the tag editor toEF enter DeviceNet tags. Do
not use the table view since it does not show all of the DeviceNet
fields.

I/O Slave Tag Form View

Explicit-Server Tag Form View

Explicit-Client Tag Form View

Field

Description

Valid Characters

Notes

Tag Name

➀➁

The name of the tag

Maximum characters = 32

A - Z, a - z, 0 - 9

hyphen (-), underscore(_),
percent (%)

if you type an invalid character, the Tag Editor
beeps and does not display it

the tag name must be unique within a project

cannot begin with 0 - 9, hyphen (-), or percent (%)

tag names are not case-sensitive

do not use blanks, tabs, carriage returns,
non-printable characters

Data Type

The data format for the tag

Select one of the following:

bit

4BCD

unsigned integer

signed integer

IEEE Float

bit array

character array

the data type must be compatible with the data
format selected in the object’s dialog.

Alternate Methods:
Type the first letter of the data type. For
example, type b for the bit data type.
Use the TAB key to move to the Data Type
field and press ALT+

to display the list of

available formats.

Object Dialog

Tag Editor

Table continued on the next page.

PanelView Tag Editor

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