Document Outline

• Front Cover
• Important User Information
• Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introducing MessageBuilder Configuration Software
  • Installing MessageBuilder Software
  • MessageBuilder Basics
  • Planning an Application
  • Communications Overview
  • Working with Application Files
  • Creating Messages
  • Working with Tags
  • Managing Projects
  • Terminal and Communication Setup
  • Validating Applications and Transferring Files
  • Creating Reports
  • Menus and Commands Summary
  • Tool Summary
  • Configuration Software Error and Warning Messages
  • Validation Error Messages
  • Upload/Download Error Messages
  • Global Configuration Parameters
  • Tags and Data Types
  • Tag Address Worksheet
  • ASCII and Extended ASCII Characters
  • Glossary
  • Index
• Preface
  • Registering Your Copy of MessageBuilder Software
  • Intended Audience
  • Software Package
  • Conventions
  • Contents of the Manual
  • Related Publications
  • Allen-Bradley Support
• 1 - Introducing MessageBuilder Configuration Software
  • What is MessageBuilder?
  • MessageBuilder Software Features
  • Typical Messages in an Application
  • Typical Message Contents
• 2 - Installing MessageBuilder Software
  • System Requirements
  • Installing MessageBuilder Software
  • INTERCHANGE Device Configuration Utility
  • Troubleshooting the Installation Procedure
• 3 - MessageBuilder Basics
  • Windows Environment
  • MessageBuilder Window
  • Message Editor Table View
  • Opening and Closing Menus
  • Status Bar and Toolbars
  • Message Editor Terminal View
  • Dialogs
  • Getting Help
• 4 - Planning an Application
  • Design Checklist
  • Safety Considerations
  • Applications and Projects
  • Messages
  • Controlling Devices
  • Triggering a Message
  • Slaving
  • Slave Device
  • Historical Event Stack
  • Function Keys
  • Function Key Types
  • LED Indicators
  • Handshaking
  • Tags
  • Data Types
  • Address Worksheet
  • Scaling Data Entry Variables
  • Procision and Rounding
• 5 - Communications Overview
  • MessageView 421 Terminal Ports
  • RS-232 Port Communication
  • ASCII Triggering Commands
  • Remote I/O Communication
  • Discrete I/O
  • Block Transfer
• 6 - Working with Application Files
  • Starting MessageBuilder
  • Creating a New Application
  • Opening an Existing Application
  • Saving an Application
  • Renaming and Describing an Application
  • Closing an Application
  • Exiting MessageBuilder
• 7 - Creating Messages
  • The Message Editor Dialog
  • Working with Messages
  • Selecting Messages
  • Editing Messages
  • Set Preferences
  • Message Editor Terminal View
  • Embedded Variables and Graphics
  • Numeric Variable Display
  • ASCII Variable Display
  • Numeric Variable Entry
  • ASCII Variable Entry
  • Message Attributes
  • Function Keys
  • LED Attributes
  • Special Messages
• 8 - Working with Tags
  • Using the Tag Editor
  • Validating Tag Addresses
  • Defining Tags
  • Working With Tags
  • Finding Tags
  • Sorting Tags
  • Printing Tags
  • Tag Import/Export Utility
• 9 - Managing Projects
  • About Projects
  • Managing Projects
  • Managing Devices in Projects
  • Loading/Replacing Tags or Devices in a Project
  • Restoring a Project
• 10 - Terminal and Communication Setup
  • Overview of Terminal Setup
  • Changing the Terminal Type
  • Remote I/O Communications
  • Block Transfers
  • RS-232 Main Port Communications
  • Setting Advanced Terminal Options
  • Setting Format for Time and Date
  • Defining Control Tags
  • Defining Status Tags
  • Auxiliary Port Setup
• 11 - Validating Applications and Transferring Files
  • Helpful Hints
  • Validating Applications
  • Transfer Utilities
  • Downloading an Application to a Terminal
  • Downloading to a DOS file
  • Downloading Date/Time to Real Time Clock
  • Uploading an Application from a Terminal
  • Uploading the Historical Event Stack
  • Using the MessageView File Transfer Utility
  • Terminal Upgrade
• 12 - Creating Reports
  • Types of Reports
  • Creating and Printing a Report
  • Changing the Report Setup
  • Previewing a Report
  • Setting up a Printer
  • Sending a Report to a File
• A - Menus and Commands Summary
  • File Menu
  • Edit Menu
  • View Menu
  • Format Menu
  • Application Menu
  • Window Menu
  • Help Menu
  • Project Menu (Tag Editor)
  • Edit Menu (Tag Editor)
  • View Menu (Tag Editor)
  • Options Menu (Tag Editor)
  • Tools Menu (Tag Editor)
  • Window Menu (Tag Editor)
  • Help Menu (Tag Editor)
• B - Tool Summary
  • Standard Toolbar
  • Message Editor Toolbar
  • Tag Editor Toolbar
  • ISA Symbols
• C - Configuration Software Error and Warning Messages
• D - Validation Error Messages
• E - Upload/Download Error Messages
• F - Global Configuration Parameters
• G - Tags and Data Types
• H - Tag Address Worksheet
• I - ASCII and Extended ASCII Characters
• Glossary
• Index
• Back Cover