Rockwell Automation 2706-MB1 MESSAGEVIEW 421 SOFTWARE MANUAL User Manual

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Creating Messages

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Defining LED tags

1. Select LED Indicators on the Application menu to open the LED

Indicator Tags dialog.

2. For each LED that needs an indicator tag, choose an existing tag

name from the list box or create a new tag.

The only valid data type for an LED Indicator tag is bit.

3. Select OK to return to the Message Editor Table View.

To edit the LED tag attributes:

1. Put the insertion pointer in the LED Tag box.

2. Select the Edit Tag button to bring up the Tag Form dialog:

3. Edit the tag’s attributes (see the section starting on Page 8–2).

4. Select OK.

ASCII Triggering devices

Tag Node Name and Address attributes are ignored by an ASCII
Triggering device. They may be omitted when creating applications
for use with such a device.

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