Rockwell Automation 2706-MB1 MESSAGEVIEW 421 SOFTWARE MANUAL - Manual (Page 177)

7–56 Creating Messages
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1. For each variable, choose an existing tag name from the List Box,
or create a new tag. The only valid data type for:
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a Date or Time Read Tag is Unsigned Integer.
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the Brightness Level tag is Bit.
2. Select OK to return to the Special Messages dialog.
3. Select OK to return to the Message Editor Table View.
To edit the Special Message tag attributes:
1. Put the insertion pointer in the 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.