Rockwell Automation 2711E PanelBuilder 1400e Modbus Communications - Manual (Page 54)

6–17 Defining Tags
Publication 2711E-6.12 – August 1997
2. The node is the controller that this tag addresses. In the Node
Name field, do one of the following:
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type a node name.
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double-click in the Node Name field to open the Add Node or
Edit Node dialog box. If the field is empty you can create a
new node definition; if the field contains the name of an
existing node, you can edit that node’s definition.
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choose to open a selection list and select a node name.
For information about configuring nodes see Chapter 4, Defining
Communications.
3. Select a scan class.
For information about configuring scan classes, see Chapter 2,
“Planning Applications” in the PanelBuilder 1400e Configuration
Software for Windows User Manual.
4. In the Address field, type the tag’s physical memory location in
the PLC.
Note: For Device block tags, the address is the starting address
for the block. For References 3 and 4, the block must be element
aligned. For References 0 and 1, the block must be word aligned.
The address cannot cross the controller’s reference boundaries.
The address syntax depends on the controller’s addressing
convention. For detailed information about address syntax for
each tag type, see the sections on each of the tag types earlier in
this chapter.
You can import or export a tag database, to reduce re-keying and
errors when tags are converted between systems.
Database Formats Supported
When you import a database, the tag definitions are copied into your
current database. If the database is private, it remains private. A
shared database remains shared.
The following file formats are supported:
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PanelBuilder .csv—exported by RSView and PanelBuilder. You
can also create a database in Microsoft Excel, save it as a .csv
file, and then import it into PanelBuilder.
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A.I. Series .csv—exported by the A.I. Series software
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Logic 5 .csv—exported from a Logic 5 database (see note below)
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PanelBuilder Tag Database—an independent tag database
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Tag Database Import and
Export