Controller tag overview – ProSoft Technology MVI56E-MNET/MNETXT User Manual

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Ladder Logic

MVI56E-MNET / MNETXT ♦ ControlLogix Platform

User Manual

Modbus TCP/IP Interface Module

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ProSoft Technology, Inc.

April 23, 2014

3.4

Controller Tag Overview

Controller Tag

Description

MNET.DATA

MNET input and output data transferred between the processor
and the module

MNET.STATUS

Status information

MNET.CONTROL

Governs the data movement between the PLC rack and the
module

MNET.UTIL

Generic tags used for internal ladder processing (DO NOT
MODIFY)

The following sections describe each of these controller tag structures in more
detail.

3.4.1 MNET.DATA

The controller tags in MNET.DATA hold user data to be transferred between the
processor and the MVI56E-MNET module. This read and write data is transferred
between the processor and the module as "pages," or blocks, of data up to 200
words long.

The data types for the MNET.DATA.ReadData and MNET.DATA.WriteData
controller tag arrays are integer arrays containing variable numbers of elements.

Controller Tag

Data Type

Description

ReadData

INT[x]

Data read from module. Array size is equal
to the size set in the configuration.

WriteData

INT[x]

Data to write to module. Array size is equal
to the size set in the configuration.

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