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148 Rockwell Automation Publication 1756-UM533C-EN-P - February 2011
Chapter 10 Unlatch Alarms and Reconfigure Modules By Using Ladder Logic
Enter Message Configuration
After creating a new tag, you must enter message configuration.
The small box with the ellipsis provides access to the Message Configuration
dialog box.
There are two dialog boxes on which you enter message configuration:
– Configuration
– Communication
A description of the purpose and setup of each dialog box is explained on the
following pages.
IMPORTANT
RSLogix 5000 software defaults information, such as the following,
depending on the message type:
• Service type
• Service code
• Class
• Instance
• Attribute
• Source element
• Source length
• Destination
You are required to choose a Service type and configure the Instance
field. Instance represents the module channel on which the service is
performed, if appropriate.