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58 Publication 1769-UM009E-EN-P - August 2009

Chapter 4 Automatically Configure a DeviceNet Network

While you can use the input and output tags of the scanner directly in your

logic, it is a lot easier to use alias tags.

1. Enter your logic.

2. Type a descriptive tag name for the DeviceNet data.

3. Right-click the tag name and choose New…

alias tag – a tag that represents another tag

• Both tags share the same data.

• When the data changes, both tags change.

• An alias tag provides a descriptive name for data,

such as DeviceNet input or output data.

• If the location of the data changes, simply point the

alias tag lets to the new location without editing

your logic.

As an option, create tags that describe each device without pointing them to

the actual addresses of the devices. Later, convert the tags to aliases for the

data of the devices.