User Manual Manual

Publication 2706-UM016D-EN-P - March 2006
3-4 Serial ASCII Communications
Use ControlLogix Processor
out Channel Zero
To use a ControlLogix processor out Channel Zero on a display:
1. Open a new application.
2. Set up the controller properties by right-clicking on the
controller name and selecting properties and then the serial port
tab as follows:
3. Set up ladder logic and controller tags.
4. The tag set-up for this example is:
• Toggle is of type DINT
• Message_send is of type SERIAL_PORT_CONTROL
• Message is of type SINT[50]
ER
0
toggle.0
EN
DN
ASCII Write
Channel 0
0
String Length 0
Characters Sent 0
Source
message [ 0 ]
SerialPort Control message_send
AWT