User Manual Manual

Publication 2706-UM016D-EN-P - March 2006
Serial ASCII Communications 3-5
Use the CompactLogix
Processor out Channel Zero
or One
To use a CompactLogix 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.
The ladder is the same as a ControlLogix except that the user
can select either channel zero or one.
3. 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
TIP
This same setup would need to be done for CH1 -
System Protocol if using channel one instead of
channel zero.