User manual
IEC61131 User and Reference Manual 
April 22, 2008     
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dnppoll  
Trigger a DNP class poll of a slave device 
Description 
This function triggers a DNP Class Poll message to request the specified data classes from 
a DNP slave. 
The DNP class poll is sent to the station when the enable input changes from OFF to ON. 
The error output is set to false if the function was successful.  
The error output is set to true if the class poll message failed. The error output indicates the 
specified slave address has not been configured in the DNP Routing Table, or the DNP 
configuration has not been created. 
dnppoll 
error 
enable 
station 
cls0 
cls1 
cls2 
cls3 
Arguments 
Inputs 
Type 
Description 
enable 
Boolean 
Set to TRUE to trigger this function. 
station 
Integer 
DNP slave station address. 
cls0 
Boolean 
Poll for Class 0 data 
cls1 
Boolean 
Poll for Class 1 data 
cls2 
Boolean 
Poll for Class 2 data 
cls3 
Boolean 
Poll for Class 3 data 
Outputs 
Type 
Description 
error 
Boolean 
Returned error status. 
Notes 
This function is available on the SCADAPack 330, SCADAPack 350 and SCADAPack 32 
only. 
The function sets internal flags to trigger a DNP poll message, and returns immediately. The 
DNP message will be sent some time after the function call. 










