User manual
IEC61131 User and Reference Manual 
April 22, 2008     
264 
dnpsync 
Trigger DNP clock synchronization to a slave device 
Description 
This function sends a Clock Synchronization message to a DNP slave. 
The Clock Synchronization message 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 Time Synchronization message failed. This indicates the 
specified slave address has not been configured in the DNP Routing Table, or the DNP 
configuration has not been created. 
dnpsync 
error 
enable 
station 
Arguments 
Inputs 
Type 
Description 
enable 
Boolean 
Set to TRUE to trigger this function. 
station 
Integer 
DNP slave station address. 
Outputs 
Type 
Description 
error 
Boolean 
Returned error status. 
Notes 
This function is available on the SCADAPack 330, SCADAPack 350 and SCADAPack32 
only. 
The function sets internal flags to trigger a DNP message and returns immediately. The DNP 
message will be sent some time after the function call. 










