User manual
MVI56-HART ♦ ControlLogix Platform  Reference 
HART Multi-drop Master Communication Module   User Manual 
ProSoft Technology, Inc.  Page 129 of 171 
October 13, 2011 
COMMAND 18 - Write Tag, Descriptor and Date 
Description 
This command writes an ASCII Tag which identifies the device, an ASCII descriptor of 
the device and the last Date it has been configured. 
Write Parameters 
Word  High Byte  Low Byte 
0  Packed ASCII TAG Byte 0  Packed ASCII TAG Byte 1 
1  Packed ASCII TAG Byte 2  Packed ASCII TAG Byte 3 
2  Packed ASCII TAG Byte 4  Packed ASCII TAG Byte 5 
3  Packed ASCII Descriptor Byte 0  Packed ASCII Descriptor Byte 1 
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8  Packed ASCII Descriptor Byte 10  Packed ASCII Descriptor Byte 11 
9  Date  Date 
10  Date  0 
Floating Point Data Returned 
NONE 
Integer Data Returned 
Word  High Byte  Low Byte 
0  STATUS WORD 
1  TAG ASCII Character 0  TAG ASCII Character 1 
2  TAG ASCII Character 2  TAG ASCII Character 3 
3  TAG ASCII Character 4  TAG ASCII Character 5 
4  TAG ASCII Character 6  TAG ASCII Character 7 
5  Descriptor ASCII Character 0  Message ASCII Character 1 
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12  Descriptor ASCII Character 14  Message ASCII Character 15 
13  Date  Date 
14  Date  0 










