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Explicit Messaging Chapter 4
Follow these steps to configure a message.
1. Choose the appropriate parameters in the Message
Configuration window.
Parameter Choice
Message Type Choose message type CIP Generic.
Service Type Read: Select service type Get Attribute Single
Write: Select service type Set Attribute Single
Instance Refer to Appendix
A for the CIP Instance of the data table you are
requesting to read. In this example, the power monitor’s Voltage, Amp,
and Frequency data table is instance 14.
Class 4
Attribute 3
Destination Get Attribute Single - This is the controller tag in which to store the
data being read.
Source Element Set Attribute Single - Refer to Appendix
A for the address of the
specific data table address you’re writing to.
Source Length Set Attribute Single - This is the number of elements of the source
element, to be written to the power monitor.