User Manual

26 Publication 1408-UM001B-EN-P - May 2008
Chapter 4 Explicit Messaging
RSLogix5 Software - Message Setup using PLC5 or SLC Typed
Read/Write
The following is an example of how to set up your message
instruction to read or write single or multiple elements to a power
monitor using PLC5 or SLC Typed messages in RSLogix5. This setup
applies to PLC5 programmable logic controllers.
Follow these steps to configure a message.
1. Choose an available message data block in your message
instruction.
In this example, we used MG9:0.
2. Click Setup Screen at the bottom of the message instruction.
The message configuration window for either Ethernet network
or Serial communcation appears.