Installation manual

Publication 1747-RM001G-EN-P - November 2008
13-44 SLC Communication Channels
Generating Custom Data Table Monitor Pages
You can generate Custom Data Table Monitor pages with your text editor
then download them to the SLC 5/05 processor using RSLogix 500 version
6.0 or later. The first element of the file must contain a special tag as follows:
<!ABCDM-xx>
where xx is the automatic refresh rate in seconds (01-99).
A value outside the range defaults to a “snapshot” display.
You can modify the refresh rate three different ways.
• Enter the desired refresh rate and press the Change button
• Select the Default button for a 15 second refresh
• Disable the refresh by selecting the Disable button
Referencing Data Table Memory - the Data Table locations in the Custom
Data Table Monitor are referenced by placing custom tags into the ASCII file
of the processor. The format of the custom tag is:
<!ABDTR-file_type{file_number}:{file_element}[,#elements][%format]
[#expand][!comment]>
The items surrounded with {} are sometimes optional, whereas the items
surrounded by [] are always optional.
You must always specify the basic file reference. Depending on which file is
being referenced, file_number or file_element may be defaulted. If the
file_type is I, O or S, the file_number does not need to be specified, but the
file_element must be specified. If the file_type is not one of the three special
files, the file_number must be specified and the file_element may default to
zero (because the input, output and status files have fixed numbers).
When defining your custom tag, consider the following:
Table 13.14 Custom Tag Definition
Tag Item Description
#elements If not specified, this defaults to one. If it is less than one,
also defaults to one. Each element is output using the same
format (whether specified with %format or defaulted). Any
associated comment is displayed only for the first element.