Installation manual
Publication 1747-RM001G-EN-P - November 2008
Data File Organization and Addressing E-25
G Data Files - Specialty I/O 
Modules
Some specialty I/O modules use G (confiGuration) files (indicated in the 
specific specialty I/O module user’s manual). These files can be thought of as 
the software equivalent of DIP switches.
The content of G files is accessed and edited offline under the I/O 
Configuration function. You cannot access G files under the Monitor File 
function. Data you enter into the G file is passed on to the specialty I/O 
module when you download the processor file and enter the REM Run or any 
one of the REM Test modes.
Editing G File Data
Data in the G file must be edited according to your application and the 
requirements of the specialty I/O module. You edit the data offline under the 
I/O configuration function only. With the decimal and hex/bcd formats, you 
edit data at the word level.
• G1:1 = 234 (decimal format)
G1:1 = 00EA (hex/bcd format)
This rung is true for 
the first scan after 
powerup to unlatch 
M0:2.1/1.
TIP
Word 0 of the G file is configured automatically by 
the processor according to the particular specialty I/O 
module. Word 0 cannot be edited.










