Specify Block Transfer Messages
The block-transfer message types are used to communicate with block-transfer modules over a Universal Remote I/O network.
To: | Select this command: |
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Read data from a block-transfer module This message type replaces the BTR instruction | Block-Transfer Read |
Write data to a block-transfer module This message type replaces the BTW instruction | Block-Transfer Write |
To configure a block-transfer message, follow these guidelines:
- The source (for BTW ) and destination (for BTR) tags must be large enough to accept the requested data, except for MESSAGE, AXIS, and MODULE structures.
- Specify how many 16-bit integers (INT) to send or receive. You can specify from 0 to 64 integers.TIP:To have the block-transfer module determine how many 16-bit integers to send (BTR), or to have the controller send 64 integers (BTW), type0for the number of elements.
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