Message Configuration Dialog Box - Status Section Overview

This area of the

Message Configuration

dialog box lets you see and manipulate the part of the message tag available from the Data Monitor.

This field lights up blue when the Enable bit is true. This bit signifies that user logic has attempted to trigger the message.

This field lights up blue when the Enable Waiting bit is true. This bit signifies that the message has been triggered, but processing of the configured request has not yet begun.

This field lights up blue when the Start bit is true. This bit signifies that the message processing has begun.

This field lights up blue when the Done bit is true. This bit signifies that the message processing was successfully performed to completion.

Displays the amount of data actually transferred (0...65335). This may be in elements or in UNITs, depending on the service code.

This field lights up blue when the Error bit is true. This bit signifies that that message processing resulted in an error. You must select

Error Code

to view the error.

The Hex value (UINT) of the message error code (0 to 0xFFFF).

Displays and lets you select the value of the Timed Out requested bit. This bit signifies that you have requested that message processing be terminated. You select this bit to time out the message instruction. Once you select this item, the value is immediately updated, as indicated by the blue arrow to the right of it.

The Hex value (UINT) of the message extended error code (0 to 0xFFFF). This value is only valid if the message extended error code length is 1. If the extended error length is 0, no extended error code is available. If the extended error length is greater than 1, then the error information is placed within the destination tag. You must then go to the Data Monitor to view this information.