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Ethernet/IP Class 3 Explicit signal syntax table

Table: Valid field values for Ethernet/IP Class 3 Explicit signals

Field

Valid values

Required for import

controller_node_name

16 characters or fewer. The string must contain at least one alphabetical character and can include letters, numbers and the following characters: $, -, and _

Yes

physical_device_node_name

The physical device name

Yes

logical_device_node_name

The logical device name

Yes

signal_name

The name of the signal as displayed in DeltaV Explorer under the logical device.

Yes

protocol

Ethernet/IP

Yes

description

As many as 255 characters using any keyboard characters

No

signal_tag

The device signal tag

No

data_direction

Input or output

No

data_type

  • ETHERNETIO_SIGNAL_BOOLEAN
  • ETHERNETIO_SIGNAL_INT8
  • ETHERNETIO_SIGNAL_UINT8
  • ETHERNETIO_SIGNAL_INT16
  • ETHERNETIO_SIGNAL_UINT16
  • ETHERNETIO_SIGNAL_INT32
  • ETHERNETIO_SIGNAL_UINT32
  • ETHERNETIO_SIGNAL_FLOAT

No

byte_order

Big Endian or Little Endian

No

first_bit_used

The first bit for the DeltaV system to read from or write to for this signal

No

number_of_bits_used

The number of bits that the DeltaV system reads from or writes to for this signal

No

zero_scale

The low scale value

No

hundred_scale

The high scale value

No

byte_offset

0 to (available I/O length - 1)

No

word_order

Normal, Reverse

No

attribute_id

Integer used to access a specific attribute

No