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Tag Variable

Description

Read/Write

VALUE

Displays the current value of the tag. Operates same as the case when only the tag name is assigned.

R/W

NAME

Displays the name of the tag. (String)

R

DESC

Displays the description of the tag. (String)

R/W

TYPE

Displays the type of the tag. (String)

Types: Group, Analog, Digital, String

R

UNIT

Displays the unit of the analog tag. (String)

R/W

MIN

Displays the internal minimum value of the tag.

R/W

MAX

Displays the internal maximum value of the tag.

R/W

RAWMIN

Displays the site minimum value of the tag.

R/W

RAWMAX

Displays the site maximum value of the tag.

R/W

DEADBAND

Displays the deadband of the analog tag.

R/W

OFFLABEL

Displays the Off Label of the digital tag. (String)

R/W

ONLABEL

Displays the On Label of the digital tag. (String)

R/W

LABEL

Displays the label of the digital tag according to the current state. (String)

R

ALARMTYPE

Displays the assigned alarm type.

R

INALARM1

Displays the Alarm On Label of the digital tag.

In case of Analog Tag:

Displays HiHi Alarm, Major Dev, ROC Label.

R/W

INALARM2

Displays Hi Alarm, Minor Dev Label of the analog tag.

R/W

INALARM3

Displays Lo Alarm Label of the analog tag.

R/W

INALARM4

Displays LoLo Alarm Label of the analog tag.

R/W

OUTALARM

Displays Alarm Off Label.

R/W

ALARMHIHI

Displays the boundary value of HiHi alarm.

R/W

ALARMHI

Displays the boundary value of Hi alarm.

R/W

ALARMLO

Displays the boundary value of Lo alarm.

R/W

ALARMLOLO

Displays the boundary value of LoLo alarm.

R/W

ALARMTARGET

Displays the target value of the deviation alarm.

R/W

ALARMMAJOR

Displays the Major Dev of the deviation alarm.

R/W

ALARMMINOR

Displays the Minor Dev of the deviation alarm.

R/W

ALARMROC

Displays the ROC of ROC alarm.

R/W

ALARMACK

Displays the alarm acknowledgement state.

R/W

ALARMVALUE

Displays the tag value when the alarm state changes.

R

ALARMTIME

Displays the time when the alarm state changes.

R

ALARMLABEL

Displays the label according to the current alarm state.

R

ALARMOCCTYPE

Displays the following value according to the alarm type.

0 : No Alarm

1 : OFF Alarm (Digital Tag)

2 : ON Alarm (Digital Tag)

3 : OFF->ON Alarm (Digital Tag)

4 : ON->OFF Alarm (Digital Tag)

5 : OFF<->ON Alarm (Digital Tag)

6 : HIHI Alarm (Analog Tag)

7 : HI Alarm (Analog Tag)

8 : LO Alarm (Analog Tag)

9 : LOLO Alarm (Analog Tag)

10 : Major Dev Alarm (Analog Tag)

11 : Minor Dev Alarm (Analog Tag)

12 : ROC Alarm (Analog Tag)

R

RAWVALUE

Displays the tag value of the Real/Analog tag in which the ‘Scale/Offset’ is not applied.

If minimum/maximum value of the ‘Eng. Data’ is not assigned, the variable will display the same value as the actual tag value.

R

TAGKIND

Displays the tag type.

[Group(0)/Digital(1)/Analog(2)/String(3)]

R

REALTAG

Displays the tag type; Real tag(1) or Virtual tag (0).

R

DEVICE

Displays the name of the I/O Device. (String)

R

ADDRESS

Displays the I/O Address. (String)

R

DATALOG

Displays if the tag is registered to the Data Logging.

(1: Registered, 0: Not Registered)

R

ALARMOCCTIME

Displays the time when the alarm occurred.

R

ALARMFREETIME

Displays the time when the alarm is cleared.

R

NAME2

Displays the tag name without the group tag name.

R

ALARMENABLE

Displays if the tag alarm is enabled(1) or disabled (0).

R/W

ACKLABEL

Displays the alarm ACK Label.

R/W

HYSTERESIS

Displays the hysteresis of the alarm.

R/W

GetTagValEx()

Function

GetTagValEx("Tag Name", "Tag Variable")

Type

Tag Variables Expression

Description

Gets the value of the tag variable for that tag.

Example

Sub Func1()

   Tag = GetTagValEx("MYTAG", "UNIT")

End Sub

SetTagValEx()

Function

SetTagValEx "Tag Name", "Tag Variable", [Specified value]

Type

Tag Variables Expression

Description

Sets a value to the tag variable for the specified tag.

Example

Sub Func1()

   SetTagVal "TAG", "DESC" "This is the comment."

End Sub