Let’s create the PLC “Consume tag”. On the Edit Tags tab, create another new tag. The tag will be named, “REMOTE_to_ME_DINT” and created as a “Double Integer” data type.
Right-click anywhere over the tag and select, Edit “REMOTE_to_ME_DINT” properties. Select “Consumed” as the data type.
Now select the Connection button.
The “Producer” will be our PLC1 processor and the “Remote Data” tag name will be “Me_to_REMOTE_DINT”.
An RPI (request packet interval) of 20 milliseconds is OK. This time represents how often the processor will consume the data.
Let’s add the “Produce” tag in the “Local PLC1” program.
The produce tag will be named “ME_to_REMOTE_DINT”. Create the tag in the “Edit tags” section as a Double Integer data type.
Then right-click anywhere over the tag and select Edit “ME_to_REMOTE_DINT” properties.
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Let’s create the PLC’s Consume tag. On the “Edit Tags” tab, create another new tag. The tag will be named, “REMOTE_to_ME_DINT” and created as a “Double Integer” data type.
Right-click anywhere over the tag and select, Edit “REMOTE_to_ME_DINT” properties. Select “Consumed” as the data type.
The ...
In each PLC we configured a “Produce” tag and a “Consume” tag.
The “Local PLC Produce” tag data will be consumed by the “Remote PLC Consume” tag. The “Remote PLC Produce” tag data will be consumed by the “Local PLC Consume” tag.
You can always check for configured “Produce” tags by left-clicki...
