Consumed Alias

Hello folks

Is it possible to have a Consumed tag be an Alias for a Local Output in L5K? I can use ladder to move the values from one to the other. I was hoping there was a smoooooooother way to do this. We are moving values from one PAC to another then over hardwire to another controller. Not the best set-up but you have to live with what you got.

Anybody have an ideas?

Greetings Jeff ...

as far as I know, there's no way to make a tag be an "alias" AND be "produced" or "consumed" at the same time ... is that what you're asking for? ...

but I just ran the following idea through the lab and it works ...

at the sending end of the line, I made a new DINT tag and set it up as "produced" ... I named it Local_2_O_Data ... then I wrote a rung to MOVe the contents of Local:2:O.Data into that new tag ...

at the receiving end of the line, I made a new DINT tag and set it up as "consumed" ... I named it Local_2_O_Data ... I pointed this to the alias tag at the other end of the line - and it worked ... specifically, I can see the output data from the "producing/sending" processor being reflected in the "consuming/receiving" processor ...

going further ... I think that I've answered your original question - but I'm not 100% sure that I know what you're trying to accomplish ...

along those (somewhat confused) lines, here's another idea that you MIGHT find useful ...

I have a 1756-OA16/A output module in slot 2 ... this module is owned by the processor in slot 0 ...

I have another processor in slot 8 of the same chassis ... I added the same output module to that processor's I/O Configuration ... BUT ... I set the Comm Format for "Listen Only" mode ...

the output data now shows up as Local:2:I.Data ... specifically, it shows up as "input" data - NOT as "output" data ... I imagine this can really confuse the uninitiated - but heck, stuff like that builds character ...

hope this helps ... sorry if I've completely misunderstood what you're up to ...

Ron as usual you are on the money. That is what I was thinking about.

I stated thinking about the 3AM call because the other guys can't follow the tags. I decided to use ladder and break the DINT into BITs. Using the a Look for it and Write it shcool of thought.

Thanks for the idea, but I was not thinking about the others when I posted the call for help.

Did you get the UPS?