So first let me say I'm sure this is an easy one to solve but it's thrown me off today.
Background, I am using a single message instruction to read data out of 23 Powerflex 525's by changing the instance and IP address in the message path. This is not an unusual situation overall but I'm having an unusual issue.
For the record I've done this with Powerflex 40's on DeviceNet and Powerflex 753 over Ethernet before using the same fundamental logic and it's worked without issue.
The message Path is a String FYI. When trying to modify the message path in the tag at MessageName.Path.DATA[15] for example if I move a '4' in SINT format into that data location it ends up being '$04' instead.
This throws off my IP address and the message doesn't work due to communication errors. If I manually replace '$04' with a '4' in MessageName.Path.DATA[15] of the message tag it starts working right away.
What I'm trying to figure out is how to get the data moved without gaining the additional characters.
I should mention it's a Compactlogix L43 running revision 20.18 and the Powerflex 525 drives are at revision 5.1.
TIA.
Background, I am using a single message instruction to read data out of 23 Powerflex 525's by changing the instance and IP address in the message path. This is not an unusual situation overall but I'm having an unusual issue.
For the record I've done this with Powerflex 40's on DeviceNet and Powerflex 753 over Ethernet before using the same fundamental logic and it's worked without issue.
The message Path is a String FYI. When trying to modify the message path in the tag at MessageName.Path.DATA[15] for example if I move a '4' in SINT format into that data location it ends up being '$04' instead.
This throws off my IP address and the message doesn't work due to communication errors. If I manually replace '$04' with a '4' in MessageName.Path.DATA[15] of the message tag it starts working right away.
What I'm trying to figure out is how to get the data moved without gaining the additional characters.
I should mention it's a Compactlogix L43 running revision 20.18 and the Powerflex 525 drives are at revision 5.1.
TIA.