jeremyhass
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Hi guys I have a big work cell that has 2 turntables and 4 fixtures, we have the Alpha signs(like you see in the restaurants the scrolling ones) we have used many of these signs and always had a stand alone machine so we had one processor and one sign, and we used the Comm 0 port to send Ascii messages to the one sign, but we 2 signs and one processor, we found a solution we are using the Real Time automation Module 435NBA and it has a ethernet connection in and 2 serial ports out for ascii data in or out, looks pretty slick the way it works, my local AB rep guy is a programmer, he told me I had to "With the Real Time Automation Device you have to define a Read and Write tag in the controller. You move the ASCII data to that Write location" but I have always used the AWT instruction for all of my Ascii messges, but I don`t understand do I keep using the AWT? this data from the AWT need to be sent out the Ethernet port to RTA module, channel 1? the processor at the plant is a 1769-L35E compactlogix, any help would be great or am I just Idiot?