Using InTouch to map Indirect tags through Indirect real to IO real

[Snake654]

Hi, I am having trouble in the Intouch Application maping indirect real tags to IO real tags to grab information.

 

[Bit_Bucket_07]

There is no such data type as "Indirect Real". The Indirect tag for use with either an Integer or a Real data type would be an "Indirect Analog" data type.

Use a script to assign your Indirect Analog tag to mimic either a Memory Real or an IO Real tag.

Let's assume that your Indirect Analog tag is named "IA_Tag1".

Then, let's assume that you have an IO Real tag named "Bin_Level".

The following script would cause IA_Tag1 to reflect the value of Bin_Level:

IA_Tag1.name = Bin_Level.name;

IA_Tag1 will now reflect the value of Bin_Level until such time as you execute another script that assigns a different tag to IA_Tag1.

 

[NetNathan]

And yes...it is advised to use "IA_", "ID_", or "IM_" as beginning part of indirect tagname.
Then you automatically know it is an indirect tag and if it is an Analog, Discrete or Message tag.

However, I rarely do this any more. It is easier to "point" the Indirect script if I just use "I_". I already know by looking at the tagname if it is analog, discrete, or message.
As an example....I have an app where I am looking at 20 vacuum furnaces. The tags for each furnace start with "V1_", V2_", ...etc for each furnace.
So...V1 furnace Control Tc is shown as "V1_ControlTc".

Here is part of the "Data Change" script where I point all the indirects when the operator picks a furnace to monitor.
"FceNumber" analog tag is tracking what Furnace is being monitored.

I_ControlTC.Name = "V"+ Text( FceNumber, "#" ) +"-ControlTC";