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1.3 Supported Functions and Devices
BASEstar Classic device connection management offers a number of device
access functions. To perform a particular operation, the DAS PE must
support that function. Device connection management functions are
accessed through the following BASEstar Classic interfaces:
The DAS for AB INTERCHANGE software supports Allen-Bradley PLC-5, PLC-3, PLC-2 and SLC family devices and Allen-Bradley model PLC-5/250
Not all functions are supported for the model PLC-5/250 or PLC-3, PLC-2 or SLC family devices or the INTERCHANGE Software for the PI MicroVAX DAS option.
Both options of the DAS for AB INTERCHANGE software support the following device connection management functions:
In addition to the above, the EI Network Interface option supports the following functions for PLC-5 family (excluding the 5/250) devices:
NOTE: Simple compare is not provided on OpenVMS/Alpha systems.
The EI Network Interface option also provides utilities which import and export OpenVMS device files from and to Allen-Bradley's 6200 Programming Software environment.
For more information about supported functions and devices, refer to
Chapter 3, Using the DAS.
1.4 Errors messages and returned status codes
The return values generated by DAS for AB INTERCHANGE software are either standard ILAN$_ values or are from Allen-Bradley INTERCHANGE software. The return values generated by DTL have the facility code of DTL_. For more information about these messages, refer to Allen-Bradley documentation or the file SYS$LIBRARY:DTL.H.
To enable message translation of these DTL_ messages for each process, enter the following command:
$ SET MESSAGE SYS$MESSAGE:DTLMSG.EXE |
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