General Tab - Available Fields - ABB 800xA User Manual

Section 3 Engineering and Configuration
For more information on the available fields in General tab, refer
Field name
Proposed Name
Description
Type
Data Flow Direction
Display Format
Unit
Equipment Path
Creator
2PAA107563-600 B
Table 1. General Tab - Available Fields
The name of the tag that is required in the database. This is a
mandatory field.
Description of the Tag. This is an optional field. By default, the
Description field will be blank.
Data type of the Tag. This is a mandatory field. By default, the data
type will be Float or Real. Various options such as Float, Binary, Int,
String are included in this field.
Defines the direction of the data flow. This is a mandatory field. The
options are [in] and [Out]. By default, the value [in] is selected. If [in] is
selected, the Tag will be read-only. Select [out] to make the tag Read-
Write enabled.
Defines the format of the tag display. This becomes a mandatory field
when the Type field is selected as Float. If a Float tag type is defines,
then the Display Format is used to define the no. of digits after the
decimal point, Ex. 0.0, 0.00, 0.000.
Engineering unit of the tag. This is an optional field. By default, the
value for this field will be blank.
This enables the user to group tags of similar category, area
etc.Though this is not a mandatory field, it is recommended to define
this. By default, the value for this field is none. Example for Equipment
Path definition are Path1.Path2.Path3.
This field denotes the name of the source of the tag. The user can
mention the node type (like History Server or DCN etc.) manually.This
is an optional field. The default value is blank.
Configuring Using Vtrin
Description
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