6.Communications Settings
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6.4. Device Variables
The process data of the Signal Tower (as PDOs in the Slave Terminal) is assigned to the
Controller's device variables. The device variables are automatically named from a
combination of the device names and the port names.
The following show the device variables and data types to which the process data of the
Signal Tower is assigned.
In this guide, the operating mode of the Signal Tower is set to Simple Mode (default) for the
process data assignment of the Signal Tower.
With Sysmac Studio, two methods can be used to specify an array for a data type.
After specifying, (1) is converted to (2), and the data type is always displayed as (2).
(1) BOOL[16] / (2) ARRAY[0..15] OF BOOL
In this guide, the data type is simplified by displaying BOOL[16].
(The example above means a BOOL data type with sixteen array elements.)
Process data output area (Controller to Slave Terminal)
Device
name
Device variable
Data
type
Process data of Signal Tower
Bit Description
N1
N1_Port1_Output_Data01[0] BYTE 5
0 Buzzer ON / OFF
1 to 7 Not used
N1_Port1_Output_Data01[1] BYTE 4
0 LED Unit (White) ON/OFF
1 to 7 Not used
N1_Port1_Output_Data02[0] BYTE 3
0 LED Unit (Blue) ON / OFF
1 to 7 Not used
N1_Port1_Output_Data02[1] BYTE 2
0 LED Unit (Green) ON / OFF
1 to 7 Not used
N1_Port1_Output_Data03[0] BYTE 1
0 LED Unit (Amber) ON / OFF
1 to 7 Not used
N1_Port1_Output_Data03[1] BYTE 0
0 LED Unit (Red) ON / OFF
1 to 7 Not used
Additional Information
For more information on the process data of the Signal Tower, refer to 6 How to Use of the
IO-Link Signal Tower TYPE LR6-IL Complete Operation Manual (GA0001002).