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ALL ABOUT TAGS
CRIMSON USER MANUAL - MODULAR CONTROLLER
ACCESSING THE SERVER
To access an FTP server from a web browser, type ftp://192.168.200.1 where 192.168.200.1
has to be replaced with your unit IP address.
CONFIGURING DATA TAGS
For applications that require more than the ability to map data to and from Modular
Controller modules, Crimson offers the ability to create tags.
Note that this chapter is written on the assumption that you are configuring a Master to have a
color virtual HMI. If you are working with the Master configured to have a monochrome
virtual HMI, you will notice that tags do not have the Colors tab, and that certain other
facilities might not be present. Features that are not supported on the mono version are
marked with an asterisk.
ALL ABOUT TAGS
Data Tags are named entities that represent data items within the Master. Tags may be
“mapped” to variables within the attached modules, as well as to registers in remote devices,
and Crimson will automatically read the corresponding values when the tag is referenced or
displayed. Similarly, if you change a mapped tag, Crimson will automatically write the new
value to the remote device.
TYPES OF TAGS
When you first open the Data Tags window, you will see that the right-hand pane contains an
apparently bewildering number of buttons that can be used to create different kinds of data
tags. While all these buttons may seem a little intimidating at first, the fifteen different kinds
of tag can be broken down into three families, each containing five members.
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