Drag-and-Drop Communication Properties to Web Pages

You can quickly create WebPage Elements on a WebPage to display diagnostic information about the job's communication status while Online.

Just drag-and-drop the CommunicationCard tag from the Tags Window (published tags are in the Devices > CommunicationCard category) onto the WebPage.

When you drag-and-drop the tag, the following WebPage elements are automatically created:

WebPage Control Name WebPage Control Text or Value WebPage Label Text
IsConnected True or False, depending on the connection status. Same as Tag.
PLCConnectionUp True or False, depending on the connection status. Same as Tag.
ProtocolStatus

The code of the current protocol connection status. This can be one of the following:

  • 4929: The connection is idle.
  • 4930: The system is connecting.
  • 4931: The system is connected.
  • -2147478716: Connection rejected.
  • -2147478715: Connection faulted.
  • -2147478701: Connection timed out.
  • -2147475295: The selected protocol is not enabled.
Same as Tag.