Point Types
The UNT and DX9100 point types are organized in regions, which correspond to various types of input/output and internal value. The following table summarizes region names and corresponding CIMPLICITY point types.
Long Name | Short Name | Point Type |
Analog Input | AI | FLOAT |
Analog Output | AO | FLOAT |
Binary Input | BI | DIGITAL |
Binary Output | BO | DIGITAL |
Internal Floating Point data | ADF | FLOAT |
Internal Integer data | ADI | ANALOG_16 |
Internal Byte data | BD | ANALOG_U8 |
Logic Results | LRS | DIGITAL |
Programmable Module Constants | PMK | ANALOG_U16 |
Programmable Module Outputs | PMO | FLOAT |
Programmable Module Logic | PML | DIGITAL |
Programmable Module Accumulator | PMA | ANALOG_U32 |
System Data | SD | Various |
Memory | MD | Application dependent |
Each region has a number of records. The exact number of records in a region depends on hardware and software configuration of the device.
Each record has a number of attributes such as current value and alarm limits. Within each region, all records have the same attributes.