Applies To:
  • CitectSCADA 5.xx
  • CitectHMI 5.xx
Summary:
I have defined an array of elements of type INT in my Control Logix PLC and mapped the array to a PLC5 array of INT, say B22. When I tried to display some of these tags on a page using Citect ABRSLINX driver, the Citect kernel reports errors such as:

Tue Mar 09 15:36:46 2004 00:51:47.812 Error: General error
READ 0008 PORT1 PLC1 $B22:0 288
Generic 000008 Driver 00126993 (0x0001f011)

One of the Citect Tags has been configured as follows:

Variable1 Digital
IODevice B22:0\0

 What can be causing this error?

 

Solution:
The solution to this problem is quite simple. The error code is being generated by the RSLinx API. The error 0x0001f011 is telling us that there is a data type mismatch or illegal data type.

The ABRSLINX.DBF file settings says that a B22 object is pointing to a Boolean array. But in this case, it is not correct.

You should instead use the following settings:

An array of elements of type INT in my Control Logix PLC and mapped the array to a PLC5 array of INT, say N22.

And in Citect setup tags as follows:

Variable1 Digital
IODevice N22:0\0

This still allows bit level addressing within Citect.

Be careful when using SLC mapping in a ControlLogix PLC.

Also see KB Article Q3721.

Other Allen Bradley error codes:

Allen Bradley PLC errors

1 0100     PLC out of buffer space

1 0200     PLC does not ACK message

1 0300     Duplicated token holder

1 0400     Local port is disconnected

 

1 1000     Illegal command or format

1 2000     Host will not communicate

1 3000     PLC host is missing

1 4000     Host hardware fault

1 5000     Address/memory protect rungs

1 6000     PLC is write protected

1 7000     Processor is in program mode

1 8000     Comp mode file/comms zone

1 9000     PLC cannot buffer command

1 b000     PLC problem due to download

 

1 f001     Error converting block address

1 f002     Insufficient levels in address

1 f003     Too many levels in address

1 f004     Symbol not found

1 f005     Symbol is of improper format

1 f006     Invalid address

1 f007     File is of wrong size

1 f008     Changed situation since start

1 f009     File is too large

1 f00a     Word and count too large

1 f00b     Access denied

1 f00c     Resource unavailable

1 f00d     Condition already exists

1 f00e     Shutdown cannot be executed

1 f00f     No privilege for up/down load

1 f010     Histogram overflow

1 f011     Illegal data type

1 f012     Bad parameter

1 f013     Data table deleted

 
Keywords:
ControlLogix, Mapping, 0x0001f011, ABRSLINX, ABRSLINX500, PLC5 

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