This method of using produced and consumed tags is considered a best practice for moving data between any of the Logix series controllers and is superior to the Messaging technique that was heavily used in the past. Learn for free. Join SolisPLC and get started with our free courses.. For produced and consumed safety tags, these requirements are mandatory: • The size of the produced and consumed safety tags are limited to 128 bytes. • Connection status information must be included with produced and consumed safety tags. Create a user-defined data type whose first member is a CONNECTION_STATUS type. The remaining members in
The Inter-Processor Communications analysis dashboard provides an overview of the produced and consumed tags in the project. Produced tags are tags that a controller makes available for use by other controllers. Multiple controllers can simultaneously consume (receive) the data. A produced tag sends its data to one or more consumed tags.. Setting up a consumed tag. Image used courtesy of the author. You will notice a few more options available for selection in this menu. In the "producer drop-down menu," choose the PLC that will supply the produced tag created earlier. For the remote name, make sure to copy the produced tag name exactly as it was typed when creating the tag.