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1 Defining Address Formats
Separate address formats are possible for digital and analog inputs and outputs. How
you define the address format for digital inputs and outputs is described below. You
also define the address format for analog inputs and outputs in the same manner.
1. Select the menu item Project data > PLC > Settings.

2. In the Settings: PLC, click [...] next to the Settings: PLC-specific field.

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3. In the Settings: PLC-specific dialog bring the Address formats tab into the
foreground.

4. Select a user-defined scheme from the drop-down list or create a new
scheme.

5. Next to the Digital I/Os field, click [...].

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6. In the Format of PLC address dialog, you define the address format using
the format elements Counter and Separator. In the Available format
elements list, select the Counter element and use the arrow key to copy it to
the right into the Selected format elements list.

7. In the Format: Counter dialog, you define the format for the counter. Select
the number system to be used for displaying the counter, define the start and
end values for the addressing and also the number of digits.

8. Click [OK].

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9. In the Available format elements list, select the Separator element and use
the arrow key to copy it to the right into the Selected format elements list.

10. In the Format: Separator dialog, you define the character to be used for
displaying the separator.

11. Click [OK].

12. Format the next counter and separator in the manner described above and
continue until the desired address format has been built. Every counter and
separator can be defined separately from each other.

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13. Click [OK].

A preview of the address format is displayed in the preview field, where the
format elements are represented by identifiers.

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