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Object: Network Variable List (Receiver)

Symbol: _cds_icon_nvl_receive.png

The object is used to list the received network variables and display the information: network and transmit information and sender.

To add the object to an application, click Add Object → Network Variable List (Receiver).

The Network Variable List (Receiver) lists the received network variables. These received network variables, which were declared in the Network Variable List (Sender) of another device or project. You cannot change the network variables in the object editor.

For more information, see: Configuring a Network Variable Exchange

The object editor consists of 2 sections:

  • Information about the sender and transfer log of the list

  • List of declarations of network variables

Dialog: Add Network Variable List (Receiver)

Function: The dialog defines the receiver NVL to a sender NVL and adds the receiver NVL to the application object in the device tree.

Call: Project → Add Object → Network Variable List (Receiver) menu (when the application object is selected)

Task

Task of the current application that controls the variables to be received

Sender

. List box

  • Available sender NVLs of another device in the project

  • Import from file: Required if the necessary sender NVL is defined in another project

    For this, the desired sender NVL has to have been generated in another project as GVL export file *.gvl in the properties dialog of the NVL on the Link To File tab.

Import from file

File name in GVL export file *.gvl format if you have selected Import from file for Sender

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