Assign Tags to I/O Modules

Once tags/signals are assigned to I/O Modules/Channels Wiring Manager can create I/O Allocations reports and use I/O allocation data when creating loop diagrams and loop check reports.

When a tag is assigned to an I/O Module, Wiring Manager creates signal numbers that match the signal numbers on the corresponding field device terminals. In this way, Wiring Manager can create cross-patch wires from the incoming wiring to the tag's I/O channel terminals.

Note: In order to build redundancy into the design, a single tag can be assigned to channels on more than one I/O Module. However, you cannot assign a tag to different channels on the same IO Module.

Important: Tags cannot be assigned to an I/O Module unless the Tag No exists in the Engineer Instrument List and the tag has a value in the 'I/O Type' field of the selected Control System (for example, 'AI', 'AO', 'DI', 'DO').