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Siemens Device Data Types

The following data types may be read from and written to Siemens devices accessed through the APPLICOM Communications enabler:


Type	Description
M	Bits
E	Input bits
A	Output bits
MB	Bytes
EB	Input bytes
AB	Output bytes
MW	Words
EW	Input words
AW	Output words
MD	Double words

The following data types may be read from and written to Siemens data blocks accessed through the APPLICOM Communications enabler:


Type	Description
DP	Bits
DW	Words
DD	Double words