When you use an IA output, it will write to the entire word in the PLC that it is connected to. The PLC word must be under the control of one MASTER only. If the PLC must write to bits in this word, you must send the state to an IA input block and then connect the IA bit in the input parameter of the IA output block. I do not believe that multiple MASTER's are permitted. Terry _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave