# ID 21196

Scope of validity (channel / global) of external variable not configured.
Description | In an external variable list, an invalid identification is entered for the scope of validity (scope element).
Response | Class | 2 | Controller start-up is continued. The incorrect identifier is implicitly replaced by the identifier VE_CHANNEL. the external address of this variable is ALSO calculated but not checked for plausibility.
Solution | Class | 7 | Initialise the external variable correctly in the list [EXTV].
Parameter | %1: | Error value[-]
Name of the concerned variable P-EXTV-00001
%2: | Corrected value [-]
Invalid scope of validity
%3: | Corrected value[-]
Corrected scope of validity
Error type | -