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When the RediGate restarts, the values in Scratchpad areas are all set to zero/empty and the type is set to INTEGER. Scratchpad elements are global to a Channel (shared in common among all PODs and devices on a Channel), but each Channel has its own set of numeric Scratchpad elements (-1 to -40). An element in the Scratchpad can have its value and type changed each time a POD program writes to it. Once written to, the element retains its value and type (INTEGER, REAL or STRING) until the next write, even between successive executions of different PODs.
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