# Direction

**Element name:** Direction

**Description:** Specifies the direction of the message. It can be OutputEvent and OutputPeriodic. The default value is OutputPeriodic.

| Type          | Units | Default        | MinOcurance | MaxOcurance |
| ------------- | ----- | -------------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| DirectionType | -     | OutputPeriodic | 1           | 1           |

**Example:**

```xml
<Direction>OutputPeriodic</Direction>
```