GE Industrial Solutions AF-300 P11_G11 Ethernet Interface - Manual (Page 25)

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EtherNet/IP
IO Connection
An IO connection is used for data that is cyclically exchanged with the drive, i.e., Frequency command and
operation command. Other drive parameters can be exchanged by explicit messaging, see the “Explicit
Messaging” section.
Idle action
For security reasons, when the PLC is put into program/idle mode it defaults generates a network loss event
to stop the drive. This functionality can be disabled by bus configuration parameter IDLE action, see the “Bus
Configuration Parameters” section.
Example PLC configuration
In this example a connection is set up to a Rockwell Automation ControlLogix PLC, equipped with a 1756-
ENBT/A Ethernet bridge. The configuration program used is RSLogix 5000 from Rockwell Software.
1. Start RSLogix 5000
2. Right-click on the Ethernet bridge module and choose “New module”