Comtrol UP DeviceMaster Quick Start User Manual

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DeviceMaster UP EtherNet/IP Quick Start: 2000478 Rev. D

Configuring Read/Write Devices - 23

Configuring Read/Write Devices

9.

Open the Setup screen and in the
General pane, under This Controller:

a.

Set Data Table Address to that of the
TX Data File in your PLC program.
(i.e. N11:0)

b.

Set Size in Elements to be at least
large enough to contain the entire
TX Data message. That will include
the sequence number, length, and
data integers. The DeviceMaster
UP will only send the number of
bytes specified in the second
message integer and will ignore any
extra data.

c.

Set Channel to that of your Ethernet
channel.

10. In the General pane, under Target

Device:

a.

Leave Message Timeout to the
default value.

b.

Set Data Table Address to that of the
corresponding transmit address of the serial or socket port on the DeviceMaster UP.

Serial Port 1 = N11:0

Serial Port 2 = N21:0

Serial Port 3 = N31:0

Serial Port 4 = N41:0

Socket Port 1 = N51:0

Socket Port 2 = N61:0

Socket Port 3 = N71:0

Socket Port 4 = N81:0

11. In the MultiHop pane:

a.

First line: set the IP address to that
of the DeviceMaster UP.

b.

Second line: set the ControlLogix
Backplane to 0 (zero).

12. Add controlling logic to your PLC

program to control when to transmit
the message. You may wish to use one
of the write-to-file example programs as
a reference:

PLC-5: lpbkExamplePlc5MsgFileRS5

SLC: lpbkExampleSlcMsgFileRS500

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