ProSoft Technology 5204-DFNT-PDPMV1 - Manual (Page 109)

DFNT ♦ ProLinx Gateway Reference
EtherNet/IP Explicit Messaging Client/Server Protocol Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc. Page 109 of 124
July 24, 2013
The M ESSAGE C ONFIGURATION dialog box must be completed to define the data
set to transfer to the processor from the module. An example of the dialog box
follows:
Complete the dialog box for the data area to be transferred. CIP Data Table
messages require a tag database element for both the source and destination.
The D
ESTINATION T AG is a tag defined in the ControlLogix Tag database. The
S OURCE E LEMENT is the tag element in the DFNT module. The module simulates
a tag database as an array of elements defined by the maximum register size for
the module (user configuration parameter "Maximum Register" in the [Module]
section) with the tag name
INT _ DATA . In the example above, the first element in
the database is the starting location for the read operation of ten elements.
Additionally, the C
OMMUNICATION information must also be configured. An
example of the dialog box follows: