ProSoft Technology 5204-DFNT-PDPMV1 User Manual

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Configuring the Gateway

DFNT ♦ ProLinx Gateway

Protocol Manual

EtherNet/IP Explicit Messaging Client/Server

Page 36 of 124

ProSoft Technology, Inc.

July 24, 2013

If the module is configured for the serial DF1 half-duplex protocol, the module
can act as a master device routing messages between attached slave devices.
This peer-to-peer communication is defined in the DF1 protocol specification.
The master polls each DF1 slave device until no more data is available from the
device. Response messages from the slaves that have a destination address that
do not match the module are routed with a request message header back out
onto the network. This facility offers communication between the slave devices
for control and data monitoring. This feature is not available if the module is
configured for DF1 full-duplex mode (point-to-point).

The module supports numerous commands. This permits the module to interface
with a wide variety of DF1 protocol devices. This includes PLC2, PLC5, SLC-500
series, MicroLogix and ControlLogix processors. Additionally, other devices
supplied by Rockwell Automation that use the DF1 protocol are supported.

The format of each command in the list depends on the function being executed.
To simplify command construction, the module uses its own set of function codes
to associate a command with a DF1 command/function type. The tables below
list the functions supported by the module:

Basic Command Set Functions

Function
Code

Comman
d

Function Definition

PLC5

SLC500 &
MicroLogix

Power-
monitor II

ControlLogix

1

0x00

N/A

Protected Write

X

X

2

0x01

N/A

Unprotected Read

X

X

X

3

0x02

N/A

Protected Bit Write

X

X

4

0x05

N/A

Unprotected Bit Write X

X

5

0x08

N/A

Unprotected Write

X

X

X

PLC-5 Command Set Functions

Function
Code

Command Function Definition

PLC5

SLC500 &
MicroLogix

Power-
monitor II

ControlLogix

100

0x0F

0x00

Word Range Write
(Binary Address)

X

X

101

0x0F

0x01

Word Range Read

(Binary Address)

X

X

102

0x0F

0x26

Read-Modify-Write
(Binary Address)

X

X

150

0x0F

0x00

Word Range Write
(ASCII Address)

X

X

151

0x0F

0x01

Word Range Read
(ASCII Address)

X

X

152

0x0F

0x26

Read-Modify-Write
(ASCII Address)

X

X

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