Rockwell Automation 20-COMM-Q ControlNet Adapter - Manual (Page 38)

4-2 Configuring the I/O
20-COMM-C/Q ControlNet Adapter User Manual
Publication 20COMM-UM003F-EN-P
The Configure Drivers screen reappears with the new driver in the
Configured Drivers list.
7. Click Close to close the Configure Drivers screen.
8. Keep RSLinx running and verify that your computer recognizes the
drive.
a. Select Communications > RSWho.
b. In the menu tree, click ‘+’ next to the ControlNet driver.
ControlLogix Controller
Example After the adapter is configured, the connected drive and adapter will be a
single node on the network. This section provides the steps needed to
configure a simple ControlNet network (see
Figure 4.1 ). In our example, we
will configure a ControlLogix controller with 1756-CNBR (Series D)
bridge to communicate with a drive using Logic Command/Status,
Reference/Feedback, and 16 Datalinks (8 to read and 8 to write) over the
network.
Figure 4.1 Example ControlLogix Controller ControlNet Network
ControlLogix Controller
with 1756-CNBR Bridge
PowerFlex 70 Drive with
20-COMM-C Adapter
Computer with
ControlNet Connection
(optional redundancy)
Channel A
Channel B
ControlNet
Network
TIP: Information for PowerFlex 750-Series drives has been added to this
manual where it is applicable.