Rockwell Automation 5720 DriveLogix System - Manual (Page 176)

Publication 20D-UM002C-EN-P - November 2003
7-30 Communicating with Devices on a ControlNet Link
Producing and consuming tags with a ControlNet PLC-5 controller depends
on the type of data.
Producing a tag to a ControlNet PLC-5 controller
To produce a tag that a ControlNet PLC-5 controller can consume:
1. Determine the type of data to produce?
DriveLogix1
TagA DINT
DriveLogix controller
(DriveLogix2)
ControlNet
ControlLogix controller
(Control1)
ControlNet PLC-5 controller
(PLC5C1)
If: And you are producing: Then:
INT na A. Create a user-defined data type that contains an array of INTs with an even
number of elements, such as INT[2]. When you produce INTs, you must
produce two or more.
B. Create a produced tag and select the user-defined data type you created.
DINT or REAL Only one DINT or REAL value Create a produced tag and select the DINT or REAL data type, as appropriate.
More than one DINT or REAL A. Create a user-defined data type that contains an array of DINTs or REALs,
as appropriate.
B. Create a produced tag and select the user-defined data type you created.