Rockwell Automation 56AMXN/B ControlLogix AutoMax Comm Module - Manual (Page 35)

AutoMax DCSNet/RE RIO Module Page 35
Publication number 56AMXN-UM002A-EN-P November 2002
Using the 56AMXN as a Remote I/O Master
As a Remote I/O master, the module:
• Scans up to 7 drops
• Supports up to 248 words of scheduled output data and 250 words of
scheduled input data
• Maintains diagnostic counters
You configure the module using the utility provided. It reads the online
network and stores the network configuration in flash memory on the
56AMXN.
Subsequently, if the online network does not match the configuration in
flash, the module displays an error message on the 4-character display
and does not bring the mismatched drops online.
If the network changes, you must rerun the configuration program and
store the new configuration in flash.
The Configuration Program
You use 56AmxnRioCfg to configure the 56AMXN ControlLogix
AutoMax module as an AutoMax Remote I/O master. 56AmxnRioCfg is
an online configuration tool. The 56AMXN module must be connected
to the Remote I/O network to configure the module.
56AmxnRioCfg reads the network configuration and stores it to flash
memory on the module. It also generates a tag file that you import into
RSLogix 5000 to access the data.
Remote I/O operation assumes that all the data on the remote I/O
network is data you want. Therefore there is no mapping procedure;
56AmxnRioCfg assigns locations in ControlLogix memory for all the
modules it finds on the remote I/O network. If there is too much data to
fit into 248 words of outputs data and 250 words of input data, you must
split the network and use more than one 56AMXN module.
56AmxnRioCfg communicates with the module using RSLinx. You
must have RSLinx OEM or above; you cannot use RSLinx Lite.
When you run the program, it first displays an RSWho window. Expand
the tree to find the path to the 56AMXN module you wish to configure.
Procedure
1. Start 56AmxnRioCfg.
2. Select the path to the 56AMXN module in the RSWho window.
3. Select Actions/Auto Config command to read the network
configuration and store it on the 56AMXN.
4. Select File/Export Tags to export the tags to a CSV file.