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Zone Interlock Protocol (ZIP)
Zone Interlock Protocol (ZIP)
The Zone Interlock Protocol (ZIP) menu is available for devices that support the 
DeviceNet™ Zone Interlock Protocol Object. The Zone Interlock Protocol 
provides a way for devices to share I/O message data directly, and the data that is 
consumed from other devices can then be used in a DeviceLogix™ program. The 
ZIP Choices Menu is displayed by selecting ZIP and pressing the Enter key at the 
Advanced Functions Menu. The following menu choices are available to edit and 
monitor the ZIP configuration:
ZIP Consumed
This screen allows the operator to configure the ZIP data that the device is going 
to consume. Configuring ZIP Consumed data consists of mapping I/O data from 
other nodes or zones on the network to the device’s internal ZIP Data Table (the 
ZIP Data Table is where a DeviceLogix™ program accesses ZIP data). Devices 
that support ZIP can define the number of zones from which they can consume 
at one time. In this manual it is assumed that the device can consume data from 
up to four zones at one time. The size of the internal ZIP data table is device 
specific. In this manual it is also assumed that the internal ZIP data table is eight 
bytes long.
The following screen shows a device with no ZIP I/O data configured or 
mapped:
Zone number (1…4) that is associated with data currently 
highlighted. Note: x = no zone is associated at this time
The Node Number of 
the device whose I/O 
data is mapped in 
this zone 
This is the internal zip data 
table. B:00-07 indicates that 
we are viewing data table 
bytes 0…7 (B:08-15 would 
be displayed on the next line 
if the data table was 16 bytes 
long). Each XX represents one 
byte in the data table. The XX 
will display the Devices Node 
Number whose I/O data is 
mapped to that byte in the 
ZIP data table.
Number of Zones 
left in this device 
that are not