Rockwell Automation 283A ArmorStart with ArmorPoint Backplane - Getting Started - Manual (Page 14)

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Publication 283A-QS001C-EN-P - July 2006
ArmorPoint Backplane Commissioning
Establishing a Backplane Node Address
Backplane node addresses are established automatically by the ArmorPoint
system on power up. Node addresses for the backplane modules are
allocated from left to right, starting at address 1.
Note: The rotary address switches on the starter module are ignored
when using the ArmorPoint backplane.
Note: When using RSNetWorx for DeviceNet with the 283A
ArmorStart Distributed Motor Controllers, DO NOT use the
node commissioning outlined in Chapter 5 of the User Manual.
Details on Using the “ArmorStart Ladder Logic Configurator”
The ArmorStart Ladder Logic Configurator is a ladder logic routine (File
Name: ArmorStart_Configurator.ACD) designed so that under program
control, the entire product family of the ArmorStart Distributed Motor
Controllers can be configured easily from a Logix based controller. The
family of ArmorStart Distributed Motor Controllers includes the following
Bulletin Numbers: 280A, 281A, 283A and 284A. The ArmorStart
Distributed Motor Controllers can be networked over ControlNet or
EtherNetIP, when on the appropriate ArmorPoint backplane. The ladder
logic file is designed to be merged into an existing ladder logic file or it can
be used as the basic program and other logic can be added to it. This
document assumes that the reader has an average knowledge of the use of
RSLogix™5000 and Logix based controllers. Device configuration is done
inside the Controller tag editor under the Monitor Tags tab.
Note: The ArmorStart Ladder Logic Configurator (File Name:
ArmorStart_Configurator.ACD) is provided on the CD shipped
with every ArmorStart product with the ArmorPoint
Communications protocol.
Theory of Operation
It is possible to connect an ArmorStart product to the Point I/O based subnet
of the ArmorPoint I/O system. This allows the ArmorStart to be connected
to EtherNetIP and ControlNet, along with the original DeviceNet. The
easiest way to program these ArmorStarts, is to use RSNetWorx for
DeviceNet software, bridging through the appropriate network. This
ladder logic has been developed as an alternate method of configuration.
Once the appropriate device configuration is done to a User Defined
Structure in the ladder logic file, a bit will need to be turned on in the logic
to trigger a system wide read of the system. This system wide read, goes out
and reads certain attributes of every parameter of every ArmorStart in the
system and stores the information into a large data array. The first attribute