Rockwell Automation 1336T PLC Comm. Adapter, Series B, FRN 2.xx-3.xx User Manual

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Publication 1336 FORCE–5.13 –– September, 1998

The following is an example of a PLC Communications Adapter
Board that is scanning an I/O rack that is set up for 1–slot
addressing. When the Start button on the operator console is
pressed, a signal is sent to the attached input card on the I/O rack,
which is connected to a PLC Communications Adapter Board that is
set up in scanner mode.

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PLC Communications Adapter Board

in Scanner Mode

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RIO scanner input

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RIO scanner output

Operator Console with

Start button pressed

Logic Command

Logic Status

Drive

Running

To use the RIO scanner mode, you need to do the following:

Set the rack address of the RIO adapter channel(s) to 1.

Choose which channel(s) you want to use RIO scanner on.

Set the DIP switches appropriately. DIP switch settings are
covered in Chapter 2, Starting Up.

Make sure that you are only trying to scan one logical rack of
data.

Important: Block transfer is not supported in RIO scanner mode.

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