Rockwell Automation 1789-L10_L30_L60 SoftLogix 5800 System User Manual User Manual

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Appendix B

Communicate with Devices on a ControlNet Network

This example shows two controllers in the project. The Soft1 controller produces
TagA and the Soft2 controller consumes TagA and stores it as TagB.

1. To add two controllers in the I/O tree named Soft1 and Soft2, right-click

I/O Configuration and choose New Module.

2. Name and configure each controller.

3. Create TagA for Soft1 controller. Enter the Name, Type and Data Type.

Click OK.

TagA will look as follows.

4. Create TagB for Soft2 controller.
5. Enter the Name, Type and Data Type.

Soft1 Controller - Produces TagA

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