Rockwell Automation 1794-OB16D FLEX I/O Diagnostic Modules User Manual - Manual (Page 90)

Publication 1794-UM061A-EN-P - July 2006
88 Configure your Digital Module on an EtherNet/IP Network
Add Distributed I/O
To communicate with the I/O modules in your system, you add bridge,
adapter, and I/O modules to the I/O Configuration folder of the controller.
Within the I/O Configuration folder, you organize the modules into a
hierarchy (tree/branch, parent/child).
Local
Communication
Module
Device
1. Add the local communication module
(bridge).
2. Add the remote adapter for the distributed
I/O chassis or DIN rail.
3. Add the I/O module.
…you build the I/O configuration in this order.
For a typical distributed I/O network you build the I/O configuration in this order.
Controller
I/O
Module Remote
Adapter