Rockwell Automation 9303 DRIVE TOOLS 32 VER 2.50 GETTING STARTED - Manual (Page 135)

Chapter
14
Using ControlLogix Gateway to RIO Block Transfer
Pass Thru Communications
Chapter Objectives Chapter 14 provides instructions for using DriveTools32 with ControlLogix
gateway to RIO block transfer pass thru communications on a PLC or SLC
controller. In this chapter, you will read about the following:
• Required equipment and settings.
• Configuring RSLinx for ControlLogix gateway to RIO block transfer pass
thru communications.
• Configuring a DriveTools32 application for ControlLogix gateway to block
transfer pass thru communications.
• Connecting to a drive.
About
ControlLogix
Gateways To RIO
Block Transfer
Pass Thru
Communications With ControlLogix gateway to RIO block transfer pass thru communications,
you use a ControlLogix controller as a bridge to a network with a controller
(PLC or SLC). You then access a drive connected to the PLC or SLC controller
via a Remote I/O network using block transfers. (You cannot access a drive
connected to a ControlLogix controller via a Remote I/O network.)
When you use RIO Block Transfer Pass Thru communications, note:
• You cannot use DriveBlockEditor32 and the control features in
DrivePanel32.
• You cannot use DriveMonitor32 to monitor parameters and data in a drive
on an RIO network; however, you can use it to monitor parameters and data
in the controller.
• You may observe that communications are slow. RIO Block Transfer Pass
Thru communications to drives can take 2 seconds per point.
The networks to which you can connect depend on the scanners connected to the
ControlLogix controller. ControlLogix controllers may have scanners for:
• Ethernet
• ControlNet
• Data Highway Plus (DH+)