Rockwell Automation 9303 DRIVE TOOLS 32 VER 2.50 GETTING STARTED User Manual

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Setting Up ControlNet to RIO Block Transfer Pass Thru Communications

Ensure that the controller connected to the drive is not using any Block
Transfer instructions addressed to the drive in its ladder logic program.

Ensure that the controller connected to the drive is in RUN mode. If it is not
in RUN mode, pass thru messages cannot be delivered to the connected
drive product.

Configuring RSLinx

For RS-232 to ControlNet communications, you must configure RSLinx for
RS-232 serial communications.

Important: When configuring a driver for RS-232 to ControlNet, you should
select the KFC 1.5 card in the Device field of the following RSLinx dialog box.

Refer to the “Configuring RSLinx” section in Chapter 3, Setting Up RS-232
Point-to-Point Serial Communications,
for instructions on configuring RSLinx.

Setting Up Communications in a DriveTools32 Application

Before a DriveTools32 application can communicate with a drive, you must
configure it. To do so, you need to:

1.

Start the DriveTools32 application.

KFC 1.5

Select

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