Checking your hardware installation, Configuring rslinx for dh+ direct communications, Configuring the communication driver -2 – Rockwell Automation 9303 DRIVE TOOLS32 GETTING STARTED User Manual

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Setting Up DH+ Direct Communications Systems

Publication 9303-5.13 – March 1998

Checking Your
Hardware
Installation

Before configuring RSLinx and running DriveTools32, you should check:

All the cable connections between the drive and the PC are secure.

Equipment is powered up.

Configuring
RSLinx for DH+
Direct
Communications

To use RSLinx for a DH+ communications system, you need to:

1.

Configure the communication driver.

2.

Test the configured driver.

3.

Map the configured driver(s) to the KTPort Value.

Configuring the Communication Driver

To configure the communication driver, you need to:

1.

Start the RSLinx application.

2.

From the Communications menu, select Configure Drivers. The
Configure Drivers dialog box appears.

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