Connecting to the drive, Connecting to the drive -6 – Rockwell Automation 9303 DRIVE TOOLS32 GETTING STARTED User Manual
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Using RSLinx Gateways
Publication 9303-5.13 – March 1998
Connecting to the
Drive
To connect to the drive, you need to:
1.
From the Drive menu, select Connect to Drive. The Gateway DH+
Network Connect to Drive dialog box appears.
2.
In the Enter DH+ Station field, enter the station number.
Valid station numbers are octal values between 0 and 77. If you are using a
1395 drive with a Multi-Comm board or a 1336 FORCE drive with a PLC
Communications Adapter Board, the station number is set on the
communications board.
Important: You can use the WHO button to determine the station number. The
WHO button is covered in further detail below.
3.
Click OK.
After a short pause, either the DriveManager32 screen with the drive parameters
appears, or you are prompted to create a database.