Rockwell Automation DeviceNet Communications for PanelView Plus and PanelView Plus CE - Manual (Page 18)

Publication 2711P-UM004B-EN-P - March 2007
18 Configure the Terminal as a Slave Device
Configure the Slave Inputs and Outputs
You are now ready to configure the slave inputs and outputs in the
PanelView Plus terminal. For the example used in this chapter, the
1756-DNB DeviceNet module will scan these inputs and outputs.
• One DINT or 4 bytes of input data
• One DINT or 4 bytes of output data
What differentiates the PanelView Plus terminal as a slave or a scanner
is the node you specify for each block of data. The device you
configure data for via the I/O Configuration tab is the slave on the
network. If the device node matches the node address for the
PanelView Plus terminal, then it will operate as a slave. In this
example, the node address is 2.
Definition of Inputs and Outputs
Inputs and outputs are in reference to the PanelView Plus DeviceNet
module and correspond to RSNetWorx terminology. In other words,
the output of a controller is an input to the PanelView Plus terminal.
RSView ME software can read inputs and outputs, but only write to
outputs configured in the PanelView Plus terminal.
Configure the Slave Input Data
1. On the I/O Configuration tab, right-click the Input icon and
select Add Address Block.
IMPORTANT
Typically these address blocks will be larger. Minimize the
number of address blocks going to a single device.