Controllogix example – Rockwell Automation 2100-ENET CENTERLINE 2100 Motor Control Centers EtherNet/IP Network Adapter User Manual

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Chapter 4

Configure the I/O

7.

Click Close and keep RSLinx software running.

8.

Verify that your computer recognizes the end device.

9.

From the Communications menu, choose RSWho.

10.

Click the ‘+’ symbol next to the Ethernet driver.

Note that two other RSLinx drivers (Ethernet devices or Remote Devices
via Linx Gateway) can be used. Use one of these drivers if the EtherNet/IP
network driver cannot see your end device.

ControlLogix Example

After the adapter is configured, the end device and adapter is a single node on the
network. This section provides the steps needed to configure a simple
EtherNet/IP network (see

Figure 3

). In our example, we configure a

ControlLogix controller with 1756-ENBT (Series A) bridge to communicate
with the end device, by using the Input and Output Assemblies over the network.

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