Online toolset connection, Module misallocation check, Trusted – Rockwell Automation T80010 Application Note Module Misallocation Check User Manual
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AN-T80010 Module Misallocation Check
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1. Module Misallocation Check
1.1. Online Toolset Connection
To connect to the system using the toolset, follow the following procedure.
Open the Toolset ( Start | All Programs | Trusted | Toolset )
Open the project for the system you will connect to by double-clicking on its name.
It is possible to connect to the system using either the processor’s front panel serial port or over 
Ethernet via a communications interface. Before connecting to the system, check that the 
communications port settings are correct. Select Debug | Link Setup. If you are using a TC-305 
maintenance cable to connect to the processor’s front panel serial port, check that ‘Communication 
port:’ is set to COM1 (or whichever serial port you are using on the PC). If you are using Ethernet, 
check that TMR System is selected. This option is at the bottom of the list and you need to scroll down 
one row to see it. For Ethernet, click on Setup and check the IP address is set. For existing site 
systems, the communications settings should already be set up. 
Check that the maintenance cable is plugged into the PC serial port and the processor’s front panel 
port (for serial connections) or that the system and PC are connected to the Ethernet network with 
addresses on the same subnet (for Ethernet connections). 
Ensure the processor keyswitch is turned to ‘Maintain’. The toolset will not communicate with the 
system if the keyswitch is in the ‘Run’ position. 
Select Debug | Debug. A long thin window entitled IEC1131 TOOLSET – (application) – Debugger 
should appear. This will have a bold black line of text giving the state of the application. This window is 
called the Debugger window and it is the key to all online controls. To disconnect from the system, 
close this window and all other online windows will also close. 
If the black line of text does not say RUN, and the system is clearly running (flashing ‘Run’ LED on the 
processor), then there is likely to be a communications problem. 
Using a serial port, you will see ‘Disconnected’. Check that the keyswitch is set to Maintain and the 
maintenance cable is connected. Then try to connect again. 
Using Ethernet, the online session will abort with the message ‘Cannot install the communication’. You 
will need to close down all Toolset windows to reset this error. Check the keyswitch position. Check 
that the Ethernet network is connected by sending a ‘ping’ command to the communications interface 
port using the following command (with 
the appropriate IP address) in a 
command window. Then try to connect 
again.