Rockwell Automation 1787-GEN2SKIT, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7 DeviceNet Starter Kit User Manual - Manual (Page 8)

Publication DNET-UM003A-EN-P - August 2000
Table of Contents ii
Chapter 3
Connect Devices and Commission
Nodes What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
What is Node Commissioning? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
RSNetWorx for DeviceNet Node Commission Tool . . . . . . . 3-2
RSNetWorx Communicates via RSLinx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Electronic Data Sheets (EDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Prepare to Add Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Set up Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Configure Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Commission Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Commission the ArmorBlock MaXum I/O Module . . . . . 3-14
Connect and Commission the CompactBlock
I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Connect and Commission the ControlTower
Stack Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Connect and Commission the Inductive
Proximity Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Connect and Commission the RightSight
Photoelectric Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
What Your Network Will Look Like in RSNetWorx . . . . . . . 3-35
If You Use the Provided .dnt File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Edit the Properties (not required) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Chapter 4
Build the Scanlist What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
What is a Scanlist? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Configure Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
If You Want to Use the Pre-mapped .dnt File . . . . . . . . 4-3
If You Want to Use the .dnt File You Created
in Chapter 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Edit I/O Parameters for the Inductive Proximity Switch . 4-13
Map Input Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Map Output Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22