ProSoft Technology MVI71-GEC User Manual

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MVI71-GEC ♦ PLC 5 Platform

Ladder Logic

Generic ASCII Ethernet Communication Module

User Manual

ProSoft Technology, Inc.

Page 31 of 86

May 11, 2011

2 Select the 1769-Module (Generic 1769 Module) from the list and click OK.

3 Enter the Name, Description and Slot options for your application, using the

values in the illustration above. You must select the Comm Format as Data -
INT
in the dialog box, otherwise the module will not communicate over the

backplane of the CompactLogix rack.
Click OK to continue.

4 Select the Request Packet Interval value for scanning the I/O on the module.

This value represents the minimum frequency the module will handle

scheduled events. This value should not be set to less than 1 millisecond.

Values between 1 and 10 milliseconds should work with most applications.

5 Save the module. Click OK to dismiss the dialog box. The Controller

Organization window now displays the module's presence. The following

illustration shows the Controller Organization window:

6 Copy the Controller Tags from the sample program.
7 Copy the User Defined Data Types from the sample program.
8 Copy the Ladder Rungs from the sample program.
9 Save and Download the new application to the controller and place the

processor in run mode.

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