ProSoft Technology MVI71-DFNT User Manual
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MVI71-DFNT ♦ PLC 5
User Manual
EtherNet/IP Client/Server Communication Module
Page 146 of 175
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
February 3, 2011
An example rung used to execute a read command is shown in the following
diagram:
The
M
ESSAGE
C
ONFIGURATION
dialog box must be completed to define the data
set to transfer to the processor from the module. An example of the dialog box
follows:
Complete the dialog box for the data area to be transferred. For PLC5 and SLC
messages, the
S
OURCE
E
LEMENT
should be an element in a data file (such as,
N10:0). For the PLC2 Unprotected Read message, the
S
OURCE
E
LEMENT
is the
address in the module’s internal database and cannot be set to value less than
ten. This is not a limitation of the module but of the RSLogix software.
Additionally, the
C
OMMUNICATION
information must also be configured. An
example of the dialog box follows: