User Manual
Chapter 6
GFK-1503F
Jan 2020
Ethernet Configuration
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Determine for each PLC what data needs to be produced and consumed.
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Make a list of the IP addresses of the Ethernet Interfaces in the PLCs that are being used
to produce or consume the exchanges.
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Identify the members of up to 32 groups of devices that will share Ethernet Global Data
exchanges.
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Decide on appropriate repetition rates and timeout periods for the exchanges.
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Identify the content of each exchange in the producer and identify appropriate data
ranges in the consumers to receive the data.
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It is not necessary to consume all of the data from a produced exchange in each
consumer. A consumed exchange may be configured to ignore specified data ranges.
6.4
Configuring a Global Data Exchange for a
Producer
Each Global Data exchange must be configured in the producer as defined below. The
exchange must also be configured in each consumer, as explained next.
Parameters
Description
Local
Producer ID
The address that uniquely identifies the CPUE05 as an Ethernet Global Data
device across the network. It is a dotted-decimal number. The default is the
same as the IP address of the CPUE05. The default can be changed.
Exchange ID
A number that identifies a specific data exchange.
Adapter Name Always 0.0 for CPUE05.
Consumer
Type
Select
whether the data’s destination will be a single device (IP address) or
one of 32 predefined device groups (Group ID). See “
in chapter 13 for more information.
Consumer
Address
If the “Consumer Type” above is IP Address, this is the IP address of a single
device to receive the exchange. If the “Consumer Type” is Group ID, this is the
group’s ID number (1–
32). See chapter 13 Ethernet Communications for
more information about IP Addresses.
Send Type
Currently fixed at “always”. Ethernet Global Data will always be sent when the
PLC’s I/O scan is enabled. It will not be sent when t
he I/O scan is disabled.