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Emerson.com/SolaHD
User Guide
A272-365
4. ROCKWELL ALLEN-BRADLEY SETUP
6/2022
4. ROCKWELL ALLEN-BRADLEY SETUP
This section describes how to utilize information in the PLC system using a Class 1 data connection.
Prior to setting up a connection to the Allen Bradley Logix Processor, the following must be done:
•
Install Studio 5000 software. Studio 5000 is a design and configuration software for the
Allen-Bradley
®
ControlLogix
®
and CompactLogix™ controllers.
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Configure the Network IP settings. For details regarding the IP configuration, refer to
Section 2.1
.
4.1 EDS FILE
This section will describe setting up a Class 1 IO connection with an Allen Bradley Logix Processor through an
EDS File. EDS files are text files used by network configuration tools to help you identify products and easily
commission them on a network. The knowledge of assembly instance numbers, data size, data types, etc.
are no longer needed when this method is used. In lieu of this, however, is the EDS file. The EDS file must be
imported to the EDS repository in order to be accessed by the Logix Designer. The procedure below is the
Class 1 IO connection set-up of the SCM Module to the Allen Bradley CompactLogix using the EDS file method:
1
To import the EDS file, select EDS Hardware Installation Tool under Tools. This will prompt the Rockwell
Automation EDS Wizard to open.
