MVI69-PDPMV1
♦
CompactLogix or MicroLogix Platform
Mailbox Messaging
PROFIBUS DPV1 Master
User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
Page 83 of 225
July 8, 2011
4.2
Sending a Mailbox Message in RSLogix 5000
Note:
For this procedure, you must connect a serial cable from the serial port on your PC to the
DB9M connector on the CompactLogix or MicroLogix processor.
1
Open the sample ladder logic in
RSLogix 5000
.
2
Open the
C
OMMUNICATIONS
menu, and choose
G
O
O
NLINE
.
3
In the
Controller Organization
window, double-click
C
ONTROLLER
T
AGS
.
4
Expand the MVI69PDPMV1 and MVI69PDPMV1.[Mailbox]Command tags.
5
Enter
[1]
(number one) in the tag
MVI69PDPMV1.[Mailbox]Command.GetLiveList, and then press
[E
NTER
]
to
send the mailbox message from the processor to the MVI69-PDPMV1.
6
Next, expand the tag MVI69PDPMV1.Mailbox.GetLiveList.Station, to verify
that the MVI69-PDPMV1 responded to the GetLiveList message.
For MVI69PDPMV1.Mailbox.GetLiveList.Station[1] (the PROFIBUS Master
Address), notice that the value has changed from 4 (not communicating) to 3
(Master).
For MVI69PDPMV1.Mailbox.GetLiveList.Station[125] (the PROFIBUS Slave
Address configured in the Slave Configuration procedure), notice that the
value has changed from 4 (not communicating) to 0 (Slave OK)
