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Figure 3.17 - General Configuration
The ControlNet configuration consists of the following parameters:
Parameter
Description
ControlNet Channels
The ControlNet Router module has two ControlNet ports and supports redundant
ControlNet operation. The ControlNet Channels can be selected in this parameter
to communicate on Channel A Only, Channel B Only, or A+B Redundant.
Node Address
This is the node address of the ControlNet Router on the ControlNet network.
Message Pass-
Through Timeout
This is the ControlNet message pass-through timeout which specifies how long the
ControlNet Router will wait for a response from a ControlNet node before the
response will be seen as a failed no-response.
Internal Status Offset
Start
The internal status information of the module can be saved at a specific Internal Data
Space (IDS) address. This parameter is the start address for the module status in the
IDS.
Internal Control
Offset Start
The internal control of the module can be obtained from a specific Internal Data
Space (IDS) address. This parameter is the start address for the module control in the
IDS.
Enable ControlNet
Keeper
When this parameter is set
and
valid Keeper parameters have been downloaded to
the module during the ControlNet network scheduling in Slate, then the module will
operate as the ControlNet Keeper if it has the lowest address of the active Keepers
on the network.
Force Run Mode
When this parameter is set, it will force all the originator connections (where the
module owns the IO) to have the connection operation set to
Run
. If this parameter
is not set, then the user will need to write to the IDS control (see the parameter in
the table) to set the originator connection to
Run
or
Prog
mode.
Input Assembly Size
When using Scheduled ControlNet this is the size of the input data (being read from
the ControlNet Router) that can be mapped for the PLC5 emulation. See the
Scheduled ControlNet
section.