Preface
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1.
PREFACE
1.1.
INTRODUCTION TO THE CONTROLNET ROUTER
(ENHANCED)
This manual describes the installation, operation, and diagnostics of the Aparian ControlNet
Router (Enhanced). The ControlNet Router (Enhanced) is defined as the ControlNet Router
with firmware revision 1.001.010 (or later) being used with Slate v1.057 (or later).
The ControlNet Router, (hereafter referred to as the
module
) provides intelligent data routing
between either EtherNet/IP or Modbus TCP/RTU and a ControlNet network. This allows the
user to integrate ControlNet devices into a EtherNet/IP based Rockwell Logix platform (e.g.,
ControlLogix or CompactLogix) or any Modbus Master or Slave device with minimal effort.
The ControlNet Router also provides intelligent data routing between ControlNet and
Ethernet PCCC (CSP). This will allow the user to connect new PanelView Plus devices (with no
ControlNet interface) to existing ControlNet networks.
The
ControlNet Mode
can be configured to be either of the following two interface modes:
Target
A Logix controller can own the ControlNet Router over ControlNet using a scheduled
ControlNet connection when the ControlNet Router is operating as a ControlNet
target. This will allow the ControlNet Router to exchange data with the Logix controller
using the input and output assembly of the scheduled ControlNet connection. Data
from EtherNet/IP or Modbus TCP devices can be mapped to the Logix controller over
ControlNet.
Originator
As a ControlNet originator, the module can use one of two methods to read and write
data to and from ControlNet IO:
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Scheduled ControlNet
The ControlNet Router can be configured to own ControlNet IO by using the Slate
software to configure the IO connections and schedule the ControlNet network.
Each ControlNet Router can own up to 10 ControlNet devices with a total
maximum of 570 bytes of IO data. Multiple ControlNet Routers can exist on the
same ControlNet network with the Slate software having the ability to schedule all
of the ControlNet Routers on the network with originator IO connections and
downloading the ControlNet Keeper configuration into one of the ControlNet
Routers. Data from the ControlNet IO (via the IO input and output assemblies) can