Preface
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be exchanged with any of the Ethernet mode interfaces (e.g. EtherNet/IP Target
or Modbus TCP Slave).
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ControlNet Explicit Messaging
This allows the ControlNet Router to exchange data with up to 10 ControlNet
devices using explicit messaging over ControlNet. The module can Get or Set
data in the remote ControlNet devices with Custom Class, Instance, Attribute
values.
The
Ethernet Mode
can be configure to be any of the following five interface modes:
PCCC Client
The support for Ethernet PCCC (CSP) allows the module to emulate a PLC5 or SLC
providing a legacy interface for PanelViews and other devices over scheduled
ControlNet. This will allow an Ethernet-only PanelView to exchange data with a Logix
controller using an existing ControlNet connection.
EtherNet/IP Target
A Logix controller can own the ControlNet Router over EtherNet/IP using a class 1
connection when the ControlNet Router is operating as a EtherNet/IP Target. This will
allow the ControlNet Router to exchange data with the Logix controller using the input
and output assembly of the EtherNet/IP Class 1 connection. Data from ControlNet
devices (when operating as a ControlNet Originator) or Controllers on ControlNet
(when operating as a ControlNet Target) can be mapped to the Logix controller over
EtherNet/IP.
EtherNet/IP Originator
As an EtherNet/IP originator, the module can use one of three methods to read and
write data to and from the EtherNet/IP network:
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EtherNet/IP Class 1 Connection
The ControlNet Router can be configured to own EtherNet/IP IO by using the
Slate software to configure the Class 1 connections. Each ControlNet Router
can own up to 10 EtherNet/IP devices. Data from the EtherNet/IP IO (via the
input and output assemblies) can be exchanged with the ControlNet network
(when operating as either a ControlNet Target or Originator).
•
EtherNet/IP Explicit Messaging
This allows the ControlNet Router to exchange data with up to 10 EtherNet/IP
devices using explicit messaging over EtherNet/IP. The module can use either
Class 3
, Unconnected Messaging (
UCMM
), or
Logix Tag
to Get and Set data in
the remote EtherNet/IP devices with configurable Class, Instance, Attribute