MVI56E-FLN ♦ ControlLogix Platform
Configuring the MVI56E-FLN Module
FA Control Network Ethernet Communication Module
User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
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Checking the Participation Table
Monitor the
FLNETSTATUS.General.Nodes_Participating_Count
controller tag to
see the number of nodes currently participating in the network. The information in
this tag is updated automatically from the module through status blocks 0 and -1.
Monitor the
FLNETSTATUS.General.Nodes_Participating_Table[
]
controller tag
to check if each node is currently participating in the FL-net network. The
following illustration shows that only nodes 10 and 40 are participating.
Bit 10 of
FLNETSTATUS.General.Nodes_Exchanging_Data_Table[0]
word is
set as 1 (hex value of 0400)
Bit 8 of
FLNETSTATUS.General.Nodes_Exchanging_Data_Table[2]
word is
set as 1 (hex value of 0100).
Bit 8 of
FLNETSTATUS.General.Nodes_Exchanging_Data_Table[2]
corresponds with bit 40 for the entire participating table.
The following illustration shows that currently there are 2 nodes participating.
