User manual

Publication 1768-UM001C-EN-P - November 2007
Configure and Monitor I/O 59
Configure Distributed I/O
on an EtherNet/IP Network
To communicate with distributed I/O modules over an EtherNet/IP network,
add an EtherNet/IP adapter and I/O modules to the controller’s I/O
Configuration folder.
Within the I/O Configuration folder, organize the modules into a hierarchy of
tree/branch and parent/child.
Configuring I/O on EtherNet/IP Network
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Module
Device
1. Add the remote adapter for the distributed
I/O chassis or DIN rail.
2. Add the distributed I/O modules.
…you build the I/O configuration in this order.
For a typical distributed I/O network…
Controller
I/O
Module
Remote
Adapter