User manual

Publication 1768-UM001C-EN-P - November 2007
60 Configure and Monitor I/O
Configuring Distributed I/O
on a DeviceNet Network
To communicate with the I/O modules over a DeviceNet network, add the
DeviceNet scanner (catalog number 1769-SDN) to the I/O Configuration
folder of the controller. You define a scanlist within the DeviceNet scanner to
communicate data between devices and the controller.
…you build the I/O configuration in this order.
For a typical distributed I/O network…
Device
Single Network
1769-SDN
Module
Controller
Linking
Device
Controller
Linking
Device
Several Smaller Distributed Networks (subnets)
Add the local scanner module.
Device
Device
Device
Device Device
Device
Device
Device
Device
Device
1769-SDN
Module