User Guide

1 Publication DNET-UM004A-EN-P - March 2004

Chapter

Interlock and Share Inputs

How to Use This Chapter

The chapter describe how to interlock and share inputs over a

DeviceNet network.

Interlock

To set up an interlock between 2 controllers over a DeviceNet

network:

DeviceNet network

scannerController

scanners (controllers) exchange

data with each other

device

DeviceNet network

scannerController

input data goes to both

scanners (controllers)

Interlocking

Sharing Inputs

For this information: Page:

❑ Interlock 8-1

❑ Share Inputs 8-5

Step: Page:

❑ Choose a Master Controller 8-2

❑ Determine How Much Data to Exchange 8-2

❑ Enable Slave Mode for the Slave Scanner 8-3

❑ Map the Slave Mode Data 8-4

❑ Add the Slave to the Scan List of the Master 8-4

❑ Map the Data of the Slave 8-5

❑ Place Both Scanners In Run Mode 8-5