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100 Publication ENET-UM001I-EN-P - January 2010
Chapter 7 Interlocking and Data Transfer Between Controllers
Consume Data Produced by
Another Controller
To consume a produced tag, specify both the producer controller and the
produced tag in the RSLogix 5000 project for the remote (consumer)
Logix5000 controller.
Add the Producer Controller to the Consumer’s I/O Configuration
Add the producer controller to the remote controller’s I/O Configuration
folder. In the folder, organize the controllers and communication modules into
a hierarchy of tree/branch and parent/child.
For the addition of a Producer controller, such as shown below,
you build the I/O configuration with the following steps.
1. Add the local
comm
unication module for the consumer controller.
2. Add the remote communication module fo
r the producer controller.
3. Add the producer controller.
Local
Communication
Module
Consumer
Controller
Producer
Controller
Remote
Communication
Module