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119Publication ENET-UM001I-EN-P - January 2010 119
Chapter 8
Send Email
Introduction
This chapter describes how to send an email through an EtherNet/IP module.
For email, the EtherNet/IP module can be remote or local to the controller.
EtherNet/IP Module as an
Email Client
The EtherNet/IP module is an email client that uses a mail relay server to
send email.
Topic Page
EtherNet/IP Module as an Email Client 119
Send Email Via a Controller-initiated Message Instruction 121
Create String Tags 121
Enter the Ladder Logic 125
Configure the MSG Instruction That Identifies the Mail Relay Server 125
Configure the MSG Instruction That Contains the Email Text 127
Enter Email Text 129
Possible Email Status Codes 129
IMPORTANT
The EtherNet/IP module can send an email to only one recipient
at a time. It cannot mail to a distribution list.
Ethernet Email
If you want to Then
Send an email to specific personnel when a controller application
generates an alarm or reaches a certai
n condition
Program the controller to send a MSG instruction to the EtherNet/IP
module
The MSG instruction then instructs the EtherNet/IP module to send
the email text (c
ontained within the MSG instruction) to the mail
relay server.
Multiple controllers can use the same EtherNet/IP module to
initiate em
a
il.
Send controller or application status information on a regular basis
to a project manager