User manual

1 Publication AG-UM008C-EN-P - February 2005
Chapter 3
Configuring MicroLogix 1100/1200/1500
Controllers
Chapter Objectives
This chapter helps you set up a MicroLogix 1100, 1200, or 1500
controller as a master station, as a slave station, as a radio modem
station, or as a station on a point-to-point link.
For information about See page
an overview of the tasks required to configure a MicroLogix
1100/1200/1500 controller
3-2
installing the controller 3-2
using modems that support DF1 communication protocol 3-6
modem control line operation 3-8
configuring DF1 half-duplex channel 0 parameters 3-11
configuring the controller as a DF1 half-duplex master station using
standard communication
3-12
configuring the controller as a DF1 half-duplex master station using
message-based communication
3-19
configuring the controller as a DF1 half-duplex slave station 3-22
configuring channel 0 poll timeout 3-25
configuring the controller as a DF1 radio modem station 3-27
configuring the controller for DF1 point-to-point communication 3-33
the types of DF1 messages you can send from a MicroLogix
1100/1200/1500 controller to another processor; how to configure
the MSG instruction and some configuration characteristics
3-36
example MSG control blocks 3-42
configuring the controller a a Modbus RTU master station 3-46
configuring the controller as a Modbus RTU slave station 3-47
data logging 3-58
conditions that will erase the data retrieval file 3-69