Configuration User Manual

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Chapter 7
Send Email
Introduction
This chapter describes how to send an email through an EtherNet/IP
communication module.
For email, the EtherNet/IP communication module can be remote or local to
the controller.
EtherNet/IP Communication
Module as an Email Client
The EtherNet/IP communication module is an email client that uses a mail relay
server to send email.
IMPORTANT
The 1756-EN2TSC module does not support this capability.
Topic Page
EtherNet/IP Communication Module as an Email Client 87
Send Email via a Controller-initiated Message Instruction 89
Create String Tags 89
Enter the Ladder Logic 92
Configure the MSG Instruction that Identifies the Mail Relay Server 92
Configure the MSG Instruction That Contains the Email Text 94
Enter Email Text 96
Possible Email Status Codes 96
IMPORTANT
The EtherNet/IP communication module can send an email to only one
recipient at a time. It cannot mail to a distribution list.
Table 18 - Ethernet Email
Desired Action Required Tasks
Send an email to specific personnel when a controller
application generates an alarm or reaches a certain
condition
Program the controller to send a MSG instruction to the
EtherNet/IP communication module
The MSG instruction then instructs the
EtherNet/IP communication module to send the email text
(contained within the MSG instruction) to the mail relay
server.
Multiple controllers can use the same EtherNet/IP
communication module to initiate email.
Send controller or application status information on a
regular basis to a project manager