User manual

Publication CNET-UM001C-EN-P - November 2005
2-6 Connect a Computer to the ControlNet Network
4. Configure the card.
You can specify any slot number greater than 0 for the communication card.
RSLinx software resides in slot 0.
By creating the card in the virtual chassis, you configure the communication
driver information needed by the SoftLogix controller. DO NOT use RSLinx
software to install the ControlNet communication driver to the same card;
installation through RSLinx software adds the potential for conflicting
configuration between RSLinx software and the SoftLogix software chassis
monitor.
Instead, configure a Virtual Backplane driver in RSLinx software. After you
add the card to the chassis monitor and configure a Virtual Backplane driver,
you can browse the network by expanding the Virtual Backplane driver and
then expanding the port on the desired ControlNet communication card.
Browsing ControlNet through the Virtual Backplane driver provides the same
functionality as the RSLinx software driver.
The chassis monitor shows the 1784-PCICS card as a virtual module in the
SoftLogix chassis. The LEDs on the virtual monitor emulate either a
1756-CN2R or a 1756-CNBR communication module.
A.Specify the node address on the
ControlNet network.
B.Enter the label name for the card
(this is the name you wrote on the
label of the card to help you identify
the card from others in the same
computer).
C. Click Finish.
This chassis monitor has a
1784-PCICS card installed in slot 2.