User Manual Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- Important User Information
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- About the Interface
- Overview
- Important Interface Considerations
- About the Interface
- Interface Features
- What the Interface Does
- Hardware/Software Compatibility
- Use of the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP)
- Understand the Producer/ Consumer Model
- Specify the Requested Packet Interval (RPI)
- Support of Data Connections
- Chapter Summary
- Install a Guardmaster EtherNet/IP Network Interface
- Configure the Interface for Your EtherNet/ IP Network
- Automation Controller Communications
- Troubleshoot the Interface
- EtherNet/IP Network Interface Specifications
- Interface Web Dialogs
- Configure the RSLinx Ethernet Communication Driver
- Tag Definitions
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Chapter 4 Automation Controller Communications
An existing project can be used or a new project can be created to configure
EtherNet/IP I/O messaging. To create a new project, perform the following
steps.
1. Select File > New from the RSLogix 5000 menu bar.
2. Select the controller type. Then, enter a name for the project and click
Next.
3. Select the Security Authority and enter a description. Then, click Finish.
EtherNet/IP Network Configuration with Add-on Profiles
After the controller configuration, the Guardmaster EtherNet/IP Network
Interface has to be added to the I/O Configuration.
1. Right-click on the EtherNet/IP bridge within the I/O Configuration
folder, then select New Module to open the Select Module Type window