Owner's manual

Communicating with Devices on an EtherNet/IP Link 6-11
Controller Connections
Over EtherNet/IP
A Logix system uses a connection to establish a communication link
between two devices. Connections can be:
controller to distributed I/O or remote communication modules
produced and consumed tags
messages
You indirectly determine the number of connections the controller uses by
configuring the controller to communicate with other devices in the system.
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4. Select where the EtherNet/IP devices reside. The software locates valid IP addresses.
Click OK.
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5. The driver is now available and you can select the EtherNet/IP port in RSLogix 5000.