GETTING STARTED Owner manual
10-4 Setting Up Allen-Bradley Ethernet to RIO Block Transfer Pass Thru Communications
Configuring the Communications Driver
A driver is the software interface to the hardware device that allows RSLinx to
communicate with your drive. To configure the driver, you need to:
1.
Start the RSLinx application.
2.
In the
Communications
menu, select
Configure Driver Types
. The
Configure Drivers
dialog box appears.
3.
In the
Available Driver Types
field, select
Ethernet to PLC5 or 5820-El
.
4.
Click
Add New
. The
Add New RSLinx Driver
dialog box appears.
5.
Type a name for the driver, and then click
OK
.