GETTING STARTED Owner manual

Chapter
8
Setting Up ControlNet to RIO Block Transfer Pass
Thru Communications
Chapter Objectives
Chapter 8 provides instructions for using DriveTools32 with ControlNet to RIO
Block Transfer (BT) Pass Thru communications. In this chapter, you will read
about the following:
• Required equipment and settings.
• Configuring RSLinx for ControlNet to RIO Block Transfer Pass Thru
communications.
• Configuring a DriveTools32 application for ControlNet to RIO Block
Transfer Pass Thru communications.
• Connecting to a drive.
About ControlNet
to RIO Block
Transfer Pass Thru
Communications
With a ControlNet to RIO (Remote I/O) Block Transfer Pass Thru
communications, you access a controller over the ControlNet network, and then
you access a drive connected to the controller’s RIO network. The RIO Block
Transfer Pass Thru mechanism requires that a drive be connected to a controller
(PLC-5) over the RIO network and that block transfer is enabled.
When you use RIO Block Transfer Pass Thru communications, note:
• You cannot use DriveBlockEditor32 and the control features in
DrivePanel32.
• You cannot use DriveMonitor32 to monitor parameters and data in a drive
on an RIO network; however, you can use it to monitor parameters and data
in the controller.
• You may observe that communications are slow. RIO Block Transfer Pass
Thru communications to drives can take 2 seconds per point.