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Watlow EZ-ZONE™ Communications • 32 • Chapter 3 EtherNet/IP
Name
This field, will automatically be used as the controller
name and will be used in the program when referenc-
ing PM inputs or outputs.
Description
No entry required.
Comm Format
As can be seen in the PM I/O assemblies below, the PM
data formats depend on the tag name being written to
or read from.
As can be seen in the chart below, the data types
used by the PM vary. Although multiple “Comm For-
mats” can be configured, for ease in configuration and
programming it is suggested that it be configured as
INT. Configuration examples will follow.
IP Address
Enter here, the DHCP or fixed IP address previously
acquired.
Assembly Instance
Input, PM to CompactLogix
This field identifies the Target to Originator (T Æ O)
input assembly 0x65 (101 decimal).
Output, CompactLogix to PM
This field identifies Originator to Target (O Æ T) out-
put assembly 0x64 (100 decimal).
Configuration
The PM does not use the configuration instance 0x80
(128 decimal), however it still needs to be entered here.
Assembly Size
The assembly size is dependent upon the “Comm For-
mat.”
T ÆO INT: 42 or DINT: 21
O Æ T INT: 40 or DINT: 20
The size for the configuration instance, although not
used, will always be set to 0.










