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3 setting the gateway unit and plc master, 2) node address, 3) setting the gateway unit mode – IAI America RCM-GW-DV User Manual

Page 110: Setting the gateway unit and plc master

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DeviceNet Gateway

8.3

Setting the Gateway Unit and PLC Master



For the Gateway Unit to be able to communicate with the master station.
This setting must be the same between the master station and gateway unit.

: ON

X: OFF

Item

Gateway Unit setting

PLC master setting

Baud rate

Baud-rate setting switches

Baud-rate setting

switches

Node

address

Address setting switch

Gateway node

addresses

Mode setting switch

SW1

Occupied area

settings

No.

4 3 2 1

Output

(bytes)

Input

(bytes)

1

x

x

x

x

52

28

Direct numerical specification mode, 4 axes

2 x {

x

x

76

40

Direct numerical specification mode, 6 axes

3

{

x

x

x

100

52

Direct numerical specification mode, 8 axes

4

{

{

x

{

124

64

Direct numerical specification mode, 10 axes

5

{

{

x

x

196

100

Direct numerical specification mode, 16 axes

6 x x {

x

48

48

Position-number specification mode, 16 axes

7 x x x {

160

160

Command specification mode, Large

8 x {

x

{

128

128

Command specification mode, Middle

Assignments

9

{

x x {

64

64

Command specification mode, Small

(1) Setting the baud rate for DeviceNet communication

The baud rate must be the same between the Gateway Unit and the PLC master.
[1] Gateway

Unit

Baud-rate setting switches (DR0, DR1)

(Refer to 2.3.)

[2] PLC

master

Baud-rate setting switches of the master unit

(Refer to the operation manual for the
PLC.)

(2) Node

address

[1] Gateway

Unit

Node-address setting switches (NA1 to NA32)

(Refer to 2.3.)

[2] PLC

master

Node-address setting switches

(Refer to the operation manual for the
PLC.)

* Normally the node address of the PLC master is set to 63.

(3) Setting the Gateway Unit mode

Set the operation mode of the Gateway Unit using the mode setting switch SW1 (refer to 2.3).
The settings of this switch determine the I/O size of the Gateway Unit. Accordingly, register this
information in the master as a slave-station I/O assignment setting. (Refer to 8.4.3.)