Rockwell Automation 5730 DriveLogix5730 Controller for PowerFlex 700S Drives with Phase II Control - Manual (Page 160)

7-20 Communicating with Devices on a ControlNet Link
3. Configure the MSG instruction. On the Configuration tab:
4. On the Communication tab, specify the communication path.
A communication path requires pairs of numbers. The first number in the
pair identifies the port from which the message exits. The second number
in the pair designates the node address of the next device.
Example 2: Producing and Consuming Tags
Produced data must be of DINT or REAL data type or an array or structure.
You can use a user-defined structure to group BOOL, SINT, and INT data to
be produced. You can produce a base, alias, or consumed tag.
The consumed tag must have the same data type as the produced tag in the
originating controller. The controller performs type checking to ensure
proper data is being received.
For this item: Specify:
Message Type CIP Data Table Read or
CIP Data Table Write
Source Tag Tag containing the data to be transferred
Number of Elements Number of array elements to transfer
Destination Tag Tag to which the data will be transferred
For this item: Specify:
Communication Path 1,4,2,27,1,0
where:
1 is the virtual backplane of DriveLogix1
4 is 1788-CNC daughtercard in slot 1
2 is the ControlNet port
27 is the ControlNet node of DriveLogix2
1 is the virtual backplane of DriveLogix2
0 is the controller slot of DriveLogix2
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ControlNet
DriveLogix1
tagA
DINT
tagB Real
workstation DriveLogix2 (controllerb)
tagA
DINT
tagB Real