Rockwell Automation 5720 DriveLogix System User Manual
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Publication 20D-UM002C-EN-P - November 2003
6-30 Communicating with Devices on an EtherNet/IP Link
The PLC-5 controller supports logical ASCII addressing so you do not have to
map a compatibility file for MSG instructions initiated by a PLC-5 controller.
Place the DriveLogix tag name in double quotes (“).
Example 3: Total connections required by DriveLogix1
The following table calculates the connections used in this example.
If you configured the local I/O modules as rack-optimized, you would only
need the DIN-rail connection to the I/O modules, reducing the above
example by 3 connections.
Typed Write
SINT or INT tag
any integer element (such as B3:0,
T4:0.ACC, C5:0.ACC, N7:0, etc.)
REAL tag
any floating point element (such as F8:0,
PD10:0.SP, etc.)
Word Range Read
any data type (such as B3:0, T4:0, C5:0,
R6:0, N7:0, F8:0, etc.)
SINT, INT, DINT, or REAL
Word Range Write
SINT, INT, DINT, or REAL
any data type (such as B3:0, T4:0, C5:0,
R6:0, N7:0, F8:0, etc.)
Type of Logix MSG instruction:
Source:
Destination:
Type of MSG Instruction:
Example Source and Destination:
PLC-5 writes to DriveLogix
source element
N7:10
destination tag
“array_1”
PLC-5 reads from DriveLogix
source tag
“array_1”
destination element
N7:10
Connection:
Amount:
DriveLogix1 controller to 3 local I/O modules
rack-optimized connection for the DIN rail
direct connection for each I/O module
1
3
DriveLogix1 controller to local 1788-ENBT
0
connected, cached MSG from DriveLogix1 to Control1
1
connected, cached MSG from DriveLogix1 to PLC-5E1
1
total connections used: 6