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Chapter 3 – Rockwell Automation 1785-L20C_L40C, D17856.5.14 ControlNet PLC-5 Programmable Controllers User Manual User Manual

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Chapter 3

Configuring Your ControlNet System

3-5

If you want to:

Do this:

view the percent of scheduled bandwidth used in the

worst caseĊa percent that changes depending on the

ControlNet configuration

See the

Scheduled

Bandwidth

Usage

field

specify the redundancy characteristic for the

ControlNet channel

1. Move the cursor to the

Media

Redundancy

Usage

field

2. Press

[F10]—Select

Option

to toggle to

A/B

,

A

Only

, or

B

Only

specify the node with the highest network address

that can use scheduled time on the ControlNet link

1. Move the cursor to the

Maximum

Scheduled

Node

field

2. Type a number between 1 and 99
3. Press

[Enter]

change a node's type

1. Move the cursor to the entry's

Node

Type

field

2. Press

[F10]—Select

Option

to toggle to your selection;

or enter a unique substring of the name of the new node type

change a node's series or revision

1. Move the cursor to the entry's

Series/Revision

field

2. Press

[F10]—Select

Option

to toggle to your selection

change a node's status to activeĊnode is a working/

communicating node on the ControlNet networkĊor

inactiveĊconfiguration and mapĆ ping for node are

included in computation of NUT, etc.; but device is not

actually connected to the network

1. Move the cursor to the entry's

Status

field

2. Press

[F10]—Select

Option

to toggle to

Active

or

Inactive

go to the ControlNet I/O Mapping (Edit) screen

1. Press

[F2]—Map

Edit

2. Go to page

3Ć6

move a node description to an unused network address 1. Move the cursor to one of the node's cursorable fields

2. Press

[F3]—Move

Entry

3. Type the new network address
4. Press

[Enter]

copy node information to a different network address

1. Move the cursor to one of the original node's cursorable fields
2. Press

[F4]—Copy

Entry

3. Type the new network address
4. Press

[Enter]

automatically add nodes connected to the channel to

the node list if you are programming online

Press

[F5]—Auto

Network

delete all nodes from the list except for the processor

that you are editing

Press

[F6]—Delete

List

insert an entry or range of entries into the node list

1. Press

[F7]—Insert

to

List

2. Type a new network address or range of network addressesĊe.g., 5Ć10
3. Press

[Enter]

delete an entry from the node list

1. Move the cursor to one of the node's cursorable fields
2. Press

[F8]—Delete

Item

apply pending edits and return to the ControlNet Node

Information (Monitor) screen

Press

[F1]—Accept

Edits

return to the ControlNet Node Information (Monitor)

screen without saving any pending edits

Press

[Esc]