Rockwell Automation 1747-DTAM-E,D17476.1 Data Table Access Module (DTAM) - Manual (Page 31)

Publication 1747-6.1
Chapter
4
Attaching to a Processor
Read this chapter before initiating communications between the
module and a SLC 500 family processor. It describes:
• Manual Attach procedure
• Auto Attach procedure
• Ready Attached screen
• Backspace Function during attach procedure
• attaching to a password-protected processor
Manual Attach
Procedure
After the module is powered up and the setup parameters are
configured, you are ready to attach to the desired processor to initiate
communications.
You may perform the attach procedure with the module in either
Monitor or Modify mode. Refer to chapter 5, Monitoring and
Modifying Data, for descriptions of these modes.
If the module is configured with the Auto Attach feature set to Off:
1. At power up, the display shows the Ready Unattached screen:
2. To attach to a processor node address:
Press [ ) ] [ 6+,)7 ].
3. Notice the symbol to the right of RDY has changed to indicate a
shifted key function:
4. To Continue:
Press [ , ].
5. The module displays the attach to CPU screen. Asterisks display
in the lower right - hand corner if the module was not previously
attached to a processor or if the last processor it was attached to
is no longer active. If a number is displayed in the lower right-
hand corner, it is the node address of the processor to which the
module was previously attached.
RDY>
RDY^
Attach to CPU?
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