Rockwell Automation 9303 DRIVE TOOLS 32 VER 2.50 GETTING STARTED - Manual (Page 99)

Chapter
10
Setting Up Allen-Bradley Ethernet to RIO Block
Transfer Pass Thru Communications
Chapter Objectives Chapter 10 provides information for using DriveTools32 with Allen-Bradley
Ethernet to RIO block transfer (BT) pass thru communications. In this chapter,
you will read about the following:
• Required equipment and settings.
• Configuring RSLinx for Ethernet to RIO Block Transfer Pass Thru
communications.
• Configuring a DriveTools32 application for Ethernet to RIO Block Transfer
Pass Thru communications.
• Connecting to a drive.
About Ethernet
Communications Ethernet is a local area network (LAN) that provides non-deterministic data
transport. With Ethernet to RIO Block Transfer Pass Thru communications, you
access a controller over the Ethernet network, and then you access a drive
connected to that controller on an RIO network. The RIO Block Transfer Pass
Thru mechanism requires that a drive be connected to a controller (PLC-5E or
SLC 5/05) over the RIO network and that block transfer is enabled.
When you use RIO Block Transfer Pass Thru communications, note:
• You cannot use DriveBlockEditor32 and the control features in
DrivePanel32.
• You cannot use DriveMonitor32 to monitor parameters and data in a drive
on an RIO network; however, you can use it to monitor parameters and data
in the controller.
• You may observe that communications are slow. RIO Block Transfer Pass
Thru communications to drives can take 2 seconds per point.