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Creating a new communications file – Rockwell Automation 2706-ND1 DL40 OFFLINE PROGRAMMING SFTWR.USER MANUAL User Manual

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Chapter 6
The Transfer Menu

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ATTENTION: Before the upload begins, you will see one of the
following warnings. Which one you see depends on the type and
access settings of your DH+ or Ethernet hardware device.

WARNING: Incorrect address selection could corrupt data in
a non-DL40 device. Verify that the correct Communication
File is selected.

WARNING: Incorrect address selection could corrupt data in
a non-DL40 device. Verify that the correct Communication
File is selected.
DH+ Network Access is set to Local.

WARNING: Incorrect address selection could corrupt data in
a non-DL40 device. Verify that the correct Communication
File is selected.
DH+ Network Access is set to Remote (Bridge)

– Local Address is __.
– Remote Bridge Address is __.

Be sure the selected communication file has the correct
address parameters, and change them if necessary before
continuing.

To specify a new Communication File, highlight

Create Communication

File

(in either the Download (Remote I/O) or Upload (Remote I/O) menus)

and press

[

]

. You will be asked to specify a file name. To create a file in

another directory, highlight

Directory

and press

[

]

and the

Program Data

directory

window will open. Enter the directory in the form:

Drive:\Root\Subdir

Press

[

]

. The

Communication File

window will open. Highlight the

parameter you want to set and press

[

]

. Select parameter setting and press

[

]

. When you highlight

Hardware Device

and press

[

]

, a pop-up

window will open from which you can select the hardware device you are
using. Set device parameters.

Creating a New
Communications File