Rockwell Automation AADvance Controller Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 249)

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AADvance provides the options to set up a Peer-to-Peer network. The Peer-to-Peer
protocol enables you to communicate application data between up to 40 AADvance or
Trusted systems per peer network. Data can be transferred between individual
systems or from one to several systems at the same time using multicast network
communication.
Note: The current AADvance controller only supports two Multicast IP Addtresses,
one fixed address can be configured for each Ethernet port.
In This Chapter
Peer to Peer Features ...................................................................................... 11-1
Peer to Peer Configuration Process ............................................................ 11-2
Create a Peer to Peer Network ................................................................... 11-2
Peer-to-Peer Subnet Controller Configuration ........................................ 11-3
Peer to Peer Data Boards .............................................................................. 11-6
Configure Input Boards ................................................................................... 11-7
Configure Analogue Input Boards ................................................................ 11-7
Configure Digital Input Boards .................................................................... 11-10
Configure Output Boards ............................................................................. 11-13
Configure Analogue Output Boards .......................................................... 11-14
Configure Digital Output Board ................................................................. 11-16
Peer to Peer Configuration Example 1 ...................................................... 11-18
Peer to Peer Features
A Peer to Peer network consists of one or more Ethernet networks connecting
together a series of AADvance and/or Trusted controllers to enable application data
to be passed between them. A Trusted controller with four communication interfaces
has eight Ethernet ports and a Peer to Peer network can use all eight physical Ethernet
networks (referred to below as subnets) to provide redundant data paths via eight
separate physical routes.
Both network interfaces of an AADvance processor module can be used for peer
communications at the same time. A TMR controller with three processor modules
provides a maximum of six physical connections that can be divided between different
peer networks, or assigned to the same network as required.
Network subnets may be assigned to the processor Ethernet ports. Normally, subnets
of the same redundant network would use different processor modules.
The information to be transferred over the peer network is defined within the
application using input and output boards of the standard form. The boards configure
data blocks of 16 or 128 boolean points, 16 or 128 analogue points, and network
status information.
Chapter 11
Peer-to-Peer Network