Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide - Manual (Page 44)

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RSView32 User’s Guide
Setting up communications without
hardware or software
You can set up communications in RSView32, even if you do not have
one or both of the following:
RSLinx drivers installed
the appropriate communications hardware installed
To do so, follow the steps in the next section, but skip step 1 and start
with step 2.
To test your project without the appropriate hardware installed, see
“Developing your project without a communication network” on
page 2-22.
Summary of steps
Follow the steps below to set up direct driver communication with
Allen–Bradley or SoftLogix 5 programmable controllers.
1. Start RSLinx. Configure and load the appropriate communication
driver.
2. Start RSView32 and create or open a project.
3. In the Channel editor, select a channel and assign the appropriate
network type to it.
In the Primary Communication driver field, assign a driver to the
channel. If you do not have drivers loaded, click None Loaded.
For details, see “Configuring channels” on page 2-7.
4. In the Node editor, create nodes for each programmable controller
you wish to communicate with.
For details, see “Creating a node” on page 2-13.