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6 Communication


To find these registers when editing the Program Triggers or a User Program, use the

Address Selection tree and browse to:

Controller > Communication Settings > Ethernet

Handling Broken I/O Connections in the PLC

The method of detecting and handling a broken EtherNet/IP I/O connection varies from

PLC to PLC. Review the documentation included with your PLC or EtherNet/IP

communication card for details. Some PLC detection procedures are shown below.

However, these are not comprehensive procedures and do not cover all PLCs.
Allen-Bradley ControlLogix and CompactLogix PLCs
The ControlLogix and CompactLogix controllers have two methods of handling a broken

connection with an EtherNet/IP device such as the RMC:

In RSLogix 5000, in the Module Properties dialog box for the RMC, on the Connection

tab, the Major Fault On Controller If Connection Fails In Run Mode check box

can be checked to fault the ControlLogix when the EtherNet/IP connection to the RMC

is broken.

The Get System Value (GSV) block can be used to read the status of the connection in

ladder logic. The following ladder logic demonstrates this:


The core of this ladder segment is reading the EntryStatus and FaultCode attributes from

the RMC MODULE object using the GSV blocks. The MODULE objects are internal to the

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