ProSoft Technology MVI69-PDPMV1 - Manual (Page 83)

MVI69-PDPMV1 ♦ CompactLogix or MicroLogix Platform Mailbox Messaging
PROFIBUS DPV1 Master User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc. Page 83 of 225
July 8, 2011
4.2 Sending a Mailbox Message in RSLogix 5000
Note: For this procedure, you must connect a serial cable from the serial port on your PC to the
DB9M connector on the CompactLogix or MicroLogix processor.
1 Open the sample ladder logic in RSLogix 5000.
2 Open the C
OMMUNICATIONS menu, and choose G O O NLINE .
3 In the Controller Organization window, double-click C ONTROLLER T AGS .
4 Expand the MVI69PDPMV1 and MVI69PDPMV1.[Mailbox]Command tags.
5 Enter [1] (number one) in the tag
MVI69PDPMV1.[Mailbox]Command.GetLiveList, and then press [E NTER ] to
send the mailbox message from the processor to the MVI69-PDPMV1.
6 Next, expand the tag MVI69PDPMV1.Mailbox.GetLiveList.Station, to verify
that the MVI69-PDPMV1 responded to the GetLiveList message.
For MVI69PDPMV1.Mailbox.GetLiveList.Station[1] (the PROFIBUS Master
Address), notice that the value has changed from 4 (not communicating) to 3
(Master).
For MVI69PDPMV1.Mailbox.GetLiveList.Station[125] (the PROFIBUS Slave
Address configured in the Slave Configuration procedure), notice that the
value has changed from 4 (not communicating) to 0 (Slave OK)