G o t o s t e p 6 .

a n d v e r i f y t h a t y o u s e l e c t e d t h e c o r r e c t C

ConnectDirectlytoaController
Tosetupcommunicationsbetweenyourcomputerandacontroller: ConnectaSerialCable ConfigureaSerialDrive

ConnectaSerialCable
Obtaina1756CP3serialcable.(Youcanalsousea1747CP3cablefromtheSLC productfamily,butoncethecableisconnectedyoucannotclosethecontroller door.)

MakingRS232Connection

Ifyoumakeyourserialcable: 1. Limitthelengthto15.2m(50ft) 2. Wiretheconnectorsasfollows

ConfigureaSerialDriver: 1.StartRSLinxsoftware. 2.FromtheCommunicationsmenu,selectConfigureDrivers. 3.FromtheAvailableDriverTypeslist,selectRS232DF1Devices. 4.ClickAddNew. 5.ClickOKtoacceptthedefaultnameforthedriver. 6.FromtheCommPortdropdownlist,selecttheserialport(ontheworkstation) thatthecableisconnectedto. 7.FromtheDevicedropdownlist,selectLogix5550SerialPort. 8.ClickAutoConfigure. 9.Doesthedialogboxdisplaythefollowingmessage: AutoConfigurationSuccessful!

If Yes No

Then: ClickOK Gotostep6andverifythatyouselectedthecorrectCommPort

10.ClickClose.

DownloadandGoOnlineoveranEtherNet/IPNetwork
WHENTOUSETHISPROCEDURE: Usethisprocedurewhenyouwanttoperformanyofthefollowing overanEtherNet/IPnetwork:

RS Logix 5000 SW Control Logix Chassis with 1756-ENBx or ENET module

switch

downloadaproject goonlineandmonitoracontroller uploadacontroller HOW TO USE THIS PROCEDURE I M P O RTA N T : B eforeyouusethisprocedure,configurethe1756ENBxorENET modulethatisinthechassiswiththecontroller.Referto"Configurean EtherNet/IPModule"onpage11. Tocompletethisprocedure,dothefollowingtasks: ConfigureanEthernetDriver SelectaPath

CONFIGUREANETHERNETDRIVER
Inthistask,youconfigureanRSLinxdrivertocommunicatewithdevicesonan EtherNet/IPnetwork.Youcanconfigurethedrivertocommunicatewithupto63 devicesonthisnetwork,suchas1756ENETmodulesorPLC5Econtrollers. A.GotoRSLinxsoftware. B.FromtheCommunicationsmenu,chooseConfigureDrivers. C.FromtheAvailableDriverTypeslist,chooseEthernetdevices. D.ChooseAddNew. E.Ifyouwantassignadescriptivenametothedriver,changethedefaultname. F.ChooseOK

G.IntheHostNamecolumn,typetheIPaddressorhostnameofanEtherNet/IP

devicewithwhichyouwanttocommunicate Examples: aurora6 130.151.136.164 H.DoyouwanttocommunicatewithanotherEtherNet/IPdeviceonthisnetwork? IF YES NO I.ChooseOK. J.ChooseClose THEN 1. Choose Add New 2. Goto Step G Goto Next Step

SelectaPath
A.OpentheRSLogix5000projectforthecontroller. B.FromtheCommunicationsmenu,selectWhoActive

To expand a network one level, do one of the following : 1. Double click the network 2. Select the network an d press key 3. Click the + sign

Workstation + + + Link Gateways, Internet AB-DF1-x, DF1 AB-Eth-x, Ethernet

C.ExpandtheEthernetdrivertothelevelofthecontroller

Workstation + + Link Gateways, Internet AB-DF1-x, DF1 AB-Eth-x, Ethernet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,1756-ENBx Backplane,1756-Ax + xx,1756-Lx

D.Selectthecontrollerandchooseabutton.Youmayhaveto confirmtheaction.

To Monitortheprojectinthecontroller Transferacopyoftheprojectfromthecontrollerto RSLogix5000Software Transfertheopenprojecttothecontroller

Choose: GoOnline Upload Download