Siemens SINAMICS DCM Operating Instructions Manual page 507

Configuration:
● Set "Message Type" to "CIP Generic"
● Set "Service Type" to
– "Get Attribute Single" for reading
– "Set Attribute Single" for writing
● Class: 4xx–xx represents the drive object number (as standard 02 for drive ⇒ 402)
● Instance: Parameter number
● Attribute: Index number
● Destination: Sufficiently large variable to store the queried value
● "Source Element" and "Source Length" must be defined for writing with service type "Set
Attribute Single". The number of bytes must match the data type of the parameter to be
written.
If the above settings have been activated, the source or destination EtherNet/IP slave to
which the message is to be sent must be specified.
This is done on the "Communication" tab:
Figure 10-55 Communication
"Path": Defines the Ethernet/IP module, in this example "dcmlinks".
The previous example reads the active error number from parameter r947 index 0 on drive
object number 2 (drive).
SINAMICS DCM Control Module
Operating Instructions, 12/2018, A5E34888669A
Descriptions of functions
10.7 EtherNet/IP
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