Route Path - Omron NY532-5400 User Manual

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Route Path

The route path indicates the path from the local Controller to the remote Controller on the network.
Routing is performed for CIP communications instructions based on route paths.
Route Path Notation
The EPATH data type is used to give route paths. The basic format is shown below.
Network_type_number \Remote_address
The network type number and the destination address for the Controller in an NY-series Industrial PC
are determined as shown in the following table.
Network type
Backplane port
Built-in EtherNet/IP port
Internal Port
(Unit address #00)
(IP address)
Communications
port (#02)
Built-in EtherNet/IP port
(1) When Routing the Output from the Controller in an Industrial PC to a Node on the
EtherNet/IP Network
Output the command to the built-in EtherNet/IP port. Specify the IP address as the address
of the remote node.
(2) When Routing the Output from the Controller to Windows in an Industrial PC
Output the command to the internal port. Specify the IP address as the address of the
remote node.
Additional Information
Unit Addresses
A unit address is used to discriminate between several devices connected to a single node on a
network.
Set the unit address as shown below.
• Controller: 00 hex
NY-series Industrial Panel PC / Industrial Box PC Built-in EtherNet/IP Port User's Manual (W563)
Network type number
(hexadecimal)
#01
#02
#03
NY-series Industrial PC
Controller
Backplane port
(#01)
Communications
port (#03)
(IP address)
Internal port
8 CIP Message Communications
Route path notation
Destination address
(hexadecimal)
Remote Unit address (Refer to
Additional Information below.)
IP address
Windows
(b)
IP address
(a)
8
IP address
EtherNet/IP
port
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