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In the next dialogue window, RSLogix 5000 will ask for information regarding the communication to the
Anybus-S Slave module. First enter a name for the Anybus-S Slave module . In the example below we call
it "Anybus". This name will create a tag in RSLogix 5000, which can be used to access the memory location
in the PLCs memory where the data for the Anybus-S Slave module will be stored. A description can also be
added, but that is optional.
Figure 8 Configuring the module properties.
Next step is to select the "Comm Format", which tells RSLogix5000 the format of the data . In our
example, we have selected Data-SINT, which will represent the data in the Anybus-S Slave module as a field
of 8-bit values. It is also possible to select Data-INT, which will represent the data as 16-bit values, and
Data-DINT, which will represent it as 32 bit values.
I/O data is accessed in input instance 100 and output instance 150, so these values have to be entered as the
instance values for input and output . The size of the input connection and the output connection shall
correspond to the size that we have configured the Anybus-S Slave module for. In our case we are using 32
8-bit values of input and output data, so that is the size that we enter . 32 in this case stands for 32 instances
of 8 bits. If we had been using Data-INT or Data-DINT, we would have to recalculate the size to match the
data type, so Data-INT would have been 16 16-bit values, and Data-DINT would have been 8 32-bit values.
The Anybus-S Slave module does not have a configuration assembly instance by default, but RSLogix5000
requires a value for this anyway. An instance value of 0 is not a valid instance number, but any non-zero
value will work, here we have selected the value 1 . The data size of the configuration instance has to be set
to 0, otherwise the configuration instance will be accessed and the connection will be refused . As a final
step we enter the IP address that we have configured for the module, here 10.10.14.225 .
The next step is to press next.
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