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National Instruments NI-DNET User Manual

National Instruments NI-DNET User Manual (86 pages)

National Instruments DeviceNet NI-DNET User Manual

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Table of Contents

Important Information
3
Table of Contents
4
About this Manual

7
Chapter 1 NI-DNET Software Overview

10
- Installation and Configuration
  10
  - Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX)
    10
  - Verify Installation of Your Devicenet Hardware
    10
    
    Configure Devicenet Port
    12
    
    Change Protocol
    12
  - Labview Real-Time (RT) Configuration
    12
  - Tools
    12
    
    NI-Spy
    13
    
    Simplewho
    13
- NI-DNET Objects
  13
  - Interface Object
    14
  - Explicit Messaging Object
    14
  - I/O Object
    15
  - Example
    15
- Using NI-CAN with NI-DNET
  16
Chapter 2 NI-DNET Hardware Overview

18
- Types of Hardware
  18
- Differences between CAN Kits and Devicenet Kits
  19
Chapter 3 Developing Your Application

20
Chapter 4 NI-DNET Programming Techniques

32
- Configuring I/O Connections
  32
  - Expected Packet Rate
    32
    
    Strobed I/O
    33
    
    Polled I/O
    34
    
    Cyclic I/O
    37
    
    Change-Of-State (COS) I/O
    38
  - Automatic EPR Feature
    38
- Using I/O Data in Your Application
  39
  - Accessing I/O Members in Labview
    41
  - Accessing I/O Members in C
    42
- Using Explicit Messaging Services
  43
  - Get and Set Attributes in a Remote Devicenet Device
    43
  - Other Explicit Messaging Services
    44
- Handling Multiple Devices
  45
  - Configuration
    45
  - Object Handles
    46
  - Main Loop
    47
Appendix A Devicenet Overview

48
Appendix B Cabling Requirements

61
- Connector Pinouts
  61
- Power Supply Information for the Devicenet Ports
  63
- Cable Specifications
  66
- Cable Lengths
  66
- Maximum Number of Devices
  66
- Cable Termination
  67
- Cabling Example
  68
Appendix C Troubleshooting and Common Questions

69
Appendix D

73
Hardware Specifications

73

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