i Publication 1784-6.5.30 - February 2001
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Before You Begin
What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
What You Need to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
What Your 1784-PCIDS Card Does. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Communicating with Your Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Communicating with Your Host Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
What Scanner Data Tables Are and What They Do . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
RSNetWorx Software as a Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
RSNetWorx for DeviceNet Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
What’s Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Chapter 2
Planning Your Configuration and
Data Mapping Your Devices
What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
What You Need to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Beginning the Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
The Example Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Example Network Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
RediSTATION Operator Interface Data Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Mapping RediSTATION Input Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Mapping RediSTATION Output Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Photoeye Input Data Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Mapping Photoeye Input Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
What’s Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Chapter 3
Setting Up the Hardware
for the Example Network
What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Installing the 1784-PCIDS Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Accessing the Computer’s Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Inserting the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Connecting the Card to the DeviceNet Network . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Installing the RediSTATION Operator Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Installing the Series 9000 Photoeye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
How the Example System Should Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
What’s Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Chapter 4
Configuring the
DeviceNet Network
What This Chapter Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Required Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Configuring the RSLinx 1784-PCIDS DeviceNet Driver. . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Configuration Screen Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Setting Up an Online Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Configuring the I/O Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Verifying the Photoeye Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Verifying the RediSTATION Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
AutoMapping the Devices into the Scanlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Downloading the Configuration to the Scanner. . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
What’s Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
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