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1756-SG001G-EN-P — March 2004
Use the following checklist as a guide to completing your own system specification.
The inside of the back cover of this selection guide is a worksheet you can use to
record your selections.
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Step
1 Select I/O devices
Use a spreadsheet to record:
y location of the device
y number of points needed
y appropriate catalog number
y number of points available per module
y number of modules
2 Select motion control and drives requirements
To the I/O spreadsheet, add the number of required motion
modules.
3 Select communication modules
To the I/O spreadsheet, add the number of required
communication modules.
4 Select controllers
Select the appropriate controller based on:
y required controller tasks
y number of I/O points needed
y number of communication cards needed
y required controller memory
5 Select chassis
Determine the number of chassis you need.
6 Select power supplies
On the module spreadsheet, calculate power requirements.
7 Select software
Determine the software products you need to configure and
program your application.Based on the system design, determine
the software products you need to configure and program your
application.
See
I/O module specifications page 8
Wiring systems page 14
Placing I/O modules page 23
How I/O modules operate page 24
Selecting controller ownership page 24
Motion overview page 25
SERCOS interface modules page 27
Analog interface modules page 29
Network overview page 31
EtherNet/IP specifications page 33
ControlNet specifications page 35
DeviceNet specifications page 38
DH+/RIO specifications page 39
Foundation Fieldbus specifications page 40
Serial specifications page 40
DH-485 specifications page 42
SynchLink specifications page 43
AutoMax specifications page 45
Accessing the controller remotely page 46
Controller specifications page 47
Determining memory requirements page 49
Determining battery requirements page 50
Controlling devices page 51
Communicating with other devices page 52
Communicating with drives page 53
How a Logix system uses tasks page 54
How a Logix system uses connections page 57
Chassis specifications page 63
Power supply specifications page 67
Available software products page 71
Programming software page 72
Communication software page 74
Network configuration software page 75
Emulation software page 76
Training software page 77
Visualization software and products page 79