31.10.1 Setting Up - EtherNet/IP

  1. Select one of the display units that can use EtherNet/IP for external I/O control.

    • From I/O Driver, select [EIP Drive].

  2. From the [Project] menu, point to [System Settings] and click [I/O Driver].

  3. Click the [Int. Driver 2] tab.

  4. Set up the network settings. Click [Network settings] to display the following screen.

  5. From the tree view, select [Scanner], and from the [Setting], set [Module IP Address], [Sub-Network Mask], and so on, for the Scanner (display unit). Set the [Module IP Address], [Sub-Network Mask] and [Gateway IP Address] to match the display unit settings.

  6. Click [Catalog manager] to display the following screen. The registered devices display in the [Catalog manager].

  7. From [Device operations], click [Import] to import the EDS file of the device you are registering. The imported device will appear in [Registered devices].

  8. Click [Close] to return to the [Network settings].

  9. From the [Registered EDS], select the device and click [Add adapter]. The adapter is added to under Scanner in the tree view.

  10. Select the added adapter and from the [Setting], set the adapter’s IP address.

  11. Set the connection to be used by the adapter. Initially, the first connection specified in the EDS file is displayed. To change the connection, click [Delete connection] to remove the displayed connection, click [Add connection] and from the displayed dialog box select the connection you want to use.

  12. Select the added connection and in the [Setting] area set the connection's [Input T->O] and [Output O->T].

  13. Click [OK] to return to the [I/O Driver] setting screen.

  14. From [Assigned adapters], select the adapter and click [Adapter settings] to display the following dialog box. Configure this as needed.

  15. From the [I/O Driver] screen, click [I/O Screen], or from the Work Space select [I/O Screen] in the [Screen List] window to allocate a variable to the displayed bytes. For information on how to assign variables, refer to the following.
    31.10.2 Mapping I/O– EtherNet/IP

  16. Create a Logic Screen and a Base Screen to access the allocated variables and transfer them to the display unit.