Bradley Smoker PLC-5 Communicating with Remote I/O, Communicating to a remote I/O node adapter

Chapter 6

Communicating with Remote I/O

Using This Chapter

For Information About	Go to Page
Selecting devices that you can connect	6-2
Introduction to remote I/O	6-3
Designing a remote I/O link	6-4
Configuring a controller channel as a scanner	6-6
Communicating to a remote I/O node adapter	6-11
Transferring block data	6-13
Block-transfers of remote I/O data	6-15
Block-transfer sequence with status bits	6-17
Block-transfer programming considerations	6-19
Monitoring remote I/O scanner channels	6-21
Addressing the I/O status file	6-24

This chapter explains how to configure the controller to communicate with remote I/O:

1.Select which channel to configure as a scanner.

2.Define the I/O status file.

Use a unique, unused integer file. You must define an I/O status file if you want to autoconfigure your system.

3.Define a diagnostic file.

Use a unique, unused integer file.

4.Define the scan list.

Publication 1785-UM012D-EN-P - July 2005