Connecting 1769-L20 CompactLogix Controllers on Ethernet

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Configuring an Ethernet Driver in RSLINX

addresses do not exist in Logix controllers, so they must be mapped to existing tags in these controllers.

From the Logic pull down menu, select “Map PLC/SLC Messages”. Your mapped table for your 5550 program should look like the following:

Figure 7.24 File Mapping for the ControlLogix 5550 Controller in RSLogix 5000

Save your program.

In order to download your programs to the SLC 5/05 controller and to the 5550 controller via Ethernet, we must configure an Ethernet driver in RSLINX.

In RSLINX, click on the Communications pull-down menu and select Configure Drivers. Click on the arrow associated with the Available Driver Types box. Select Ethernet Devices, then click Add New.

Modify this screen to include the IP addresses of the SLC 5/05 and the

1756-ENET as shown below:

Publication 1761-UM006A-EN-P - February 2001