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Device Manual SmartSPS AC14 with EtherNet/IP interface (AC1421, AC1422), Firmware 3.1.2
2015-11-30
Appendix
Fieldbus EtherNet/IP
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8.7.4
Cyclic data
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The cyclic process data are updated through the fieldbus mechanisms at regular intervals. They
belong to the category of implicit messaging (
→
Implicit Messaging
(
)) and are therefore
real-time capable.
Slots combine the process data of several AS-i slaves. The following tables show the available
EtherNet/IP modules.
The user must set the content and length of the cyclically transmitted data either at the
device (
→
Configuration mode: Independent
(
)) or in the EtherNet/IP
projection software by means the configuration assembly object (
→
Configuration mode:
Top-down
(
),
→
Parameter setting via the configuration assembly object
(