Installing and Configuring the Module
MVI56-DEM
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ControlLogix Platform
Honeywell DE Communication Module
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
Page 19 of 80
March 6, 2008
Fill in the dialog box as shown adjusting the Name, Description and Slot options
for your application. You must select the
Comm Format
as
Data - INT
in the
dialog box. Failure to set the
Assembly Instance
and
Size
values correctly will
result in a module that will not communicate over the backplane of the
ControlLogix rack. Click Next to display the following dialog box.
Select the Request Packet Interval value for scanning the I/O on the module.
This value represents the minimum frequency that the module will handle
scheduled events. This value should not be set to less than 1 millisecond. Values
between 1 and 10 milliseconds should work with most applications.
After completing the module setup, the Controller Organization window displays
the module's presence. The data required for the module is defined to the
application, and objects are allocated in the Controller Tags data area. The
Controller Organization window is shown in the following example:
