EtherNet/IP Overview

In Automation1 Studio, go to the Develop workspace. Then go to the Variables & I/O module.

At the top of the module, select the Industrial Ethernet tab. For more information about this tab, see the Industrial Ethernet Tab section of the Variables & I/O module in the Develop workspace.

Click the Edit button. The Industrial Ethernet: Edit dialog comes into view.

On the dialog, click the Configure Network Interface button in the bottom left corner.

On the Configure Network Interface screen, select the applicable driver for your NIC.

Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway values.

To use DHCP, click the Automatically assign IP address using DHCP server toggle to the "on" position. To clear the NIC configuration, click the Clear Configuration button in the bottom left corner.

When you are done entering your information, click the Save button on the Configure Network Interface screen and again on the Industrial Ethernet: Edit screen.

1. In the Name field, add the name of the EtherNet/IP adapter. The name field is required but is only informational and is used to identify the different EtherNet/IP adapter connections in Automation1.

On the Industrial Ethernet tab in the Variables & I/O module, click the Edit button.

On the Industrial Ethernet: Edit dialog that comes into view, you can see the connections that you created. Click the arrow next to the connection that you want to add mappings to.

In the rows that now show under the connection, click the + button to configure the fields described in the list above.

Click the Save button when you are done.

Go to the Industrial Ethernet: Edit screen by clicking the Edit button on the Industrial Ethernet tab.

Make sure that the Generate Third-Party Files button is available. This button only shows if you have an EtherNet/IP Adapter configured.

Click the Generate Third-Party Files button to create a set of third-party files based on the configured mappings. One file is generated for each EtherNet/IP assembly that has mappings.

Select the third-party file type and destination directory.

Import the third-party files into your EtherNet/IP scanner software.

Power on the 5069-L306ER PLC.

Connect the USB port of the PLC to the PC. If you do not have the necessary drivers, they will be installed automatically.

Connect the Industrial Ethernet port to either port A1 or A2 of the PLC with a standard Ethernet cable.

Make sure that the switch on the front of the PLC is in the REM position. This is the remote operation mode, which lets you to change between RUN and PROG from the software instead of the hardware switch.

In the Communications menu, click Who Active. The FactoryTalk Linx dialog comes into view.

Select the 5069-L306ER and click the Go Online button. Make sure that you connect to the 5069 instance under the 1789-A17 backplane. Studio 5000 throws IP conflict errors (even when the A1/A2 addresses don’t conflict) when trying to configure the Ethernet ports if it is also connected through one.

If asked to update the PLC, select Download, and click OK through the prompts that come into view. When finished, the PLC goes back to remote run mode.

After the PLC is online, the Controller Organizer is updated and shows the Ethernet ports of the PLC.

Select the PLC port that you connected the Automation1 controller to in step 3 (either A1 or A2), right-click, and select the Properties option. The Controller Properties dialog comes into view.

On the Controller Properties dialog, at the minimum, fill in the IP Address and Subnet Mask fields. When you are finished, click Apply then OK.

1. If the PLC is in RUN mode, you will get a warning that your IP address change can be a problem. Click OK.

Click on the drop-down menu that is next to the controller state and select Go Offline.The drop-down icon is highlighted with a red square in the figure that follows.

Right-click on Controller Tags and select Edit Tags. The Controller Tags dialog comes into view.

Enter the tag information as shown in the figure that follows.

In the Controller Organizer, right click on MainRoutine (the blue rectangle in image). Select Open to create an empty ladder logic diagram.

Create the ladder logic program that follows.

Double-click on the question mark on each operand and enter the correct tag from step 3.

1. Set the XIC operand to sendMessage.

2. Set the ONS operand to sendMessageStorage.

3. Set the MSG operand to eipMessage.

Configure the explicit message by clicking on the ellipses in the upper right corner of the MSG block. The Configuration tab comes into view.

Select the Communication tab and set the Path using this format: <port>, <ipAddress>.

The test program is now done. Click on the drop-down from step 1 and select Go Online. When asked, select Download, and click through the prompts to return the PLC to the remote run mode.

In the ladder logic program, right-click on the XIC operand and select Toggle Bit. This activates the rung and triggers the MSG block to send the EtherNet/IP message.

The DN output signal of the MSG block is highlighted when the message response is ready.

Double-click on Controller Tags (the green rectangle from the first image). Make sure that the vendorId tag shows 935.

Copy the EDS file for the controller you are using to the test PC. The EDS files are in the EtherNetIp folder of the Automation1-MDK installation. This example uses an Automation1 iXC4.

In Studio 5000, select the Tools menu, and click on Device Description Installation Tool.

The wizard comes into view. Click Next.

Click the radio button next to Register a device description file(s) and click Next.

Click the radio button next to Register a single device description file. Click Browse… and select the Automation1-iXC4.eds from step 1. Click Next.

On the results screen, make sure that there is a green check mark next to the EDS file.

Register the Automation1 controller with Studio 5000 by clicking Next and Finish on the screens that come into view.

Click on the drop-down menu next to the controller state and select Go Offline. The drop-down icon is highlighted with a red square in the figure that follows.

In the Controller Organizer, right-click on the PLC port that the Automation1 controller is connected to and select New Module. The Select Module Type dialog comes into view.

On the Select Module Type dialog, select the Automation1 controller that is the same as the controller you connected to the PLC. The figure above creates a connection to an Automation1 iXC4. After you have selected the correct controller, click the Create button. The New Module dialog comes into view.

On the New Module dialog, enter a name in the name field. Enter the Industrial Ethernet IP address of the Automation1 controller in the IP address field. If you are using a 192.168.1.XXX IP address, you can use the Private Network section in the Ethernet Address section.

On the New Module dialog, select the connection(s) that you want by clicking on the Change … button. The Module Definition dialog comes into view.

In the Name column, select either I/O Block 0 or I/O Block 1 from one of the dropdowns.

1. Select SINT for the data type.

2. If you want to delete a connection, right-click on the left edge of the row and select Delete.

Enter a size between 1 and 496.

When you are done in the Module Definition dialog, click OK. Click Yes to the dialog that comes into view. Then click OK in the New Module dialog to finish adding the Automation1 controller. Close the Select Module Type dialog.

Create a periodic task to communicate with the Automation1 controller by right-clicking on the Tasks tab in the Controller Organizer and selecting New Task.

1. Give your new task a name and make sure the Type is set to Periodic. Set the length of the period.

On the rung of the new periodic task, add one synchronous copy (CPS) instruction for each UDT that you imported. For example, if you are using Input Block 0 and Output Block 0 you would add 2 CPS instructions to your ladder logic program.

1. Configure parameters for input data.

   1. For the first parameter, enter the data array of the input block you are using. This parameter value depends on the name that you chose for the controller in step 10.

      Figure: CPS Instruction

      

   2. For the second parameter, right-click on the second dialog of the CPS instruction and create a tag for the destination data. Make sure the Data Type field is the same as the corresponding output block on your Automation1 controller.

      Figure: New Tag - Input

      

   3. For the third parameter, enter 1 for the size. The size argument for the CPS instruction is in units of the destination element. When you use 1 for the size, the PLC can copy all of the input block with just one CPS instruction.

2. Configure parameters for output data.

   1. For the first parameter, right-click on the first dialog of the CPS instruction, and create a tag for the source data. Make sure that the Data Type field is the same as the corresponding input block on your Automation1 controller.

      Figure: New Tag - Output

      

   2. For the second parameter, enter the output block you are using. This parameter value depends on the name that you chose for the controller in step 10.

      Figure: CPS Output

      

      Take note that the second parameter is a1:O1 and not a1:O1.Data[0], as it was for the input data. This is necessary to copy all of the output block with just one CPS instruction.

   3. For the third parameter, enter 1 for the size. The size argument for the CPS instruction is in units of the destination element. When you use 1 for the size, the PLC can copy all of the output block with just one CPS instruction.

Make sure that the Automation1 controller is running.

Click on the drop-down from Step 8 and select Go Online. When asked, select Download and click through the prompts that come into view to return the PLC to remote run mode.

If all is configured correctly, the status dialog at the bottom of the Controller Organizer shows the Status as Running.

Execute your AeroScript program and make sure that the values in the Controller Tags tab are correct.