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9 Setting Up Slave Terminals
NX-series EtherNet/IP Coupler Unit User’s Manual (W536)
9-5 Setting Tag Data Links
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9-5-3 Registering Devices
3 Download the tag data link parameters. Refer to 9-5-8 Downloading Tag Data Link Parameters
on page 9-63.
4 Make sure that the tag data links are operating normally by using the indicators for the Ether-
Net/IP Unit (refer to 12-2-1 Checking for Errors and Troubleshooting with the Indicators on the
EtherNet/IP Coupler Unit on page 12-3) and the Network Configurator monitor functions (refer
to 12-3-1 Checking Status with the Network Configurator on page 12-10).
5 Make sure that the output tag data is updated in the input tag by using the CX-Programmer's
Watch Window or PLC memory function.
Register all of the devices required in the equipment (such as EtherNet/IP Units and EtherNet/IP Cou-
pler Units that perform tag data links) in the network configuration.
1 Register the devices that will participate in the tag data links by dragging the devices from the
Hardware List and dropping them in the Network Configuration Pane on the right. (To drag and
drop an icon, click and hold the left mouse button over the icon, move the icon to the destina-
tion, and release the mouse button.)
You can also select a device in the Hardware List and press the Enter Key to register it. The
icon of the device is displayed in the Network Configuration Pane, as shown in the following dia-
gram.
Hardware List
The device names and major CIP revisions (Rev
â–¡) are displayed in the hardware list. This is
shown in the following table.
Note 1. Select the correct device name. If you select the wrong device name, an Invalid Device Type error
will be displayed when you attempt to download the data and the download will fail.
2. Select devices with the correct major and minor CIP revisions for the unit version. If you select the
wrong revision, a Wrong Unit Revision error will be displayed when you attempt to download the data
and the download will fail. If either of these errors occurs, refer to the CS and CJ Series EtherNet/IP
Units Operation Manual (Cat. No. W465) for more information.
3. If the revision is unknown, select the newest revision (i.e., the revision with the highest number).
Refer to the user’s manuals for the specific Units for the relation between CIP versions and unit ver-
sions.
4. When mounting the CJ1W-EIP21 to a CJ2 CPU Unit, select CJ1W-EIP21 (CJ2) from the Hardware
List.
5. When mounting the CJ1W-EIP21 to an NJ-series CPU Unit, select CJ1W-EIP21 (NJ) from the Hard-
ware List.
9-5-3 Registering Devices
Drag and drop icons from
the Hardware List.
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