Basic Configuration Steps; Configuring The Embedded Pnc - GE PACSystems RXi User Manual

Chapter 4. Configuration
Maximum Configuration at Each Update Rate
If the configuration exceeds the equivalent of eight devices with 1ms update rates, PROFICY
Machine Edition will not store the configuration.
4.2.2

Basic Configuration Steps

The basic configuration steps for a PROFINET network are:
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Configure the parameters of the IO-Devices.
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4.2.3

Configuring the Embedded PNC

This section describes one technique to configure the parameters of the RXi embedded PNC.
The Proficy Machine Edition InfoViewer describes alternate menus and keyboard operations
that can be used to perform the same functions.
1. In the Project tab of the Navigator, expand the PACSystems RXi Target.
2. Click the PROFINET Controller. The PNC parameters are displayed in the Parameter
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Update Rate
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4
8
16 – 512
Configure the parameters of the PNC.
Select the PNC and add IO-Devices to its LAN. These IO-Devices can be GE Intelligent
Platforms PNS modules or third-party IO-Devices. PNS modules and third-party
IO-Devices use GSDML files to describe their capabilities. Proficy Machine Edition
imports these GSDML files and incorporates the devices into the configuration.
Configure the communications properties of the PNC, PNS modules, and third-party
IO-Devices in the Proficy Machine Edition Inspector pane.
Add modules to the IO-Device remote nodes.
Configure the parameters of the modules and sub-modules in the remote nodes.
When the configuration is ready, use the Discovery and Configuration Protocol (DCP)
tool in Machine Edition to assign a name to each IO-Device so the PNC can connect to
the devices and deliver their configuration.
Store the configuration data from the programmer to the RXi Controller.
Editor window. Its communications properties appear in the Inspector pane.
PACSystems* RXi Distributed IO Controller User Manual
Total Number of Devices per PNC
8
16
32
64
128 (total device limit)
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