Publication 20D-UM002C-EN-P - November 2003
Communicating with Devices on a ControlNet Link 7-27
Example 2: Total connections required by DriveLogix1
The following table calculates the connections used in this example.
If you configured the local I/O modules as rack-optimized, you would only
need the DIN-rail connection to the I/O modules, reducing the above
example by 3 connections.
Connection: Amount:
DriveLogix1 controller to 3 local I/O modules
rack-optimized connection for the DIN rail
direct connection for each I/O module
1
3
DriveLogix1 controller to local 1788-CNC 0
DriveLogix1 controller to remote 1788-CNC 0
connected, cached MSG from DriveLogix1 to
DriveLogix2
1
produced TagA
produced from DriveLogix1 to DriveLogix2
other consumer (2 are configured)
1
1
consumed TagB 1
total connections used: 8
