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Appendix A
Communicate with Devices on a 
DeviceNet Network
This chapter explains how to configure your SoftLogix controller on a DeviceNet 
network.
The DeviceNet network is an open standard network used for device layer 
networking and is responsible for these parameters:
• Node number
• Tra n s mi t si ze
• Receive size
• Message type
• Input data address
• Output data
For additional information about communicating with DeviceNet devices,
see the DeviceNet Network Configuration User Manual,
publication DNET-UM004
.
Topic Page
Configure Your System for a DeviceNet Network 162
Perform DeviceNet Test 181
DeviceNet I/O Data 188
Place the Communication Card in Run Mode 190
StatusRegister 191
Example: SoftLogix Controller and DeviceNet I/O 193
DeviceNet modules are not currently supported in RSLogix 5000 software on 
64-bit Windows operating systems. 
DeviceNet is supported in SoftLogix software, version 20 or earlier.
DeviceNet is not supported for SoftLogix controllers in the Studio 5000 
environment.