Chapter 11  DeviceNet  Master Scanner  Module  AS01DNET-A 
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Position of 
AS01DNET 
on the right 
of the PLC 
Output mapping area (for sending data to 
Input mapping area (for receiving data from 
D register  Mapping area 
Data 
D register  Mapping area 
Data 
output data 
words  data area  words 
Note: See Section 11.4.5 for further explanation of scan-list node status indication areas and module status indication 
areas. The input and output mentioned here are defined in the perspective of the master of the entire fieldbus system. 
  When AS01DNET works in slave mode, the input and output mapping areas for AS01DNET at different positions 
of the right of AS PLC are listed in the following table. 
AS01DNET on 
the right of the 
Area for sending data to the master    Area for receiving data from the master   
D register  Data length  D register  Data length 
1 
D26100~D26199  100 words  D26000~D26099  100 words 
2 
D26500 – D26599 
100 words 
D26400 – D26499 
100 words 
3 
D26900 – D26999 
100 words 
D26800 – D26899 
100 words 
4 
D27300 – D27399 
100 words 
D27200 – D27299 
100 words 
 
11.4.4  Bit-strobe Command 
11.4.4.1.  Bit-strobe Work Principle 
Bit strobe is one of the standard DeviceNet I/O transmission methods. The command length is fixed to 8 bytes, i.e. 64 
bits. (Maximum 64 stations exist in a DeviceNet network.) One bit corresponds to one node. The following table takes 
the first AS01DNET on the right of AS PLC for example. 
Bit-strobe 
register 
Corresponding network node 
Node 47  Node 46  Node 45  … …  Node 33  Node 32 
Node 63  Node 62  Node 61  … …  Node 49  Node 48 
When the value of bit0 of D26100 is 0, node 0 is selected and need return data to the master. 
When the values of bit0 and bit1 of D26100 are both 0, node 0 and node 1 are selected and they need return data to the 
master. 
b0b1b17 b15 b14b30 b2b18 b16b31
D6283
Node 0
Node 1
Node 2
Node 14
D6282
 
In the bit-strobe method, the master does not send control data to the slave node. However, the slave node need return 
I/O data to the master if the corresponding bit is set to 0. If the corresponding bit is set to 1, the slave node does not need 
to return I/O data to the master.