GE PACSystems RX3i User Manual

Contents
GFK-2571N May 2018 iii
3.4 Configuring PROFINET System Redundancy..................................................................... 55
3.5 Exploring PROFINET Networks ............................................................................................ 56
3.5.1 Configuring a PROFINET Controller on a LAN................................................................................................ 57
3.5.2 Configuring PROFINET Controller Parameters ............................................................................................. 58
3.6 Configuring PROFINET LANs ................................................................................................. 62
3.6.1 Configuring the LAN Properties .......................................................................................................................... 63
3.7 Adding a VersaMax PROFINET Scanner to a LAN............................................................. 65
3.7.1 Configuring VersaMax PROFINET Scanner Parameters ............................................................................ 66
3.7.2 Adding VersaMax PROFINET Scanner Power Supplies .............................................................................. 70
3.7.3 Adding VersaMax Modules to a Remote Node ............................................................................................. 71
3.7.4 Installing Power Supplies Between Modules ................................................................................................. 72
3.7.5 Configuring VersaMax Module Parameters ................................................................................................... 73
3.8 Adding a Third-Party IO-Device to a LAN .......................................................................... 75
3.8.1 Editing Third-Party IO-Device Parameters ..................................................................................................... 76
3.8.2 Configuring Sub-Modules of a Third-Party IO-Device ................................................................................ 78
3.9 Viewing / Editing IO-Device Properties .............................................................................. 79
3.10 Assigning IO-Device Names................................................................................................... 81
3.11 After the Configuration is Stored to the RX3i CPU ......................................................... 83
Chapter 4 PROFINET System Operation ......................................................................................... 85
4.1 PROFINET Operation Overview ........................................................................................... 86
4.1.1 PROFINET Communications ................................................................................................................................. 87
4.2 Operations of the PROFINET Controller in the PACSystems System ........................ 90
4.2.1 Duplicate PROFINET IO-Device IP Address .................................................................................................... 90
4.2.2 Duplicate PROFINET IO-Controller IP Address ............................................................................................. 91
4.2.3 Resolving Duplicate IP Addresses ...................................................................................................................... 91
4.3 I/O Scanning .............................................................................................................................. 92
4.4 Data Coherency ........................................................................................................................ 93
4.5 Performance Factors .............................................................................................................. 94
4.6 PROFINET IO Update Rate Configuration .......................................................................... 95
4.7 PACSystems CPU Operations for PROFINET .................................................................... 96
4.7.1 Reference ID Variables for the PACSystems Application ......................................................................... 96
4.7.2 PNIO_DEV_COMM Function Block ..................................................................................................................... 97
4.7.3 Reset Smart Module for the PROFINET Controller ...................................................................................... 98
4.7.4 DO I/O for Remote IO Modules ............................................................................................................................ 98
4.7.5 Scan Set I/O for Remote I/O Modules ............................................................................................................... 99
4.7.6 PACSystems CPU Defaults - Inputs ................................................................................................................... 99

GE PACSystems RX3i Specifications

General

Brand	GE
Model	PACSystems RX3i
Category	Controller
Language	English