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SECTION 2
Example System Setup
This section provides information on hardware aspects of Masters and Slaves connected to a DeviceNet Network to ensure
the proper operation of the system. Included are system configuration examples, basic procedures for wiring, mounting and
setting Master and Slave Units, connecting cables and power supplies, creating I/O tables, and creating and registering scan
lists.
2-1 Basic Procedures and Configuration Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2-1-1 Basic Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2-1-2 System Configuration Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2-2 Preparations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2-3 Setting and Wiring Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2-3-1 Mounting and Setting the Master Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2-3-2 Mounting and Setting Slaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2-3-3 Mounting Connecting Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2-3-4 Connecting Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2-4 Starting Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2-4-1 Creating I/O Tables for the Master Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2-4-2 Starting the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2-4-3 Creating and Registering Scan Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2-5 Checking Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2-5-1 Indicator Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2-5-2 Reading and Writing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24