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SECTION 2
Example System Startup
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, details on
mounting and setting Master and Slave Units, procedures for connecting cables and power supplies, creating I/O tables,
creating and registering scan lists, and checking operation of the system.
2-1 Basic Procedures and Configuration Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2-1-1 Basic Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2-1-2 System Configuration Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2-2 Preparations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2-2-1 Selecting Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2-2-2 Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2-2-3 Communications Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2-3 Setting and Wiring Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2-3-1 Mounting and Setting the Master Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2-3-2 Mounting and Setting Slaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2-3-3 Mounting Connecting Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2-3-4 Connecting Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2-4 Starting Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2-4-1 Creating I/O Tables for the Master Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2-4-2 Starting the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2-4-3 Creating and Registering Scan Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2-5 Checking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2-5-1 Indicator Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2-5-2 Reading and Writing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29