Section 5 EtherNet/IP Communications Protocol
EtherNet/IP Communications with the Reader/Writer
You can use EtherNet/IP tag data links to communicate between the PLC and the Reader/Writer to
perform control via command/response communications or to perform RF Tag communications. The
following communications areas are prepared in the PLC to perform communications.
Area name Description
Command Area This is the area to which you write commands for the Reader/Writer to execute.
Response Area This is the area to which the Reader/Writer writes the results of commands executed from the
command area.
PLC
Output Tag Set
Output Tags
Command Area
Input Tag Set
Input Tags
Response Area
Reader/Writer
Input Tag Set
Output Tag Set
Commands
Responses
Execution
40 to 1,032 bytes
40 to 1,032 bytes
The control commands that
were written to the command
area are executed.
The control commands to
send to the Reader/Writer are
written here.
• Control signals
• Command codes
• Command parameters
The execution results from
the Reader/Writer are
written here.
The execution results are
written to the response area in
the PLC.
• Status signals
• Response code
• Response data