ProgrammerMN (Customer) asked a question.

March 8, 2024 at 8:06 PM
P1-540 and/or P1-550 remote I/O capabilites?

I have a possible project coming up in the works. It will require multiple remote areas with digital I/O and analog I/O.

I see in the documentation you can have up to 4 remote I/O modules. Either 4 P1-RX modules or 4 ProtosX TCP couplers. This would be the P1-550 connected to the remote I/O port on the CPU.

 

My question, mainly looking to see if I'm understanding correctly. If I would use the ProtosX Ethernet coupler (PX-EIP1) and set them up as generic clients in the hardware configuration > Ethernet/IP tab, would I then be able to connect up to 32 of them with implicit messaging? Basically creating 32 remote I/O modules being the Productivity CPU would be the 'Scanner'?

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  • ADC Community_02 (Automationdirect.com)

    Yes you can connect up to 32 EtherNet/IP Adapters (per table help topic P050) to a P1-540 or P1-550 that would act as an EtherNet/IP Scanner. You would use the ProtosX Utility to setup the coupler and it will provide you the input, output, and config data needed for the setup in hardware configuration.

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  • ADC Community_02 (Automationdirect.com)

    Yes you can connect up to 32 EtherNet/IP Adapters (per table help topic P050) to a P1-540 or P1-550 that would act as an EtherNet/IP Scanner. You would use the ProtosX Utility to setup the coupler and it will provide you the input, output, and config data needed for the setup in hardware configuration.

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  • ProgrammerMN (Customer)

    Thank you for the answer! That was my understanding from the documentation I was reading. Again just wanted confirmation that I was comprehending it correctly.

 

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