How can I set up the Point I/O on my HI 3000 series unit?

This procedure would be used to add point I/O to a HI 3000 series unit (which includes the HI 3010, HI 3030, HI 3300 or the HI 3600) to expand the I/O capabilities.

This procedure would be followed as shown regardless of the number or type of Point I/O modules that were being added to the system. The only limit would be the amount of DeviceNet table available in your HI 3000 series unit, and the limit of the number of DeviceNet addresses available. In this example, we are adding four Point I/O devices.

Since the Point I/O is to be as an extension of the HI 3000, the network will be set up with the HI 3000 as the master scanner and all Point I/O will be slave devices to the HI 3000.

The first step in setting the DeviceNet network up would be to have all the devices hooked up to the DeviceNet cable, start RS Networx For DeviceNet or your DeviceNet configuration software, and browse the network. When you start the browse process, it will ask you for the RS Linx path to the DeviceNet network. Select the proper path and let the browse process complete. Once the browse process is complete, you should have an indication of all the device Net devices that are available on the network with their associated addresses.

In some cases you may find that you have some devices at address 63. You may also have other devices that either don’t show an address, or show a conflict in the address. The default address for new modules is 63. If you have any device at address 63, you should go into the properties of that module and change the address to something from 0 to 62. This address needs to be unique.  Then re browse the network.  Continue this process until all units show up with a unique node address.

Once you have browsed the network and have all the addresses of the devices, double click on the HI 3000, or right click, to get to the properties of the unit.

Click on the Scanlist tab in the properties box to see what is in the device’s scanlist table. This will bring up a list of all the devices available to be placed into the HI 3000’s scanlist.

NOTE: If there were any devices listed in the scanlist already (the right side window), they could either be left where they are if they are valid devices, or could be removed from the scanlist. If removed from the scanlist, they would then show up on the available list if they were valid devices. A valid device is one that shows up when you browse the network. If a device was in the scanlist and removed from the network before the browse, once it was removed from the scanlist, it would not show up as an available device.

Once you have determined what available devices you want to add to the HI 3000 system, you would highlight them and add them to the scanlist. If all available devices are to be added to the scanlist, you can click on the >> button to add all devices to the scanlist.

Once you have the devices listed in the scanlist, then you need to click on the Input tab. This will show you which of the devices are mapped into what words of the DeviceNet table. This is normally done automatically, but may need to be manually mapped by the user.

At this time the user should make note of what words are used for what devices, as he will need to know this information in order to properly map data to and from the devices.

Once the Input table has been set up, click on the Output tab and insure the mapping of the output table as well. Again, insure the user makes note of what word locations are for what devices.

Once you have completed the setup properties in the scanlist, Input table and Output table, the user needs to apply the changes. They will be prompted on downloading the changes to the device. Click on Yes. The setup will be downloaded into the HI 3000.

After the download is complete, clic