Append a PROFINET IO device
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Right-click on your desired “ETH” slot below node “Interfaces” and select the option “Add object”.
Dialog “Add objects below: ETH” appears.
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Select “PROFINET”, then “PROFINET IO Device” in the list and click [Add object].
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In the devide tree double-click “PROFINET_IO_Device” to get the “PROFINET_IO_Device” parameters in the editor window.
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To add a slave device, right-click on the “PROFINET_IO_Device” and click “Add object”.
Dialog “Add objects below: PROFINET_IO_Device” appears.
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Select the desired device from the list and click [Add object].
In the master PLC, you need to configure the slave device “AC500 PROFINET IO device”, and add the same modules for the master and the slave device. The same IP address has to be configured for the PLC with the PROFINET IO Controller and the PLC with the PROFINET IO Device.
Configure PROFINET IO device
Configuration in Automation Builder is described in chapter PROFINET IO Configurator.