Rockwell Automation Virtual Backplane
This hardware driver applies to the following devices:
- 1756-EN2T, 1756-EN2TR, 1756-EN3T, 1756-EN2F, 1756-EN3TR
- 1756-CN2, 1756-CN2R
- 1756-DNB
- 1784-U2DN, 1784-U2CN
- 1756-HIST1G
- 1756-L71...L79, 1756-L7SP, 1756-L72S, 1756-L736
- 1769-L30ER, 1769-L30ERM, 1769-L33ER, 1769-L33ERM, 1769-L36ERM, 1769-L30ER-NSE
- 1769-L24ER-QB1B, 1769-L24ER-QBFC1B, 1769-L27ERM-QBFC1B
- 1769-L16E, 1769-L16ER, 1769-L18EM, 1769-L18ERM
- ViewE Terminals
- MicroLogix 2080-LC30, 2080-LC50
- 1756-L71S
The Virtual Backplane driver provides communication between applications and device drivers
(for example, Soft
Logix 5000
and the Rockwell Automation 1784-PCIC
driver) that use the CIP protocol. When you connect a device with USB cable, the USB driver
and virtual backplane driver are created automatically. When you select Communications
> Configure Drivers
and the RSLinx Classic Virtual Backplane driver from the
Available Driver Types list, different behaviors occur depending upon the versions of RSLinx
Classic and RSLogix Emulate that you have installed on your computer. For more information,
see the following table:If you have this version of RSLogix 5000 Emulate | And this version of RSLinx Classic | RSLinx Classic behaves as follow: |
|---|---|---|
v17.00 or later | v2.54 or later | If the RSLinx Virtual Backplane is not configured, you can add a Virtual Backplane driver and configure the Virtual Backplane slot number on the Configure Virtual Backplane dialog box to any available number. If the RSLinx Virtual Backplane is configured, RSLinx Classic automatically recognizes the Virtual Backplane slot information and initializes the Virtual Backplane driver. In both cases, you can change the Virtual Backplane slot configuration on the Configure Virtual Backplane dialog box. |
v16.00 or earlier | v2.54 or later | If the RSLinx Virtual Backplane is not configured, you can add a Virtual Backplane driver, and the Virtual Backplane slot number is automatically set to 0. You do not have to configure the driver. If the RSLinx Virtual Backplane is configured, RSLinx Classic will attempt to use slot 0. If slot 0 is occupied by another device (for example, 1756-EN2T), RSLinx Classic will maintain the current slot number. If necessary, you can reconfigure the Virtual Backplane driver later. |
not installed | v2.54 or later | If the RSLinx Virtual Backplane is not configured, you can add a Virtual Backplane driver and t,he Virtual Backplane slot number is automatically set to 0. You do not have to configure the driver. If the RSLinx Virtual Backplane driver is configured, RSLinx Classic will maintain the current slot number. If necessary, you can reconfigure the Virtual Backplane driver later. |
n/a | v2.53 or earlier | If the RSLinx Virtual Backplane is not configured, you can add a Virtual Backplane driver, and the Virtual Backplane slot number is automatically set to 0. You do not have to configure the driver. |
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