Automatic Device Configuration
Automatic Device Configuration (ADC) provides an automated download of an IO-Link device
configuration from the controller to the IO-Link device when the controller opens the
device connection.
You can use ADC to help simplify device replacement, or to clone your device
configuration across multiple systems with the same physical setup easily.
Whenever a connection is established, the IO-Link device configuration that is saved in
the controller is set to the device. This device configuration is accessible from the
Module Properties window in the Studio 5000 Logix Designer application or device
configuration tag.
Configuration Tags
When you add an IO-Link device with ADC enabled, configuration tags are created based
on the configuration parameters that are available in the device IODD.
The benefit of having configuration tags is that the ladder program can use the
configuration tags to change the device configuration with programming logic.
The configuration tags can be used before or when the connection is open:
- Before the connection is open, the ladder program inhibits the device, changes the configuration tag, and uninhibits the device.
- During an open connection, the ladder program changes the configuration tag and issues a reconfiguration instruction. For more information, see Configure IO-Link Device through Configuration Tags.
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