Creating
CIP
 Consume Links

For a controller, define up to 128
CIP™
consume links for receiving data from remote controllers across a
CIP
 network. Add one consume link per controller requiring
CIP
 communications. When defining a
CIP
 consume link, specify the Ethernet port connecting to the
CIP
 network with the remote controller.
TIP: When configuring a
CIP
 consume link, define the producer name and the
CIP
 path to the producer. If the IP address of the producer is modified, update the path to the producer.
cmv_cccl
Then map consumer variables.
To create
CIP
 consume links
  1. In the
    Communication View
    , expand the required controller, right-click
    CIP
    , and then click
    Add CIP Consume Link
    .
    The
    With Unnamedx (Not configured)
     link and
    CIP Consume
     item are added to the
    Communication View
     tree structure.
  2. Configure the
    CIP
     consume link:
    1. Double-click the With
      Unnamedx (Not configured)
       link to display the
      Communication
      property page.
    2. From the property page, select the Ethernet port to use for communication with the
      CIP
       network.
      TIP: Your specified Ethernet ports also apply to the
      CIP
       Produce Link and to all other
      CIP
       Consume Links of this controller.
    3. In the
      Producer Name
       field, indicate the name of the
      CIP
       producer from which the consumer receives data.
    4. In the
      CIP Path to Producer
       field, type the
      CIP
       path to the controller. The path uses the following format:
      IP_address,port,slot
      where
      IP_address
       is the address of the
      CIP
       Ethernet module in the system.
      port
      is the communications route from the remote controller. For
      ControlLogix®
      controllers, the port should always be 1 specifying the
      ControlLogix
       backplane. Other numbers specify different communications routes from
      ControlLogix
      .
      slot
      is the number of the slot where the CPU module is installed. These slots start from 0 and are numbered from left to right.
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