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Using an MVI56-DNP, how can I log event data from a 1756-IB16-SOE?

a 0 to 1 transition on the corresponding NewDataAck bit.                 E) The NewData bit clears.                 F) When another event occurs on the input, this sequence starts over

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My Profibus Master (PDPMV1) card is not communicating and will not go into RUN mode but does not show an error in the ProSoft Configuration Builder software, why?

to the PDPMV1 module.  This is shown by Profibus LED pattern below:   Some possible reasons are: - The GSD file may be invalid, use a GSD file checker software to check this.  - The configuration ... Profibus, PDPMV1, GSD, NetTools, Profibus Master, GSD file ... My Profibus Master (PDPMV1) card is not communicating and will not go into RUN mode but does not show an error in the ProSoft Configuration Builder software, why?

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How can I edit the backplane exchange size on the MVI56-ADM?

.   The last argument of the these two functions (MVIcip_WriteConnected and MVIcip_ReadConnected) is the dataSize argument in size of bytes.  The detail on how to use these two functions can be found on page 273

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My ControlNet network shows a maximum usage value of 99.61% when an MVI56-XXX or MVI56E-XXX is in the rack, why is this?

99.61% represents the allowable ControlNet bandwidth. The bandwidth rule is that each scheduled node gets 1 and only 1 opportunity to talk during the scheduled portion of a NUT (Network Update Time

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How do I convert an integer to floating point and vice versa in a Rockwell Controller?

. Specifically, MCM.DATA.ReadData[0] will contain the value 28836 and MCM.DATA.ReadData[1] will contain 16709.  FloatData[0] is a “REAL” data type. It is the datatype of the destination tag specified by the COP

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