The major difference between these 2 firmware revisions is how much data the AN-X-AMX unit can transfer to a CompactLogix or ControlLogix processor: DCSNet firmware supports emulating a single Generic I/O module in RSLogix 5000 with a limit of 500... Read More

The AN-X-AMX gateway can be configured to emulate multiple drops, but only in a single consecutive drop area. For instance it is possible to configure the AN-X-AMX to be drop 40 - 47 by setting the Drop to 40 and the depth to 8. Read More

The AN-X-AMX does not support the RNET protocol which was used on the old AutoMate 30 series processors. Read More

Yes, To do so create an ethernet device by right clicking on EtherNet: Browse the NET ENI folder Browse the PLC5 Folder Select the 2nd PLC5 in the list which is the PLC5 L40C When prompted enter the IP Address of the AN-X-AMX gateway Map your... Read More

When using the DCSNet(2) firmware in a slave configuration the addresses use the following layout: Drop 0 = N100:0 - N100:63 Drop 1 = N101:0 - N101:63 Drop 2 = N102:0 - N102:63 etc.... The first 32 registers (0 - 31) contains the data that will be... Read More