Functional Specifications

 Five Servers and five Clients to receive and/or transmit data

 10/100 Base-T Ethernet-compatible interface

 Configurable parameters

o Service port number

o Connection timeout

o Close type

 Simple ladder logic operation

 Setup and monitoring through ProSoft Configuration Builder (PCB) software

 ControlLogix® backplane interface via I/O access

 Each Server monitors

o State

o IP and port number of connected Client

o Error codes

 Each Client monitors

o State

o IP and port number of connected Server

 ASCII character strings up to 4096 characters in length supported

 Module error and status conditions returned to processor for diagnostic purposes

o Module status

o Port error status word (bit mapped)

o Port receive state

o Port receive character count

o Port receive block count

o Port transmit state

o Port transmit character count

o Port transmit block count

 All data related to the module is contained in a single controller tag with defined

objects to simplify the configuration, monitoring, and interfacing with the module

 Communication Data is transferred to the MVI56E-GEC via a pre-defined user data

type in the processor