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3401 Manual
Point I/O Stepper Module
Revision 2.0
11. Save the project.
12. Download the new configuration to the processor.
RSNetWorx Setup
Although it is not required to make the 3401 module operate in a ControlNet system, adding the 3401
module’s EDS file to RSNetWorx will allow it to appear in your network. If the EDS file is not added to
RSNetWorx, then the 3401 module will appear as an Unknown Device.
The EDS file is available in the Driver File Download section of our website, www.amci.com. The
following procedure, used to add the EDS file to RSNetWorx, assumes that you have already downloaded
this file and un-zipped it.
1. Start RSNetWorx for ControlNet and either open an existing project or create a new one.
2. In the RSNetWorx program, click on Tools in the menu bar.
3. Click on EDS Wizard… from the pull down menu that appears.
4. Click on Next> in the window that appears.
5. Select Register an EDS file(s) and click on Next>.
6. Select Register and EDS file.
7. Click on Choose File… and navigate to the folder where you placed the un-zipped EDS file.
8. Double click on 3401_r01.eds file.
9. Click on Next>.
10. Click on 3401_r01.eds file so that it is highlighted.
11. Click on Next> to assign an icon to the device.
12. Click on the 3401 and then click on Change icon… and select one of the built in icons that
Rockwell Automation offers.
13. Click on Next> and then click on Finish to complete the installation of the AMCI 3401 EDS
file to the RSNetWorx system.
14. Go Online. RSNetWorx will scan the ControlNet network and should discover both the Point
I/O adapter and the 3401 module at the node address that you set on the Point I/O adapter.
15. Click on the Enable Edits checkbox and then save the project. You should now have a
working network.
Because the data from the 3401 module is updated at the RPI time
asynchronously to the program scan, AMCI recommends that the input data
be buffered before it is used by the ladder logic program.