Specifications

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3401 Manual
Point I/O Stepper Module
Revision 2.0
Installing the 3401 module in a DeviceNet system
Before the 3401 can be attached to a network, it must be added to the RSNetWorx for DeviceNet
software. The EDS file is available in the Driver File Download section of our website, www.amci.com.
The following procedure to add the EDS file to RSNetWorx assumes that you have already downloaded
this file and un-zipped it.
Please note that the 3401 does not support ADR (Automatic Device Replacement).
1. Start RSNetWorx for DeviceNet.
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. Open or create a network where a 1734-ADN scanner module is present. In this network, the
scanner module will have a node address of zero.
15. Add the 3401 to your network as you would any other Point I/O module, including adding it to
the scanlist configuration of the scanner module. The 3401 module has a default node address of
63.
16. Go online with the DeviceNet network and drill down to the subnet network.
17. Expand the Point I/O network associated with the 1734-ADN PointIO DeviceNet Adapter module
and select the DeviceNet Subnet, DeviceNet network.
18. If, after the network is scanned, the 3401 module has a different address from the desired one,
right click on the module, select Properties… and change the address to the desired value. It will
also be necessary to update the Scanlist in the Scanner module. Please note that to operate
correctly, the lower numbered addresses must be located closer to the 1734-ADN Scanner
module.
19. Once the network has been correctly configured, save it, and then download it to the scanner
module.
20. Open or create a second network that will be reading the data from the Point I/O network created
above. In this network, the node number of the 1734-ADN adapter module must match what is
physically set by the address switches on the 1734-ADN adapter module.
21. Right click on the 1734-ADN module and select Properties…
22. Click on the Device Bridging Tab
23. Click on Associate File and select the file that was created above.
24. Click on Apply.
25. Once the network has been correctly configured, save it, and then download it to the network’s
scanner module.