Specifications

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3401 Manual
Point I/O Stepper Module
Revision 2.0
Installing the 3401 module in 1769-L18 PLC
1. Open RSLogix 5000 and the project in which you want to install the AMCI 3401 module.
2. Right click on I/O Configuration in the Project Tree.
3. Select New Module.
4. Select the following module type and description from the list that appears.
Type = 1769-MODULE
Description = Generic 1769 Module
5. Click on OK.
6. Enter the following module properties.
Name: Your Choice (must begin with a letter)
Description: Your Choice
Comm Format: Data-INT (The default is Input Data-INT. This must be changed to Data-INT)
Slot: location of 3401 module
7. Enter the Connection Parameters from the following table.
8. Click on Next and select the RPI time. The minimum RPI time for the 3401 is 2ms.
9. The 3401 module will now appear in the project tree and three new data tags will have been
created, Local:X.I.Data[Y], Local:X.O.Data[Y] and Local:X.C.Data[Y] where “X” is the slot
number and “Y” is the word number. The status, current position, encoder position, and captured
data value are located in the Input tags. All commands are sent to the 3401 module through the
Output tags. The 3401 module does not use the Configuration tags.
Please note that the first two input words, Local:X.I.Data[0] and Local:X.I.Data[1] are not used
and will always be equal to zero.
Assembly Instance Size
Input 101 6
Output 102 8
Configuration 103 0