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Chapter 3
Install the Enhanced Redundancy System
Before You Begin
Complete these tasks before you install the enhanced redundancy system:
• Verify that you have the components required to install your system.
• Read and understand the safety and environmental considerations
explained in each component’s installation instruction publication.
• Order a 1756-RMCx fiber-optic communication cable if you do not have
one.
• If you choose to make your own fiber-optic cable for lengths not supported
by 1756-RMCx catalog numbers, refer to Fiber-optic Cable on page 67
.
Enhanced Redundancy System Quick Start
Refer to these Quick Start steps when setting up your system for the first time.
1. Install/update the workstation software and firmware bundle. (Refer
to Step 1: Install the Software on page 53
.)
Software applications needed include:
• RSLogix 5000 software
• RSLinx Classic communication software
• Redundancy Module Configuration Tool (RMCT). See Install the
Software on page 53
Topic Page
Before You Begin 51
Install an Enhanced Redundancy System 53
Step 1: Install the Software 53
Step 2: Install the Hardware 54
Step 3: Connect the Redundancy Modules via a Fiber-optic Cable 63
Step 4: Update Redundant Chassis Firmware 67
Step 5: Designate the Primary and Secondary Chassis 71
IMPORTANT
If RSLinx Classic software is already on your system, make sure to shut it down
before installing/upgrading software.