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How To Setup Data Exchange between NX-Safety I/O And NX-I/O Units with the NX-EIC202

Introduction

This is a quick start tutorial on how to get the data exchange between NX-Safety and Standard NX-I/Os (Analog, Digital and Temperature
units) with a NX-EIC202 (Ethernet/IP Coupler) using Sysmac Studio.

Hardware Configuration

For this tutorial an example is given using the following hardware configuration:

Hardware
NX-EIC202
NX-SL3300
NX-SIH400
NX-SID800
NX-SOD400
NX-SOH200
NX-ID3443
NX-OD3256
NX-AD2203
NX-DA2605

How to configure the data exchange between NX-Safety and Standard NX-IO

This paragraph describes step-by-step how to use Sysmac Studio in order to configure NX-Safety I/O and Standard NX-I/O using NX-
EIC202.

Step 1: Start a new Sysmac Studio project.

Step 2: Select "Slave Terminal" in the Category selection and "EtherNet/IP Coupler" as Device.

Step 3: Add several different NX I/O, Safety IN / OUT, Analog IN / OUT and Digital IN / OUT as shown in the image below.

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Step 2: Go to the Safety section in Sysmac Studio.

Step 3: In the safety section you have direct access to all NX-Safety Modules.

Step 4: To get access to all other standard NX I/O's you must first create the variables to be used in the Safety program. You can create the
variables in the Exposed Variables tab.

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Step 5: Connect the variables to the NX I/O devices by open the Standard I/O section and choose the connected NX Device and which
Linked Port It should use.

Step 6: Now you can create your safety project with standard NX I/O devices as shown below.

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Specifications for I/O Data Allocations in Slave Terminals

The following limitations apply to I/O data allocations for the entire Slave Terminal:

Item Input data Output data

Number of I/O entry mappings 255 255
EtherNet/IP maximum I/O connection size 504 bytes 504 bytes
Allocatable I/O data points Maximum of 4,000 points total for both inputs and outputs

Software

The content of this article is based on Sysmac Studio version 1.11.

Related Manuals

Manual name Cat. No.

NX-series EtherNet/IP Coupler Unit User’s Manual W536
NX-series Digital I/O Units User’s Manual W521
NX-series Analog I/O Units User’s Manual W522
NX-series Safety Control Unit User’s Manual Z930

Related Article(s)

Please read the following article How To Configure EtherNet/IP Coupler Unit for detailed information about using Tag Data Links with NX-
EIC202 and CJ-series EtherNet/IP Unit or built-in EtherNet/IP port.

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