Connecting to Control Expert

To download the CPU application if your system is not configured, connect Control Expert to one of these:

  • the USB port on the CPU

  • the service port on the CPU

To download the CPU application if your system is configured, connect Control Expert to one of these:

  • the USB port on the CPU

  • the service port (configured as an access port) on the CPU or any network module

  • the service port of a BM•CRA312•0 X80 EIO adapter module on an RIO drop on the main ring or a sub-ring

NOTE: Connecting to other ports requires QoS to be configured in the switch the PC is connected to, and not in the PC itself.
NOTE:

  • Control Expert is the only tool that can download the CPU application.

  • If Control Expert is connected to a CPU that has no configuration, the default IP address of the CPU is used.

  • In configurations that use the IP forwarding service (the BMENOC0321 control network module bridging the control network to the device network via a BMENOC0301/BMENOC0311 communication module), we recommend that you use the BMENOC0321 module's IP address to download the Control Expert application to the PAC.

NOTE: In configurations that use the IP forwarding service (the BMENOC0321 control network module bridging the control network to the device network via a BMENOC0301/BMENOC0311 communication module), we recommend that you use the BMENOC0321 module's IP address to download the Control Expert application to the PAC.

If you download the application via a BMENOC0301/BMENOC0311 module, the BMENOC0321 module resets at the end of the download, which resets the connection between Control Expert and the BMENOC0301/BMENOC0311 module. This figure shows the IP forwarding service in the BMENOC0301/BMENOC0311 module being used to connect to the BMENOC0301/BMENOC0311 module:

1 CPU with Ethernet I/O scanning service

2 BMENOC0301/BMENOC0311 Ethernet communication module

3 BMENOC0321 control network module

4 Control Expert

NOTE:

  • Control Expert is the only tool that can download the PAC application.

  • You can connect Control Expert to any Ethernet port.

  • If Control Expert is connected over Ethernet to a PAC that has no configuration, the IP address of the CPU is used.

Examples

This figure shows the possible connections to Control Expert when your system is not configured:

1 A CPU with Ethernet I/O scanner service is on the local rack.

2 RIO drops included the BM•CRA312•0 X80 EIO adapter module.

3 Connect Control Expert to the USB port on the CPU.

4 Connect Control Expert to the SERVICE port on the CPU.

This figure shows the possible connections to Control Expert when your system is configured:

1 A CPU with Ethernet I/O scanner service is on the local rack.

2 An RIO drop includes a BM•CRA31210 X80 EIO adapter module.

3 A BMENOS0300 module on a remote drop manages a DIO cloud.

4 A BMENOS0300 module on the local rack manages a DIO cloud.

5 Connect Control Expert to the USB port on the CPU.

6 Connect Control Expert to the SERVICE port on the CPU.