Communicating with Allen-Bradley FlexIO through Profibus

Hi All,

I'm trying integrate Allen-Bradley 1794-APB Series B FlexIO with DeltaV.  I have established the Profibus network and am getting solid green Status and Profibus lights on the APB module and good status in DeltaV diagnostics.  I have two IB16 DI modules hooked up and there LEDs indicating that there are channels that are active, but in Diagnostics I'm still getting all zero values even for signals that should be 1.  I've tried outputting to a DO channel on an OB16 module and can't get the LEDs to light up either.  My understanding is that these modules should pretty much be ready to go and don't need to have any configuration bits set up.  I think although the Profibus network is good, I'm still not communicating with the FlexIO modules.  Has anyone got this working in DeltaV or can think of a step I'm missing in getting these values across?  Any insight is greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Minh Tran

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  • In reply to Tinh Phan:

    So in the end I had to add 1794-APB Status as the first slot. Then my 6 IO modules and 2 empty slots to make a total of 9. I configured all the slots as Full Format which Allen-Bradley recommends and which allows you to set some of the module parameters right at the Slot level. Thanks everyone for their help!