Application Note

WAGO 750-880 EtherNet/IP

Communications with a
CompactLogix™ PLC
Using Explicit Messaging

A500620e, English Version: 1.0.0

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Table of Contents 3

Table of Contents
1 Important Notes ........................................................................................... 4
1.1 Legal Principles ......................................................................................... 4
1.1.1 Subject to Changes ............................................................................... 4
1.1.2 Copyright .............................................................................................. 4
1.1.3 Personnel Qualification ........................................................................ 4
1.1.4 Intended Use ......................................................................................... 4
1.2 Scope of Validity....................................................................................... 5
1.3 Number Notation ....................................................................................... 5
1.4 Font Conventions ...................................................................................... 5
2 Description .................................................................................................... 6
3 Solution ......................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Setup EtherNet/IP in the WAGO 750-880 PLC ....................................... 7
3.2 Program the WAGO 750-880 PLC ........................................................... 9
3.3 Program the CompactLogix PLC ............................................................ 11
3.4 Test the Communications ........................................................................ 14

Application Note
1 Important Notes
To ensure quick installation and start-up of the units, we strongly recommend that
the following information and explanations are carefully read and adhered to.

1.1 Legal Principles

1.1.1 Subject to Changes
WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH & Co. KG reserves the right to provide for any
alterations or modifications that serve to increase the efficiency of technical
progress. WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH & Co. KG owns all rights arising from
the granting of patents or from the legal protection of utility patents. Third-party
products are always mentioned without any reference to patent rights. Thus, the
existence of such rights cannot be excluded.

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Non-observance will involve the right to assert damage claims.

1.1.3 Personnel Qualification

The use of the product detailed in this document is exclusively geared to
specialists having qualifications in PLC programming, electrical specialists or
persons instructed by electrical specialists who are also familiar with the valid
standards. WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH & Co. KG declines any liability
resulting from improper action and damage to WAGO products and third party
products due to non-observance of the information contained in this document.

1.1.4 Intended Use

For each individual application, the components are supplied from the factory
with a dedicated hardware and software configuration. Modifications are only
admitted within the framework of the possibilities documented in this document.
All other changes to the hardware and/or software and the non-conforming use of
the components entail the exclusion of liability on part of WAGO Kontakttechnik
GmbH & Co. KG.

Please direct any requirements pertaining to a modified and/or new hardware or

software configuration directly to WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH & Co. KG.
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1.2 Scope of Validity

This application note is based on the stated hardware and software of the specific
manufacturer as well as the associated documentation. This application note is
therefore only valid for the described installation.
New hardware and software versions may need to be handled differently.

Please note the detailed description in the specific manuals.

1.3 Number Notation

Table 1: Number Notation
Number code Example Note
Decimal 100 Normal notation
Hexadecimal 0x64 C notation
Binary '100' In quotation marks, nibble separated with
'0110.0100' dots (.)

1.4 Font Conventions

Table 2: Font Conventions
Font type Indicates
italic Names of paths and data files are marked in italic-type.
e.g.: C:\Programme\WAGO-I/O-CHECK
Menu Menu items are marked in bold letters.
e.g.: Save
> A greater-than sign between two names means the selection of a
menu item from a menu.
e.g.: File > New
Input Designation of input or optional fields are marked in bold letters,
e.g.: Start of measurement range
“Value” Input or selective values are marked in inverted commas.
e.g.: Enter the value “4 mA” under Start of measurement range.
[Button] Pushbuttons in dialog boxes are marked with bold letters in square
brackets.
e.g.: [Input]
[Key] Keys are marked with bold letters in square brackets.
e.g.: [F5]

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2 Description
The purpose of this document is to provide a step-by-step example of how to
establish communications between a WAGO 750-880 PLC and an Allen-Bradley
1769-L32 CompactLogix™ Controller using explicit messaging.

Explicit messaging is sometimes preferred to implicit messaging, as the user

program can control when the message request is to be transmitted. Explicit
messages can be programmed to trigger based on an event, a set cyclic rate, or
other user-defined conditions. Implicit messaging via an EtherNet/IP scanner
operates cyclically, and only the cyclic rate can be adjusted.
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3 Solution
There are four general steps for setting up this system:

1) Setup EtherNet/IP in the WAGO 750-880 PLC

2) Program the WAGO 750-880 PLC
3) Program the CompactLogix PLC
4) Test the Communications

3.1 Setup EtherNet/IP in the WAGO 750-880 PLC

Change the IP address and subnet mask of the WAGO 750-880 PLC so the device
is reachable via the ethernet network. These settings can be changed using the
built-in web pages of the 750-880, using a BootP or DHCP server, or using
WAGO Ethernet Settings software. Consult the 750-880 user manual for detailed
instruction on changing these settings.

Use the configuration tool WAGO Ethernet Settings to configure the EtherNet/IP
settings for the WAGO 750-880. To connect via Ethernet using WAGO Ethernet
Settings, click the Settings button, and change the Communication Settings
accordingly (see example below).

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Once connected, click the Protocol tab. A list of supported protocols is displayed.
Click on the Ethernet/IP check box to select it (checked). If Modbus UDP or
Modbus TCP is not needed for the application, click on it to deselect it
(unchecked).

Click the EtherNet/IP tab to view/modify the number of PFC Fieldbus Variables
to be communicated between the controllers. For this example, there will be 8
bytes of PLC input variables, and 8 bytes of PLC output variables exchanged
between the devices. Change the PFC Fieldbus Variables as shown below.
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Click the Write button to save the changes. The WAGO 750-880 PLC is now
ready for EtherNet/IP communications.

3.2 Program the WAGO 750-880 PLC

A simple program written in CoDeSys will populate the registers used for data
exchange.

Start CoDeSys. Click File>New and select the 750-880 PLC, then click the OK
button.

Select ST (structured text) for PLC_PRG. Click OK.

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Create the program shown in the capture below. You must declare the input and
output arrays as global variables at the starting addresses of the EtherNet/IP
assembly instances (%IW1276 and%QW1276).

In Online>Communication Parameters, create a new TCP connection with the IP

address of the WAGO 750-880 PLC.

Now that the program is written, click Online>Login and download the program
to the PLC. Then click Online>Run to start the program.
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3.3 Program the CompactLogix PLC

Start RSLogix5000 programming software, and create a new project. Set the
Controller Module Properties so that the IP Address and Gateway are on the same
subnet as the WAGO 750-880 PLC.

Add the controller tags and ladder diagram logic shown below.

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The Message (MSG) block is used for controller-to-controller communications.
Configure the message blocks as follows:

Read MSG Block

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Write MSG Block

Click Communications>Download to download the program to the

CompactLogix 32E PLC. Click the Download button when prompted (if safe to
do so).

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3.4 Test the Communications
In this example, the CompactLogix PLC is polling the WAGO 750-880 PLC by
using the MSG block every 32 seconds. By modifying the preset time in Rung 0,
any cyclic rate can be achieved. Communications is working below; a value of
123 in WAGO_OutData[0] can be observed in the WAGO PLC in CoDeSys
variable In_Data[1]. Conversely, the WAGO variables in Out_Data array
[1,2,3,4] are showing up in the CompactLogix PLC variables WAGO_InData
array [0,1,2,3].
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This example can easily be modified by increasing the number of words

transmitted between the two controllers for larger applications (up to 256 words in
each direction). Also, in certain applications, this form of communications offers
many benefits over the implicit (scanner) communication, by giving full control of
the message occurrence to the programmer. This may be useful on slower
networks, or in systems with a large amount of network traffic.

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