Exam 8: Communicating Between Your Personal Computer and Your Plc

Transferring a copy of the PAC controller's project to a personal computer's volatile memory is called ____________________.

Moving the key switch from Run mode or REM mode to Program mode and back to REM will return the controller to Run mode.

To download a project, select the command ____________________ from the Communications menu.

Before downloading a project, the current path displayed in the Path toolbar in the RSLogix 5000 software must be entered since the path is normally blank.

When using Ethernet, ControlNet, or Data Highway Plus, what are four pieces to the communications path?

Until a modified project is downloaded, the controller does not have the new information.

What three things need to be done before configuring an Ethernet communications path?

RSLogix 5000 software is used to develop and edit RSLogix 5000 projects. The software used to set up communications between the PAC controller and a personal computer is ____________________ software.

Clicking the Verify Routine icon checks the entire project for errors.

A computer is not communicating with a PAC controller across a communications cable when working ____________________.

A driver is an independent software application that is used to configure communication between a personal or industrial computer and a hardware device.

Transferring a copy of a project from a personal computer to a controller is called ____________________.

Going online means viewing a project in the PAC controller through a personal computer via a communication link. Briefly describe the two categories of online mode.

List four ways to communicate between a personal computer and a PLC.

Briefly describe what occurs during project download in a project without errors and a project with errors.