Setting Up the PLC Program

The RSLogix 5000 environment uses "tags" to represent all data in the PLC program, including communications. Setting up the PLC entails the following:

• Creating a project appropriate to the hardware configuration.

• Adding a generic "I/O" module to represent the VS-1 Smart Camera.

• Defining the data types and structures to be communicated between the VS-1 Smart Camera and the PLC.

• Downloading the program to the PLC.

Once tags have been defined to correspond to the data object of the input and output assemblies, you can use these tags in your ladder logic.