PISO-DNM100 DeviceNet Master API functions User’s Manual (Ver: 1.0) 2008/02/25 111. Add device into firmwareYou should provide the slave device’s MAC ID to add into firmware byusing API function.2. Configure connectionYou can check the slave device’s I/O connection type and the I/O datalength. When configuring the I/O connection, you should provide theseparameters.3. Start DeviceAfter configuring connections, users should start device by using APIfunction. The master will communicate with the slave device.4. Access I/O dataAfter communicating with slave devices, you can access the I/O data withcorresponding read/write function.After adding the device into the firmware, the master will wait for the I/Oconfiguration information. Then users can create the I/O connections in thenext step. Once I/O connections have been created and started, I/O data maybe exchanged among devices in the DeviceNet network according to masterdevice demand. Therefore, the master device can access I/O data of the slavedevices by one of the four I/O connection methods. The API functions are notonly easy to use but also providing a lot of the DeviceNet Master functions toretrieve and deliver the slave’s I/O data. For more information, please refer tofunctions description and demo programs in section 4.