Communications Enabler Features

Using this option, CIMPLICITY software can:

Detect the presence of a Tag within the antenna's range

Read Tag data at a user-defined scan rate

Write data to the Tag

Issue alarms to users when a read/write error occurs

Monitor antenna configuration through diagnostic points

This enabler can:

Support an infinite number of Intelligent Antennas in any combination of local serial ports and/or remote terminal servers.

This enabler supports the following CIMPLICITY features:

Polled read at user defined rates

Poll after setpoint

Triggered reads

Alarm on communications failure

This enabler supports the following data types:

Signed 8, 16, and 32 bit integers

Unsigned 8, 16, and 32 bit integers

Floating point

Text

Arrays

More information

Allen-Bradley Intelligent Antenna supported data types.

About Allen-Bradley Intelligent Antenna communications.