The Allen-Bradley Communications enabler lets you exchange data between CIMPLICITY software and AllenBradley PLC processors.
This enabler requires Rockwell’s RSLINX™ Classic software in order to communicate with Allen-Bradley PLCs. You must have an RSLINX™ OEM license available to the application in order for the software to operate.
The physical communications link between a CIMPLICITY computer and the PLC processors is an Ethernet network or a Data Highway Plus network via an Allen-Bradley 1784 KTX card.
The RSLINX™ software provides an
interface to this layer; it is through this layer that the
CIMPLICITY device communications enabler interfaces.
The RSLINX™ OEM software also
handles all of the validation and management of the Rockwell RSLINX
licensing.
For the most current information on the version of RSLINX™ qualified with this version of CIMPLICITY, please refer to the Important Product Information (readme.chm) that accompanies this release.
Warning: Because of a registry conflict
between the Allen-Bradley Data Highway Plus Communications enabler
and RSLinx software, you cannot use the Allen-Bradley Data High
Plus Communications enabler and the Allen-Bradley Communications
enabler on the same computer.
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Sample Allen-Bradley network. |
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Allen-Bradley communications features |
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Required hardware/software. |
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Supported Allen-Bradley devices. |
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Supported file types. |
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Required Allen-Bradley software. |
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Allen-Bradley related documents. |
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RSLinx installation procedures. |
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Allen-Bradley Communications Ethernet installation verification. |
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CIMPLICITY configuration for Allen-Bradley. |
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PLC-5 PD file support. |
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Define points for unsolicited data. |
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Configure PLC's for unsolicited data. |
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Communication through ControlLogix Gateway. |
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Network/cable redundancy support. |
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Advanced configuration topics.. |
