General Device Properties

Use the General tab to enter general information for the device. You can define the following:

Port

Select the port for this device.

Click buttons to the Port field to select the port as follows.

 

Browser

Display the list of ports and select one.

 

Popup Menu

Create a new port, edit the current port, or select a port from the list of ports.

Description

Enter an optional description to help you identify the device.

Resource

Enter a resource that can be associated with this device for alarm generation.

Click buttons to the right of the Resource field to select the resource, as follows.

 

Browser

Display the list of resources and select one.

 

Popup Menu

Create a new resource, edit the current resource, or select a resource from the list of resources.

Model Type

Select the type of device. Click the drop-down button to the right of the input field to display your choices, then make a selection. For this protocol, the choices are:

PLC 2

PLC 3

PLC 5

PLC 5/250

SLC-5/04

SLC-5/05

More information

Allen-Bradley device configuration.