Re: [foxboro] FBM232 and Allen Bradley PLC-5/40E with FDSI Ethernet/Ip
- From: Kevin Fitzgerrell <fitzgerrell@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:18:13 +0900
I've got PLC5s on a controlnet network. The single biggest feature I could
use on the CSP driver would be to access those PLCs via a CL gateway
(baseplate with ethernet and cnet cards). The Foxboro driver lacks the
addressing capability to do this.
On the CIP driver, PLC5 addressing has not been implemented (last I checked
anyway) so I can't access my PLC5s with this driver either. The next
biggest limitation is probably not being able to address tags in add-in
instructions.
Most of my PLC5 cnet processors have an Ethernet sidecar, however we connect
those via our MIS network for programming and monitoring - I don't want
control on that network. I don't have a 2nd Ethernet port that I can use
for connecting to an FBM232.
My best solutions at this point appear to be to use FBM232 with Modbus TCP
and ProSoft InRax module and skip the Foxboro AB drivers completely.
Regards,
Kevin
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Brown, Stanley <
stan.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am curious, what functionality do these drivers lack that you need?
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stan Brown [mailto:stanb@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin
> > Fitzgerrell
> > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:43 AM
> > To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [foxboro] FBM232 and Allen Bradley PLC-5/40E with FDSI
> > Ethernet/Ip
> >
> > Which docs are those - Foxboro or AB - that say you can use EthernetIP
> > to
> > PLC5? My understanding is that Foxboro had implemented a fairly
> > limited CIP
> > (EthernetIP) driver that works with ControlLogix but not PLC5. They
> > have a
> > separate Ethernet driver for PLC5s, using CSP but it is also quite
> > limited.
> > Neither driver appears to be a good fit at my plant.
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Kevin FitzGerrell
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:16 PM, <jrmcleish63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Donato,
> > >
> > > I'm like Jack and no expert but the documentation does say that you
> > can
> > > talk EthernetIP to PLC5E. Most of our PLC's are used to scan
> > devicenet
> > > rather than IO so we have been replacing these with FBM232 Anybus
> > > combination. This works well if you only have devicenet. We chose not
> > to
> > > risk the ethernetIP since we only had a couple of PLC5E's and went to
> > FBM230
> > > with serial which have proven to be reliable but need a lot of work
> > to get
> > > your scanning in the right order. Basically once you have arranged
> > your data
> > > into contiguous blocks by moving them to block transfer reads/writes
> > then
> > > you can pull a lot of data across the link. If you get them wrong
> > comms can
> > > be very very slow...
> > >
> > > cheers, Rob.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Donato Azevedo <donatoaz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Bothering you gents once again:
> > > >
> > > > I have given up the idea of having one single FBM to communicate
> > with
> > > > multiple devices (the idea of having more than one driver image).
> > > >
> > > > I would like to know if I can interface the FBM232 to an A-B PLC-
> > 5/40E
> > > > using the Ethernet/IP driver.
> > > >
> > > > The PSS says it can interface ControlLogix controllers, but it does
> > > > not say whether it supports the PLC-5 Ethernet series or not.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > --
> > > > Donato Azevedo
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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