About This File
The Allen-Bradley Ethernet Driver provides an easy and reliable way to connect Allen-Bradley Ethernet devices to Client applications, including HMI, SCADA, Historian, MES, ERP and countless custom applications. This driver supports the Allen Bradley SLC 5/05 series, PLC-5 series, ControlLogix, CompactLogix, and MicroLogix PLCs.
Features
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Interface: TCP/IP Ethernet Port, DHRIO, Net-ENI
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PLC Supported: AB Controllogix, Compactlogix, Micrologix, SLC50x, PLC5, via TCP/IP Ethernet built-in or Module port. Any device with Ethernet/IP protocol.
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Methods: Open, Close, RefreshInfo, ClearDataBuffer
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Events: OutCome (fires when a communication transaction completes) , RXComplete, TXComplete
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General: Also Supports unsolicited messages from SLC, Clogix family. Via DHRIO, access SLC & PLC5 data tables for read/write. Read or write most of the AB data types. support for DataQueue reads in SLC and Micrologix
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Throughput: Reads 100 consecutive registers @ 10Mhz in 40 msec.
This driver can be conviniently used with Visual Studio in development of complete large scale complex HMI/SCADA Systems. It can be used to perform advanced reporting MES, analytics, IoT, Big data type apps. One example is available to download here