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Ok, I got the ML wrong, it's a 1500. I've looked on Rockwell's website for the EDS file for the ML1500 and can't seem to find it.

I'm trying to add a Micrologix 1100 to the plant network. It's connected to EthernetIP through a 1761 NET ENI module. I added its IP address to the ETH1 driver and I can see it when 'Lynx autobrowses. When I add a new topic in RSLynx I can get the 1761 NET ENI module to show up but I can't see beyond it to the processor. Shouldn't it be like an ENBT module in ControlLogix, you know, where you can click on the "+" to the left and every device connected to it is browsed and displayed? Or even better, like the switch connected to a SLC5/04 where it's totally transparent and only the processor is browsed? Thanx in advance.

For what it's worth, I've been dealing with various weird RSLynx problems by upgrading RSLynx to Ver 2.54. I had lost several tags, lost the ability to connect via PCMK, lost a couple of paths in Topuc Configuration, completely lost EDS files for PLC5/40's, and several other weird problems. I've upgraded all the workstations to 2.54. The previous tech had loaded different versions ranging from 2.31 to 2.50. Now all my communication problems seem to be resolved.

[if we change the heartbeat MSG direction from having PLC A write to PLC C and instead make PLC C READ it from PLC A, this heartbeat works without error. PLC A is still a problem because it writes most of it's stuff so nothing else changes, but it's odd that this reversal works. I dunno if this is applicable, but I've had weird experiences with MSG Write commands originating in PLC A, and had to replace them with MSG Read commands at PLC B. The philosophy I got from a ControlNet engineer is that only by reading are you assured the message will arrive when you want it to.

ControlLogix_Intecont_EIP_Fixed1_VLW.ACD Ok, here's the .ACD file. The programmer's manual they sent is full of Modicon and Profibus programming examples, but nothing about Logix5000. They Emailed this to me and said "an advanced programmer" should be able to make it work. I never claimed to be an "advanced" Logix5000 programmer. INTECONT_eds2.zip

Here's the EDS file. I've decided I need a Contrologix system to connect to the Schenk, so I've set up a 1756-L61 and gotten a Logix5000 template program from the Mfr.. The problem is that they tell me I gotta somehow enter a code number. I can't figure out how this "code" can be entered anywhere in Logix5000. Now, they tell me their template program is "designed for advanced programmers" and that they won't help much more. I'm entirely new to Logix5000. It's completely different from Logix5. 89_4166_ABIC_DEV.pdf

I've been tasked with connecting a coveyor belt scale to the plant PLC5 system. The conveyor belt scale is manufactured by a German company called Schecnk. The scale indicator, named Intecont, has an Ethernet IP board and is supposed to output data in CIP. My plant's PLC5 system is connected on Controlnet. I have installed a ControlLogix backplane with a CNBT module and an ENBT module. I have the Schenck EDS file and I'm planning on adding it to RSLynx when I can shut RSLynx down. On Wednesday I'm planning on adding the new node to the network. After that I'm in uncharted territory. I've called and gotten a case started at Rockwell's tech support number, but they don't know anything about the Schenck. Numerous phone calls to Shenck's American office have led nowhere. Has anyone here had any experience with Schenck, or, more specifically, connecting the Schenck Intecont to a PLC5 via Ethernet IP? My main objective is to get data for three tags: Hourly total, daily total, and average tons per hour. I would also like to reset the totalizer via RSLogix5. Any help would be most appreciated.