Author name: Alphanet Technologies

Here are some exerpts from AB DF1 Command Set User’s Manual available at http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rm/1770-rm516_-en-p.pdf

The PLC-5 programmable controller brings together current and future systems through networks such as EtherNet/IP, ControlNet and DeviceNet, and offers connectivity among SLC 500, ControlLogix, and MicroLogix controllers.  Since they include embedded network connections, PLC-5 controllers enable your control architecture to be flexible enough to include cost-effective connections to a wide range of devices.

1758-ENET is an EtherNet/IP-Interface processor that gives the PLC-5 process an  Ethernet port. This gives embedded TCP/IP communication abilities that allows the PLC-5 processor to talk with other Ethernet devices.

The ControlLogix controller provides a scalable PLC that is that has the ability to address many I/O points.

The 1747-KE module is a interface that bridges works with DF1 protocol, RS232C devices to DH-485 networks. This give accescibilitiy between a SLC and RS232.

You can send messages betweena DH+ nodes and other networks which include ControlNet, Ethernet, or other DH+ Networks.  A 1756-DHRIO acts as a scanner by using Remote I/O capabilities. The module exchanges discrete and block transfer data within remote i/o devices. This module gives connectivity between numerous remote I/O adapters.

The scanner is the DeviceNet master, enabling information transfer with DeviceNet slave devices using the strobe and poll message mode. The SLC system supports multiple scanners in a single-processor chassis.

KEPServerEX is the industry’s leading connectivity platform that provides a single source of industrial automation data to all of your applications. The platform design allows users to connect, manage, monitor, and control diverse automation devices and software applications through one intuitive user interface. KEPServerEX leverages OPC (the automation industry’s standard for interoperability) and IT-centric communication protocols (such as SNMP, ODBC, and web services) to provide users with a single source for industrial data. The platform is developed and tested to meet our customers’ performance, reliability, and ease-of-use requirements.

The 1747-KE module is a interface that bridges works with DF1 protocol, RS232C devices to DH-485 networks. This give accescibilitiy between a SLC and RS232.

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