Help for Modicon TSX P572623

Hi to all,

I'm new in the forum and also a newby in PLC programming.

Here's the question.
I have a Modicon TSX P572623 PLC and I need to download the program inside the plc on my pc. My customer loose the source program and asked me if there is a way to retrive it from PLC.
I have PL7Pro running on Windows Xp (virtual machine on my MacBook) but I can't create a connection with the plc.
I have only the ethernet cable, must I buy the RS485 cable to create the connection between the plc and the program?

I also tried to put the pcmcia card into a pc, but Windows cannot find any driver.

Thank you in advance.

Do your know the TCP address of the PLC? In that case you to have to use the XIP driver from Schneider to install on your pc. Configure the pc with the network.stationnumber in the same networkrange as the PLC. XIP driver can be downloaded from their website.

unfortunately I don't know the ip address of the plc.. there's a way to find it or to reset it?

The IP address can be changed in the PLC application, but not the module itself. Solution is to use the RS485 port on the CPU to get the connection with Unity thru Unitelway protocol.

Ok, done! I found the IP address.
Via XIP driver utility I am able to test ICMP successfully and also to send command via PL7Pro driver utility.

Also, if I go via HTTP to the PLC's address I can see the default web page.

But, I have trouble to connect via PL7Pro to the PLC.

This is the configuration of the driver:



also the connection parameter in PCL7Pro



and the resulting error:


and the log of XIP...

08/07/14-18:15:20 XipOpen handle 1456, (1 opened)
08/07/14-18:15:20 XwayAttach socket 1, (1 attached)
08/07/14-18:15:20 ERROR XipSend EREMOTENACK
08/07/14-18:15:20 XipDetach socket 1, (1 attached)
08/07/14-18:15:20 XipClose handle 1456, (1 opened)

Network and station number

Are you able to read on the html page of the PLC (CPU) the XWAY network and stationnumber ? This number should be used in the XIP driver configuration as PLC and the same networknumber for PC but another stationnumber like 63.

no... it's password protected..
now, I must buy a console cable or I must reset the plc to it's default and start over to rewrite the program?

which pl7 version, pl7 v4.5 sp5?
Windows7 needs this versions to work properly, at least with serial cable.
Have you binded (Bind-button on picture) xip driver to right network adapter on computer and are you sure that PLC XIP address is 0.1?

Default username and password for html page is (if I remeber it correctly):
USER
USER

ok, done!
Thank you for the username/password, I've tried only "user" in lowercase.
I'm using PL7 Pro 4.5 on Windows XP.
Now I am able to communicate with PLC and download the program but I need to figured out how to access the program which is read protected.