Hi Guys - thanks for the replies -
What do you make of this tech note from Siemens, it seems like you can send and receive raw TCP or UDP data using these blocks;
https://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=Download&File=f1b2829530b7ab4b5b424a29fd186499
- pdf link
I can give the Schneider drive an IP address, - I define that IP address in the datablock related to the TSend_C instruction...
Hi Guys - thanks for the replies -
What do you make of this tech note from Siemens, it seems like you can send and receive raw TCP or UDP data using these blocks;
https://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=Download&File=f1b2829530b7ab4b5b424a29fd186499
- pdf link
I can give the Schneider drive an IP address, - I define that IP address in the datablock related to the TSend_C instruction...
I totally agree with you that it will be extremely costly to communicate a Siemens PLC to an EtherNet/IP adapter if the purpose is to develop an EtherNet/IP scanner on the Siemens side.Is it hypothetically possible to implement EIP on your own via those blocks? sure it is.
Would it cost your boss more money to buy the EIP spec and then pay you to implement and test that solution than to just use a canned solution? absolutely.
I strongly recommend using a different communications option. The other posters have mentioned a number of alternatives. In order of my preference: