ABitInTheWord
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Good morning all,
I've got a customer in a bind. They, like many, got confused about Allen Bradley's EtherNet/IP protocol and assumed it was normal ethernet comms. They are attempting to pull motor control data from a ABB EIU32 universal motor controller into a S7-1500 PLC. I don't work much with Siemens, but after some Googling I found a document/example TIA Portal project with a “LCCF_CipClient" function block that is intended to read/write data between an S7-1500 and ControlLogix PLC. The FB asks for an IP address, rack and slot number to look for the Ethernet/IP data, with the EIU32 not being a PLC I'm worried this FB won't work correctly?
Prosoft card seems to be the best solution, but as always, time is a serious limiting factor and they can't wait for the hardware's long lead time. Anyone have any experience with a software solution? I don't have a physical S7-1500 or an EIU32 to bench test any of this with which is also adding to the difficulty.
I've got a customer in a bind. They, like many, got confused about Allen Bradley's EtherNet/IP protocol and assumed it was normal ethernet comms. They are attempting to pull motor control data from a ABB EIU32 universal motor controller into a S7-1500 PLC. I don't work much with Siemens, but after some Googling I found a document/example TIA Portal project with a “LCCF_CipClient" function block that is intended to read/write data between an S7-1500 and ControlLogix PLC. The FB asks for an IP address, rack and slot number to look for the Ethernet/IP data, with the EIU32 not being a PLC I'm worried this FB won't work correctly?
Prosoft card seems to be the best solution, but as always, time is a serious limiting factor and they can't wait for the hardware's long lead time. Anyone have any experience with a software solution? I don't have a physical S7-1500 or an EIU32 to bench test any of this with which is also adding to the difficulty.