Hello y'all!
So I am a poor software engineer that got assigned a project to try and simulate a plc to test barcode scanners.
Basically my application needs to be able to use most industrial protocols and the plan was to try and implement Ethernet/IP functionality into the application and use gateways (E/IP->x) to achieve Profinet, Profibus, etc.
The plan sounds great but i ran into trouble actually being able to use the gateway. Obviously most gateways are made to be used with a PLC application to handle messaging. My question is does anyone have experience trying to send messages through a gateway from a PC? I cant seem to find any examples of this being done before.
We are using a Softing Ethernet/IP to Profinet gateway to communicate with a Cognex barcode scanner. We are using python libraries (we are trying both pycomm and cpppo) to create the Ethernet/IP connection from the PC.
Any help or guidance would be appreciated!
Thanks
So I am a poor software engineer that got assigned a project to try and simulate a plc to test barcode scanners.
Basically my application needs to be able to use most industrial protocols and the plan was to try and implement Ethernet/IP functionality into the application and use gateways (E/IP->x) to achieve Profinet, Profibus, etc.
The plan sounds great but i ran into trouble actually being able to use the gateway. Obviously most gateways are made to be used with a PLC application to handle messaging. My question is does anyone have experience trying to send messages through a gateway from a PC? I cant seem to find any examples of this being done before.
We are using a Softing Ethernet/IP to Profinet gateway to communicate with a Cognex barcode scanner. We are using python libraries (we are trying both pycomm and cpppo) to create the Ethernet/IP connection from the PC.
Any help or guidance would be appreciated!
Thanks
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