I imagine that we used the cosy 141 with the VPN because we used to have a company that monitored the machine being run by this plc, but we no longer use their services. I simply just need somthing that will allow me to go online with the plc over our network.
There is an engineer that would possibly have to access this plc remotely if needed. Would it be wise to stick with a vpn in that case?
I have had good luck with Realtime Automation for stuff like this:
https://www.rtautomation.com/
But there are many options out there.
Keith
RTA is not suitable here, It deal with pushing ASCIIs and specific tags, if I am not mistaken.
Is this a 1769-L23 PLC?
I have used this to replace the old Rockwell 1761-net-eni for serial comms.
Digi One IAP Family Part Number:70001777
https://www.digi.com/products/models/70001777
I use Moxa N-Port 5110 serial converters.
They setup on my computer as a normal serial port, RSLinx OR the AdvancedHMI application can connect just like it was plugged into the serial port on the PC.
I said OR because as a local serial port it can only be used by one program or PC at a time and if the serial adapter is being used by a program on one computer it can't be accessed by another computer, but if not presently being used can be attached to by any PC on the network.
I use Moxa N-Port 5110 serial converters.
They setup on my computer as a normal serial port, RSLinx OR the AdvancedHMI application can connect just like it was plugged into the serial port on the PC.
I said OR because as a local serial port it can only be used by one program or PC at a time and if the serial adapter is being used by a program on one computer it can't be accessed by another computer, but if not presently being used can be attached to by any PC on the network.
I received my nport 5110 ive set it up on Realcom operation mode. when I go to the port mapping portion I don't understand which port I need to set it to.