Hi PLC Gurus
A customer has requested the connection of a Schneider PowerLogic PM5560 Power Meter to a Rockwell Control Logix PLC.
The firmware version of the device on site is FW 04.01.08
I have downloaded and installed the correct EDS for this firmware.
The power meter comm port has been setup with the following setting:
IP Method – Stored
IP Address – 172.17.189.11
Subnet – 255.255.255.0
GW – 0.0.0.0
HTTP Server – Enabled
FTP Server – Disabled
DPWS – Enabled
Ethernet/IP – Enabled
DNP3 – Disabled
I am connecting to it using an 1756-EN2T Ethernet PLC Card with:
IP Address – 172.17.189.70
Subnet – 255.255.255.0
GW – 0.0.0.0
I am unable to get a healthy connection using “Cyclical Exchanges (Implicit Exchanges) “ with either the supplied EDS or setting up a Generic Ethernet Module connection with the correct assemble input, output and config.
I am getting a (Code 16#0315)connection request error :Invalid Segment Type
The strange thing is I am able to use “Messaging (Explicit Exchanges)” and receive specific registers of information from the Power meter on Ethernet/IP but I have to set up an individual message block in the PLC for each register of information which is not ideal.
The customer then sent me a spare Power Meter of the same model to test in the office. The only difference is the Firmware is FW 02.08.03
I downloaded and installed the older EDS file for this firmware.
I was easily able to setup Ethernet /IP communications using “Cyclical Exchanges (Implicit Exchanges)” using both the EDS and the Generic Ethernet Module connection.
I did file compare of the 2 different versions of the EDS file and they are exactly identical which is weird.
If anyone could shed some light on this it would be appreciated.
A customer has requested the connection of a Schneider PowerLogic PM5560 Power Meter to a Rockwell Control Logix PLC.
The firmware version of the device on site is FW 04.01.08
I have downloaded and installed the correct EDS for this firmware.
The power meter comm port has been setup with the following setting:
IP Method – Stored
IP Address – 172.17.189.11
Subnet – 255.255.255.0
GW – 0.0.0.0
HTTP Server – Enabled
FTP Server – Disabled
DPWS – Enabled
Ethernet/IP – Enabled
DNP3 – Disabled
I am connecting to it using an 1756-EN2T Ethernet PLC Card with:
IP Address – 172.17.189.70
Subnet – 255.255.255.0
GW – 0.0.0.0
I am unable to get a healthy connection using “Cyclical Exchanges (Implicit Exchanges) “ with either the supplied EDS or setting up a Generic Ethernet Module connection with the correct assemble input, output and config.
I am getting a (Code 16#0315)connection request error :Invalid Segment Type
The strange thing is I am able to use “Messaging (Explicit Exchanges)” and receive specific registers of information from the Power meter on Ethernet/IP but I have to set up an individual message block in the PLC for each register of information which is not ideal.
The customer then sent me a spare Power Meter of the same model to test in the office. The only difference is the Firmware is FW 02.08.03
I downloaded and installed the older EDS file for this firmware.
I was easily able to setup Ethernet /IP communications using “Cyclical Exchanges (Implicit Exchanges)” using both the EDS and the Generic Ethernet Module connection.
I did file compare of the 2 different versions of the EDS file and they are exactly identical which is weird.
If anyone could shed some light on this it would be appreciated.
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