I currently have a setup in Siemens S7 using I-Device connections over PROFINET and I am trying to investigate an equivalent setup using Rockwell. It has been several years since I have used Produce / Consume tags and had a few questions.
In my scenario I have 2 controllers:
PLC A
PLC B
The issue here is that many instances of PLC B will be connecting (only 1 at time) to PLC A. All instances of PLC B will be identical (PLC type, firmware, etc.).
Can I set up produce / consume tags between A and B that will still work when different instances of PLC B connect to PLC A? Essentially, PLC A will remain the same but different instances of PLC B will connect, and I want communications to resume upon reconnection. I was not sure if there was a unique identifier associated with the physical hardware that would prevent this.
As a follow-up:
Is there a way to send safety data between 2 GuardLogix controllers? Siemens has Flexible F-Link over PROFISafe
Thanks!
In my scenario I have 2 controllers:
PLC A
PLC B
The issue here is that many instances of PLC B will be connecting (only 1 at time) to PLC A. All instances of PLC B will be identical (PLC type, firmware, etc.).
Can I set up produce / consume tags between A and B that will still work when different instances of PLC B connect to PLC A? Essentially, PLC A will remain the same but different instances of PLC B will connect, and I want communications to resume upon reconnection. I was not sure if there was a unique identifier associated with the physical hardware that would prevent this.
As a follow-up:
Is there a way to send safety data between 2 GuardLogix controllers? Siemens has Flexible F-Link over PROFISafe
Thanks!