Hello All. I have an interesting one for you. I have a brand new Panelview 600 Standard 2711-K6C20 and I'd like to get it to talk to an L81E. Is this possible? I called Rockwell tech support just to find out that no one there has ever even thought of doing this. So the question is, can it be done? If so how and if not then why not?
Here's what I've done so far. The PV is ethernet so using panelbuilder I setup a test screen. I have an ENBT in slot 1 and an L61 in slot 2 (slot 0 is being used for something else). After figuring out how to add a node then adding the PLC's IP and path I got it working. My setup is: IP of 192.168.1.15 and a path of 1 2 (that's 1 space 2) this works flawlessly. I then swapped the L61 with the L81E, put the same program in the L81E and nothing. v33 of Studio firmware by the way. The PV just says it can't connect. To do a sanity check I moved the L81E to slot 1 and put the L61 back into slot 2. I also gave the L81E the IP of 192.168.1.15 and connected the PV directly do it. So in this setup L81E in slot 1 (using it's ethernet) and L61 in slot 2 the PV works again talking to the L61. So bare ethernet on an L81E works as it should. So whatever port this PV talks on works on L81E ethernet hardware. Then just for laughs I set up a produced / consumed tag between the two processors and that works. So long story longer, I have a tag produced in the L81E being consumed by the L61, then being displayed on the PV standard.
So after very long winded and probably confusing post, is there a way to get an L81E and a PV 600 standard to talk? If so what would the path be? A simple 1 didn't work. A simple 1 space 1 didn't work. Any ideas?
And disclaimer, yes I can save the current headache and buy a new PV but that's not the point here. The point here is I have a plant full of working PV standards and a corporate plan to update the L61's to L81E's. So finding a way to get this to work will save a lot of time. Finding out this isn't possible will upset a lot of corporate people but will be a lessons learned for the future.
Here's what I've done so far. The PV is ethernet so using panelbuilder I setup a test screen. I have an ENBT in slot 1 and an L61 in slot 2 (slot 0 is being used for something else). After figuring out how to add a node then adding the PLC's IP and path I got it working. My setup is: IP of 192.168.1.15 and a path of 1 2 (that's 1 space 2) this works flawlessly. I then swapped the L61 with the L81E, put the same program in the L81E and nothing. v33 of Studio firmware by the way. The PV just says it can't connect. To do a sanity check I moved the L81E to slot 1 and put the L61 back into slot 2. I also gave the L81E the IP of 192.168.1.15 and connected the PV directly do it. So in this setup L81E in slot 1 (using it's ethernet) and L61 in slot 2 the PV works again talking to the L61. So bare ethernet on an L81E works as it should. So whatever port this PV talks on works on L81E ethernet hardware. Then just for laughs I set up a produced / consumed tag between the two processors and that works. So long story longer, I have a tag produced in the L81E being consumed by the L61, then being displayed on the PV standard.
So after very long winded and probably confusing post, is there a way to get an L81E and a PV 600 standard to talk? If so what would the path be? A simple 1 didn't work. A simple 1 space 1 didn't work. Any ideas?
And disclaimer, yes I can save the current headache and buy a new PV but that's not the point here. The point here is I have a plant full of working PV standards and a corporate plan to update the L61's to L81E's. So finding a way to get this to work will save a lot of time. Finding out this isn't possible will upset a lot of corporate people but will be a lessons learned for the future.