EthernetIPforCLXCom

EthernetIPforCLXCom

This driver specifically targets the Allen Bradley line of ControlLogix and CompactLogix PLCs. It uses tag names directly to access data values in the PLC.

Properties
IPAddress	The TCP/IP address of the PLC to communicate with	CIPConnectionSize The maximum number of bytes in a single packet. The larger the number, the more efficient the communications. A value of 508 works with all Allen Bradley PLCs tested. Some of the newer models will allow a higher value.

Properties

IPAddress - The TCP/IP address of the PLC to communicate with

CIPConnectionSize - The maximum number of bytes in a single packet. The larger the number, the more efficient the communications. A value of 508 works with all Allen Bradley PLCs tested. Some of the newer models will allow a higher value.

DisableMultiServiceRequest - A multi-service request allows more than one request per packet. This can dramatically increase the speed of retrirving values. Not all PLCs support this, such as the Micro800 series.

DisableSubscriptions - Paused updating of subscriptions. This is useful in cases such as when hiding a form and there is no longer a need to refresh the values. Or when used with a Trend Chart, it can pause the charting.

PollRateOverride - This set the target rate for refreshing all of the subscriptions. When there are a large number of subscriptions that have to be split amongst sever requests, this value is divided by the number of requests required to determine the delay between each packet. A value of 0 will make the driver update as fast as the PLC will respond, but be cautious because it can reach rates less than 5ms and start to use a lot of resources.

Port - The TCP/IP port. In nearly all cases this will be 44818

INIFileName - An INI file can be created to store the properties for being set during application startup. See INI File Usage for more details

INIFileSection - Specifies the section within the INI file

Methods

For the methods common to all drivers see the section on the IComComponent

GetTagList() - Returns the list of controller scope and program scope tags. This is a synschronous method and can delay for a long time when reading a program with a very large tag list.

Addressing

Controller scope tags are addressed by directly using the tag name. For example:

MyTag

Program scope tags require a prefix to indicate which program. For example:

PROGRAM:MainRoutine.MyTag

UDT elements are read by specifying the UDT variable. For example:

MyUDTTag.Element