Author Topic: establishing a plc connection through a allen bradley 1783-NATR  (Read 863 times)

paulfletch

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Hi, I cannot establish a plc connection through a Allen Bradley 1783-NATR unit. Not sure if it is possible.
iam using the clxdriver we purchased and it works fine with a connection outside of this device.
The network translation device is needed because we have a private plc network and are giving our IT network access to a few plc values through this device. Thanks. 
 

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Re: establishing a plc connection through a allen bradley 1783-NATR
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2019, 09:21:40 PM »
What does it look like when you view the PLC in RSWho? I am thinking it may require a special RoutePath

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Re: establishing a plc connection through a allen bradley 1783-NATR
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2019, 09:28:38 PM »
According to this, it does need a route path set:

https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1004478

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Re: establishing a plc connection through a allen bradley 1783-NATR
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2019, 12:14:27 AM »
Thanks Archie, we ended up removing the NATR unit and set up a few VPN tunnels to achieve the same outcome. Thanks for your time.