Quickstart Guide
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Allen-Bradley
Gen 2 Drivers

AB EthernetIP Ethernet

6min
review the following information for setting up and configuring the ab ethernetip ethernet driver manufacturing connect edge compatible series compatibility parameter compatible items driver type ethernet validated devices/series micrologix slc 500 replaces gen 1 driver(s) ab micrologix (gen1) learn more about gen1 and gen2 driver differences docid 9115fvefze7bso1p2ltd to set up and configure this device in manufacturing connect edge, you will need to do the following step 1 set up and configure the plc device step 2 set up the plc device in manufacturing connect edge devicehub step 3 configure the list of registers step 1 set up and configure the plc device if the device is configured for ethernet access, find its network parameters otherwise, follow the steps below to configure your device start the rslogix 500 application select file > open , then select your plc project in controller organizer , right click the device and select properties from the popup menu the module properties dialog box appears select the port configuration tab copy the ip address from the ip address field step 2 set up the plc device in manufacturing connect edge devicehub configure the following parameters when you connect a device docid\ rfvijdxz7dbad8mwbisma with this driver update default values to the specific set up of your device parameter value type allen bradley driver ab ethernetip ethernet network address the device address you recorded in step 1 port 44818 slot 0 step 3 configure the list of registers when you add tags docid\ ioanzd2awqnkuppgee3eh to the connected device, refer to the following register table and tag parameters refer to the following additional resources device and tag metadata use case docid\ f b720nivllber44rfyhn tag formula variables docid\ pwd 7p kzjxkt pyawaow register table name value type address format min address max address description o(bit) bool ddddd 0 25515 outputs i(bit) bool ddddd 0 25515 inputs slot o(bit) bool sseedd 0 3115 outputs slot i(bit) bool sseedd 0 3115 inputs s(bit) bool ddddd 0 25515 status bits s int ddd 0 255 status words b(bit) bool ddddd 0 25515 bit data file bfn b int ddd 0 255 bit data file, 16 bit access timer t ddd 0 255 timer tfnpre int ddd 0 255 timer preset value tfnacc int ddd 0 255 timer accumulator value counter c ddd 0 255 counter cfnpre int ddd 0 255 counter preset value cfnacc int ddd 0 255 coounter accumulator value control r ddd 0 255 control data element r6len int ddd 0 255 control data element number of characters specified to be sent or received r6pos int ddd 0 255 control data element number of characters actually sent or received n(bit) bool ddddd 0 25515 integer file nfn, but access n int ddd 0 255 integer file is a general purpose file consisting of 16 bit signed integer data words f real ddd 0 255 floating point data file (f8) consisting of 32 bit ieee 754 floating point data elements l dint ddd 0 255 the long word file is a general purpose file consisting of 32 bit signed integer data words st string ddd 0 255 the string file is a file that stores ascii characters see string (st) data file for more information tag parameters name select a register name from the drop down list the available options depend on the names in the register table value type select a data type from the drop down list the available options depend on the register name selected polling interval enter a value in seconds this determines how often the tag should poll the register for data tag name enter a name for the tag description (optional) enter a description for the tag address enter a tag address the value must in the decimal format, within the allowed min/max range omit the leading zeros the device might use the decimal (d), hexadecimal (h), or octal (o) address format see the register table at the bottom of the dialog box for bit tags, append the bit address without the bit separator the lowercase letters in the address format indicate how many digits you should enter in the bit address data file (optional) enter the data file of the tag count enter the number of register values to read a count higher than 1 will generate an array of values from the address value configured and respective subsequent address values tag formula enter a formula for the tag to process the generated data two variables are permitted value (current tag value) and timestamp (current tag unix time in milliseconds) the following math functions are available sin cos sqrt tan power power( x ) performs the operation 10^x log log( x ) is the natural logarithm (the logarithm is in base e ) exp exp( x ) performs the operation e^x only publish on change of value select the checkbox to customize nats messages to be published only when the value parameter changes from a previous value to a new one change of value only applies to boolean, numeric (such as int or float), and simple string data types it does not apply to complex types, such as json or array poll once topics will not be affected by change of value settings these topics will still only see a single message meta data metadata summarizes basic information about data this feature allows you to define key value pair data for the device output payload later on it can then be used to find, use, and reuse particular instances of data note if you use special characters in meta data key names, the special characters are replaced with underscore characters in the payload this can cause two key names to be combined into one for example, configuring the key names a b and a&\&b will cause only one key name to be created (a b)