Quickstart Guide
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Allen-Bradley
Gen 1 Drivers

SLC Gateway (Gen1)

5min

Review the following information for setting up and configuring the SLC Gateway (Gen1) driver.

Manufacturing Connect Edge Compatible Series

Compatibility parameter

Compatible items

Driver type

Ethernet

Validated devices/series

SLC 500

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, use PLC software on your computer to configure the device for Ethernet access.

Step 2: Set up the PLC Device in Manufacturing Connect Edge DeviceHub



Parameter

Value

Type

Allen Bradley

Driver

SLC Gateway (Gen1)

Network Address

The device address you defined in Step 1

Port

44818

Channel

A/B

Node ID

1

Slot

1

Slots

<#>

Type

Input/Output

Word

<#>



Name

Value Type

Address Format

Min Address

Max Address

Description

I

bit

SSOO

0

9977

Input bit

O

bit

SSOO

0

9977

Output bit

S

int

DDD

0

255

Status bit

B3

bit

DDDdd

0

25515

Bit Data file (B3)

Bfn

bit

FFFDDDdd

0

25525515

 

T4.ACC

int

DDD

0

255

Timer Accumulator (T4)

T4.PRE

int

DDD

0

255

Timer Preset (T4)

Tfn.ACC

int

FFFDDD

0

255255

 

Tfn.PRE

int

FFFDDD

0

255255

 

C5.ACC

int

DDD

0

255

Counter Accumulator (C5)

C5.PRE

int

DDD

0

255

Counter Preset (C5)

Cfn.ACC

int

FFFDDD

0

255255

 

Cfn.PRE

int

FFFDDD

0

255255

 

R6.POS

int

DDD

0

255

Control file pointer position (R6)

R6.LEN

int

DDD

0

255

Control file length (R6)

Rfn.POS

int

FFFDDD

0

255255

 

Rfn.LEN

int

FFFDDD

0

255

 

N7

int

DDD

0

255

Integer Data File (N7)

Nfn

int

FFFDDD

0

255999

 

F8

float

DDD

0

255

Floating Point data file (F8)

Ffn

float

FFFDDD

0

255999