IBA ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer Owner's manual
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ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer
PLC-Xplorer Data Interface to Allen-Bradley
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Manual
Issue 1.4
Measurement Systems for Industry and Energy
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Contents
1 Aboutthisdocumentaon ................................................................................................4
1.1 Target group and previous knowledge ..................................................................... 4
1.2 Notaons .................................................................................................................. 4
1.3 Used symbols ............................................................................................. ...............5
2 System requirements AB-Xplorer ......................................................................................6
3 PLC-Xplorer interface to Allen-Bradley controllers .............................................................8
3.1 General informaon ................................................................................................. 8
3.2 System topologies ..................................................................................................... 9
3.3 Conguraon and engineering Allen-Bradley ......................................................... 11
3.4 Conguraon and engineering ibaPDA................................................................... 12
3.4.1 Interface sengs .................................................................................................... 12
3.4.2 Adding a module.....................................................................................................13
3.4.3 General module sengs ......................................................................................... 14
3.4.4 Signal conguraon ................................................................................................15
3.4.5 Module diagnoscs.................................................................................................17
4 Diagnoscs ......................................................................................................................18
4.1 License .................................................................................................................... 18
4.2 Visibility of the interface .. ....................................................................................... 18
4.3 Log les ............................................................................................ .......................19
4.4 Connecon diagnoscs with PING .......................................................................... 20
4.5 Connecon table ....................................................................................................21
5 Support and contact ........................................................................................................ 22
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About this documentaon ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer
1 Aboutthisdocumentaon
This documentaon describes the funcon and applicaon of the soware interface
ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer.
This documentaon is a supplement to the ibaPDA manual. Informaon about all the other
characteriscs and funcons of ibaPDA can be found in the ibaPDA manual or in the online help.
1.1 Target group and previous knowledge
This documentaon is aimed at qualied professionals who are familiar with handling electrical
and electronic modules as well as communicaon and measurement technology. A person is
regarded as professional if he/she is capable of assessing safety and recognizing possible con-
sequences and risks on the basis of his/her specialist training, knowledge and experience and
knowledge of the standard regulaons.
This documentaon in parcular addresses persons, who are concerned with the conguraon,
test, commissioning or maintenance of Programmable Logic Controllers of the supported prod-
ucts. For the handling ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer the following basic knowledge is required
and/or useful:
■ Windows operang system
■ Basic knowledge of ibaPDA
■ Knowledge of conguraon and operaon of the relevant control system
1.2 Notaons
In this manual, the following notaons are used:
Acon Notaon
Menu command Menu Logic diagram
Calling the menu command Step 1 – Step 2 – Step 3 – Step x
Example:
Select the menu Logic diagram – Add – New funcon
block.
Keys <Key name>
Example: <Alt>; <F1>
Press the keys simultaneously <Key name> + <Key name>
Example: <Alt> + <Ctrl>
Buons <Key name>
Example: <OK>; <Cancel>
Filenames, paths Filename, Path
Example: Test.docx
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1.3 Used symbols
If safety instrucons or other notes are used in this manual, they mean:
Danger!
Thenon-observanceofthissafetyinformaonmayresultinanimminentrisk
of death or severe injury:
■ Observe the specied measures.
Warning!
Thenon-observanceofthissafetyinformaonmayresultinapotenalriskof
death or severe injury!
■ Observe the specied measures.
Cauon!
Thenon-observanceofthissafetyinformaonmayresultinapotenalriskof
injury or material damage!
■ Observe the specied measures
Note
A note species special requirements or acons to be observed.
Tip
Tip or example as a helpful note or insider p to make the work a lile bit easier.
Otherdocumentaon
Reference to addional documentaon or further reading.
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System requirements AB-Xplorer ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer
2 System requirements AB-Xplorer
The following system requirements are necessary when using the AB-Xplorer data interface:
■ ibaPDA v8.5.0 or higher
■ Base license for ibaPDA + license for ibaPDA-Interface-PLC-Xplorer or ibaPDA-Inter-
face-AB-Xplorer
■ With more than 16 connecons you need addional one-step-up-Interface-AB-Xplorer licens-
es for each addional 16 connecons.
Note
The ibaPDA-Interface-PLC-Xplorer license contains, among others, the license for
this interface.
■ Allen-Bradley PLC-5
■ Allen-Bradley SLC 500 (5/05) or MicroLogix
■ Ethernet interface, Ethernet module or 1761-NET-ENI-Gateway
Please contact Rockwell Automaon, where required, to get informaon on Ethernet mod-
ules for the dierent controllers.
■ Alternavely, Rockwell ControlLogix with DH+ module (1756-DHRIO) as connecon to PLC-5
and/or SLC 50
For further requirements for the used computer hardware and the supported operang sys-
tems, refer to the ibaPDA documentaon.
Licenseinformaon
Order no. Product name Descripon
31.001042 ibaPDA-Interface-PLC-Xplorer Extension license for ibaPDA system. All addi-
onal Xplorer data interfaces are added.
(Complete specicaons under www.iba-ag.
com)
31.000003 ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer Extension license for an ibaPDA system adding
the data interface:
+ AB-Xplorer (16 connecons)
31.100003 one-step-up-Interface-AB-
Xplorer
Extension license for 16 addional AB-Xplorer
connecons (max. 14 extension licenses)
Table 1: Available AB-Xplorer-licenses, as at ibaPDA-V6.39.0
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Note
To use more than 16 data connecons per interface, you can purchase the one-
step-up-… extension licenses separately for each interface. Up to 16 further
connecons to PLCs can be established on each one-step-up-license. Up to 240
connecons can be congured and used per data interface with the mulple
purchase or mulple release of these licenses (up to 15 in total).
Excepon of SIGMATEK: Here, only up to 4 licenses (64 connecons) can be ac-
vated.
Consider the limitaon of the number of signals by the ibaPDA base license.
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3 PLC-Xplorer interface to Allen-Bradley controllers
3.1 Generalinformaon
The AB-Xplorer interface is suitable for the acquision of measured data with ibaPDA from an
Allen-Bradley controller via an Ethernet connecon.
Allen-Bradley controllers have two ways to communicate via Ethernet:
CIP (EtherNet/IP)
CSP (Client Server Protocol, also known as AB/Enet)
Otherdocumentaon
More informaon on the Ethernet/IP protocol can be obtained from the
ibaPDA-Interface-EtherNetIP manual.
The AB-Xplorer interface uses CSP.
CSP or AB/Enet is used to connect an ibaPDA system with an AB controller via an AB-Ethernet
module. CSP is a legacy TCP protocol for the PLC5E series which uses the port 2222 and is close-
ly connected with DH+ (Data Highway Plus Industrial LAN) and DF1 (serial protocol for device
communicaon). Basically, CSP contains the PCCC protocol embedded in the Ethernet header.
ibaPDA works as client and sends request telegrams to the controller. The controller of the Al-
len-Bradley PLC works as server and waits for request telegrams from the ibaPDA driver.
In the Allen-Bradley controller, no programming or conguraon is required to establish a con-
necon between ibaPDA and a controller with dened IP address and to send the correspond-
ing signals. Also, no further Rockwell Automaon soware is required to transfer measurement
data.
Useable, analog and digital signals are all measurable, global operands (O, I, S, B3, T4, C5, R6,
N7, F8, …) of the Allen-Bradley controller.
In ibaPDA, all standard features are available.
The communicaon via the AB-Xplorer interface with the PLC-5 system has been successfully
tested with a shortest sampling me of 20 ms.
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3.2 System topologies
Physically, the connecon is established between the ibaPDA computer and the PLC-5 or SLC
500 controller via the standard network interface of the computer or an addional network in-
terface card.
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TopologyforaccessviaDH+(DataHighwayPlus)roung
Note
It is recommended carrying out the TCP/IP communicaon on a separate net-
work segment to exclude a mutual inuence by other network components.
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3.3 ConguraonandengineeringAllen-Bradley
Generally, no parcular engineering and programming is required on the controller side. In par-
cular, it is not necessary to call up any program modules.
Note
If you are using a 1761-NET ENI gateway with a PLC-5 controller, ensure the
channel 0 of the PLC-5 is set to RS232 and CRC is selected as the error detecon.
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3.4 ConguraonandengineeringibaPDA
The engineering for ibaPDA is described in the following. If all system requirements are fullled,
ibaPDA displays the AB-Xplorer interface in the interface tree of the I/O Manager.
3.4.1 Interfacesengs
If the Xplorer interface is selected in the tree, you can see an overview of diagnoscs informa-
on on the congured connecons between ibaPDA and the controllers.
The interface has the following features and conguraon opons.
SetallvaluestozerowhentheconnecontoaPLCislost
If this opon is enabled, all measured values of the PLC are set to zero as soon as the connec-
on is lost. If this opon is disabled, ibaPDA keeps the last valid measured value in memory
when the connecon is lost.
StartacquisionevenifaPLCisnotaccessible
If this opon is enabled, the acquision starts even if the controller is not accessible. A warning
is prompted in the validaon dialog, not an error. If the system was started without a connec-
on to the controller, ibaPDA periodically tries to connect to the PLC.
Connecontable
For each connecon, the table shows the connecon status, the current values for the update
me (current, real value, average, min. and max.) as well as the data size. In addion, there is an
error counter for the individual connecons during the acquision.
See ì Connecon table, page 21.
<Openlogle>
If connecons to controllers have been established, all connecon specic acons are recorded
in a text le. Using this buon, you can open and check this le. In the le system on the hard
disk, you nd the log les of the ibaPDA server (…\ProgramData\iba\ibaPDA\Log).
The le name of the current log le is InterfaceLog.txt; the name of the archived log
les is InterfaceLog_yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss.txt.
<Resetstascs>
Click this buon to reset the calculated mes and error counters in the table to 0.
Note
For TCP/IP connecons, the RSLinx soware does not have to be installed on the
ibaPDA computer.
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3.4.2 Adding a module
1. Click on the blue command Click to add module… located under each data interface in the
Inputs or Outputs tab.
2. Select the desired module type in the dialog box and assign a name via the input eld if re-
quired.
3. Conrm the selecon with <OK>.
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3.4.3 Generalmodulesengs
The explanaons referring to the PLC-5 example also apply analogously to SLC-500/MicroLogix.
To congure a module, select it in the tree structure.
All modules have the following seng opons.
Basicsengs
ModuleType(informaononly)
Indicates the type of the current module.
Locked
You can lock a module to avoid unintenonal or unauthorized changing of the module sengs.
Enabled
Enable the module to record signals.
Name
You can enter a name for the module here.
Module No.
This internal reference number of the module determines the order of the modules in the signal
tree of ibaPDA client and ibaAnalyzer.
Timebase
All signals of the module are sampled on this mebase.
Usemodulenameasprex
This opon puts the module name in front of the signal names.
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Module Layout
No. of analog signals/digital signals
Dene the number of congurable analog and digital signals in the signal tables. The default
value is 32 for each. The maximum value is 1000. The signal tables are adjusted accordingly.
Connecon
Mode
Please make sure that a connecon to the controller is established either via 1761-NET-ENI-
gateway, EtherNet/IP, DH+ gateway or directly.
■ Direct: Choose this opon for controllers with Ethernet onboard like e.g. SLC-5/05 or PLC-5
with 1785-ENET.
■ via 1761-NET-ENI: Choose this opon for 1761-NET-ENI adapters connected to the DH1 port
of SLC-500, PLC-5 or MicroLogix. If you use a 1761-NET-ENI-gateway please pay aenon to
the note under ì Conguraon and engineering Allen-Bradley, page 11.
■ via EtherNet/IP: Choose this opon for MicroLogix 1100 and 1400.
■ via DH+ gateway: Choose this opon for SLC-5/04 and PLC-5 connected via DH+ to a Control-
Logix. If this opon is enabled another parameter Path appears below.
IP address
Enter the IP address or the computer name of the PLC-5 controller here. If you have selected
the mode via DH+ gateway, then enter the IP address of the ControlLogix, which is connected
with the PLC-5 or SLC-5/04 via DH+.
Path (only available with mode "via DH+ gateway")
The path describes how to access a PLC-5 over a ControlLogix controller by ibaPDA.
Maximumrequestsize
The seng determines how many words can be requested with one telegram to the PLC.
0 (Default) = unlimited
Depending on the processor type and its rmware version, there might be limitaons regarding
the number of words that can be requested by one message.
3.4.4 Signalconguraon
The principle behind the signal conguraon is the same for all modules.
The selecon of the signals to be measured is carried out in the I/O Manager by means of the
absolute operand address supported by the operand address constructor.
In the Analog or Digital tab you congure the signals to be measured. In the General tab under
Module Layout you dene the length of the signal tables or the number of signals per table.
Note
Observe the maximum number of signals permied by your license.
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Note
Take into consideraon that the number of signals, which are read by a CPU,
inuences the minimum achievable read cycle. The more signals recorded, the
slower the reachable reading cycle.
ibaPDA supports the following operand types:
■ all measurable global operands of the PLC
(O, I, S, B3, T4, C5, R6, N7, F8, …)
Seleconofthesignalstobemeasured
You have two opons to select the signals to be measured:
■ In the module's General tab, click on the Select PLC-5 addresses hyperlink or Select SLC-500.
addresses.
The PLC-5 Address Constructor or SLC-500 Address Constructor opens.
Click <OK> to enter the address into the corresponding table (analog/digital). The address
constructor remains open.
■ In the Analog or Digital tab, click in a cell in the Address column.
The buon <…> appears. Click the <…> buon to open the PLC-5 Address Constructor or SLC-
500 Address Constructor.
Click <OK> to enter the selected address into the selected row. The address constructor clos-
es.
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You can select the le types in a default table or enter a custom le name. Aer selecng a le,
you can select the corresponding bit numbers or members of the element, too.
You can enter the desired address also directly in the Address column without using the address
constructor.
3.4.5 Modulediagnoscs
Aer applying the conguraon the actual values of the analog and digital signals are displayed
in the Diagnoscs tab of the relevant module.
Inacve signals are grayed out.
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4 Diagnoscs
4.1 License
If the interface is not displayed in the signal tree, you can either check in ibaPDA in the I/O Man-
ager under General – Sengs or in the ibaPDA service status applicaon whether your license
for this interface has been properly recognized. The number of licensed connecons is shown in
brackets.
The gure below shows the license for the Codesys Xplorer interface as an example.
4.2 Visibility of the interface
If the interface is not visible despite a valid license, it may be hidden.
Check the sengs in the General tab in the Interfaces node.
Visibility
The table Visibility lists all the interfaces that are available either through licenses or installed
cards. These interfaces can also be viewed in the interface tree.
You can hide or display the interfaces not required in the interface tree by using the checkbox in
the Visible column.
Interfaces with congured modules are highlighted in green and cannot be hidden.
Selected interfaces are visible, the others are hidden:
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4.3 Logles
If connecons to target plaorms or clients have been established, all connecon-specic ac-
ons are logged in a text le. You can open this (current) le and, e.g., scan it for indicaons of
possible connecon problems.
You can open the log le via the buon <Open log le>. The buon is available in the I/O Man-
ager:
■ for many interfaces in the respecve interface overview
■ for integrated servers (e.g. OPC UA server) in the Diagnoscs tab.
In the le system on the hard drive, you can nd the log les of the ibaPDA server (…\Pro-
gramData\iba\ibaPDA\Log). The le names of the log les include the name or abbrevia-
on of the interface type.
Files named interface.txt are always the current log les. Files named Interface_
yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss.txt are archived log les.
Examples:
■ ethernetipLog.txt (log of EtherNet/IP connecons)
■ AbEthLog.txt (log of Allen-Bradley Ethernet connecons)
■ OpcUAServerLog.txt (log of OPC UA server connecons)
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4.4 ConnecondiagnoscswithPING
PING is a system command with which you can check if a certain communicaon partner can be
reached in an IP network.
1. Open a Windows command prompt.
2. Enter the command "ping" followed by the IP address of the communicaon partner and
press <ENTER>.
→ With an exisng connecon you receive several replies.
→ With no exisng connecon you receive error messages.
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