IBA ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer Owner's manual

ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer

PLC-Xplorer Data Interface to Allen-Bradley

Systems

Manual

Issue 1.4

Measurement Systems for Industry and Energy

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Contents

1 Aboutthisdocumentaon ................................................................................................4

1.1 Target group and previous knowledge ..................................................................... 4

1.2 Notaons .................................................................................................................. 4

1.3 Used symbols ............................................................................................. ...............5

2 System requirements AB-Xplorer ......................................................................................6

3 PLC-Xplorer interface to Allen-Bradley controllers .............................................................8

3.1 General informaon ................................................................................................. 8

3.2 System topologies ..................................................................................................... 9

3.3 Conguraon and engineering Allen-Bradley ......................................................... 11

3.4 Conguraon and engineering ibaPDA................................................................... 12

3.4.1 Interface sengs .................................................................................................... 12

3.4.2 Adding a module.....................................................................................................13

3.4.3 General module sengs ......................................................................................... 14

3.4.4 Signal conguraon ................................................................................................15

3.4.5 Module diagnoscs.................................................................................................17

4 Diagnoscs ......................................................................................................................18

4.1 License .................................................................................................................... 18

4.2 Visibility of the interface .. ....................................................................................... 18

4.3 Log les ............................................................................................ .......................19

4.4 Connecon diagnoscs with PING .......................................................................... 20

4.5 Connecon table ....................................................................................................21

5 Support and contact ........................................................................................................ 22

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About this documentaon ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer

1 Aboutthisdocumentaon

This documentaon describes the funcon and applicaon of the soware interface

ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer.

This documentaon is a supplement to the ibaPDA manual. Informaon about all the other

characteriscs and funcons of ibaPDA can be found in the ibaPDA manual or in the online help.

1.1 Target group and previous knowledge

This documentaon is aimed at qualied professionals who are familiar with handling electrical

and electronic modules as well as communicaon 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 regulaons.

This documentaon in parcular addresses persons, who are concerned with the conguraon,

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 operang system

■ Basic knowledge of ibaPDA

■ Knowledge of conguraon and operaon of the relevant control system

1.2 Notaons

In this manual, the following notaons are used:

Acon Notaon

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 funcon

block.

Keys <Key name>

Example: <Alt>; <F1>

Press the keys simultaneously <Key name> + <Key name>

Example: <Alt> + <Ctrl>

Buons <Key name>

Example: <OK>; <Cancel>

Filenames, paths Filename, Path

Example: Test.docx

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1.3 Used symbols

If safety instrucons or other notes are used in this manual, they mean:

Danger!

Thenon-observanceofthissafetyinformaonmayresultinanimminentrisk

of death or severe injury:

■ Observe the specied measures.

Warning!

Thenon-observanceofthissafetyinformaonmayresultinapotenalriskof

death or severe injury!

■ Observe the specied measures.

Cauon!

Thenon-observanceofthissafetyinformaonmayresultinapotenalriskof

injury or material damage!

■ Observe the specied measures

Note

A note species special requirements or acons to be observed.

Tip

Tip or example as a helpful note or insider p to make the work a lile bit easier.

Otherdocumentaon

Reference to addional documentaon or further reading.

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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 connecons you need addional one-step-up-Interface-AB-Xplorer licens-

es for each addional 16 connecons.

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 Automaon, where required, to get informaon on Ethernet mod-

ules for the dierent controllers.

■ Alternavely, Rockwell ControlLogix with DH+ module (1756-DHRIO) as connecon to PLC-5

and/or SLC 50

For further requirements for the used computer hardware and the supported operang sys-

tems, refer to the ibaPDA documentaon.

Licenseinformaon

Order no. Product name Descripon

31.001042 ibaPDA-Interface-PLC-Xplorer Extension license for ibaPDA system. All addi-

onal Xplorer data interfaces are added.

(Complete specicaons under www.iba-ag.

com)

31.000003 ibaPDA-Interface-AB-Xplorer Extension license for an ibaPDA system adding

the data interface:

+ AB-Xplorer (16 connecons)

31.100003 one-step-up-Interface-AB-

Xplorer

Extension license for 16 addional AB-Xplorer

connecons (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 connecons per interface, you can purchase the one-

step-up-… extension licenses separately for each interface. Up to 16 further

connecons to PLCs can be established on each one-step-up-license. Up to 240

connecons can be congured and used per data interface with the mulple

purchase or mulple release of these licenses (up to 15 in total).

Excepon of SIGMATEK: Here, only up to 4 licenses (64 connecons) can be ac-

vated.

Consider the limitaon of the number of signals by the ibaPDA base license.

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3 PLC-Xplorer interface to Allen-Bradley controllers

3.1 Generalinformaon

The AB-Xplorer interface is suitable for the acquision of measured data with ibaPDA from an

Allen-Bradley controller via an Ethernet connecon.

Allen-Bradley controllers have two ways to communicate via Ethernet:

CIP (EtherNet/IP)

CSP (Client Server Protocol, also known as AB/Enet)

Otherdocumentaon

More informaon 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

communicaon). 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 conguraon is required to establish a con-

necon between ibaPDA and a controller with dened IP address and to send the correspond-

ing signals. Also, no further Rockwell Automaon soware 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 communicaon 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 connecon is established between the ibaPDA computer and the PLC-5 or SLC

500 controller via the standard network interface of the computer or an addional network in-

terface card.

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TopologyforaccessviaDH+(DataHighwayPlus)roung

Note

It is recommended carrying out the TCP/IP communicaon on a separate net-

work segment to exclude a mutual inuence by other network components.

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3.3 ConguraonandengineeringAllen-Bradley

Generally, no parcular 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 detecon.

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3.4 ConguraonandengineeringibaPDA

The engineering for ibaPDA is described in the following. If all system requirements are fullled,

ibaPDA displays the AB-Xplorer interface in the interface tree of the I/O Manager.

3.4.1 Interfacesengs

If the Xplorer interface is selected in the tree, you can see an overview of diagnoscs informa-

on on the congured connecons between ibaPDA and the controllers.

The interface has the following features and conguraon opons.

SetallvaluestozerowhentheconnecontoaPLCislost

If this opon is enabled, all measured values of the PLC are set to zero as soon as the connec-

on is lost. If this opon is disabled, ibaPDA keeps the last valid measured value in memory

when the connecon is lost.

StartacquisionevenifaPLCisnotaccessible

If this opon is enabled, the acquision starts even if the controller is not accessible. A warning

is prompted in the validaon dialog, not an error. If the system was started without a connec-

on to the controller, ibaPDA periodically tries to connect to the PLC.

Connecontable

For each connecon, the table shows the connecon status, the current values for the update

me (current, real value, average, min. and max.) as well as the data size. In addion, there is an

error counter for the individual connecons during the acquision.

See ì Connecon table, page 21.

<Openlogle>

If connecons to controllers have been established, all connecon specic acons are recorded

in a text le. Using this buon, 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.

<Resetstascs>

Click this buon to reset the calculated mes and error counters in the table to 0.

Note

For TCP/IP connecons, the RSLinx soware 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. Conrm the selecon with <OK>.

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3.4.3 Generalmodulesengs

The explanaons referring to the PLC-5 example also apply analogously to SLC-500/MicroLogix.

To congure a module, select it in the tree structure.

All modules have the following seng opons.

Basicsengs

ModuleType(informaononly)

Indicates the type of the current module.

Locked

You can lock a module to avoid unintenonal or unauthorized changing of the module sengs.

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.

Usemodulenameasprex

This opon puts the module name in front of the signal names.

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Module Layout

No. of analog signals/digital signals

Dene the number of congurable 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.

Connecon

Mode

Please make sure that a connecon to the controller is established either via 1761-NET-ENI-

gateway, EtherNet/IP, DH+ gateway or directly.

■ Direct: Choose this opon for controllers with Ethernet onboard like e.g. SLC-5/05 or PLC-5

with 1785-ENET.

■ via 1761-NET-ENI: Choose this opon 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 aenon to

the note under ì Conguraon and engineering Allen-Bradley, page 11.

■ via EtherNet/IP: Choose this opon for MicroLogix 1100 and 1400.

■ via DH+ gateway: Choose this opon for SLC-5/04 and PLC-5 connected via DH+ to a Control-

Logix. If this opon 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.

Maximumrequestsize

The seng 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 limitaons regarding

the number of words that can be requested by one message.

3.4.4 Signalconguraon

The principle behind the signal conguraon is the same for all modules.

The selecon 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 congure the signals to be measured. In the General tab under

Module Layout you dene the length of the signal tables or the number of signals per table.

Note

Observe the maximum number of signals permied by your license.

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Note

Take into consideraon that the number of signals, which are read by a CPU,

inuences 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, …)

Seleconofthesignalstobemeasured

You have two opons 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 buon <…> appears. Click the <…> buon 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. Aer selecng 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 Modulediagnoscs

Aer applying the conguraon the actual values of the analog and digital signals are displayed

in the Diagnoscs tab of the relevant module.

Inacve signals are grayed out.

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4 Diagnoscs

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 – Sengs or in the ibaPDA service status applicaon whether your license

for this interface has been properly recognized. The number of licensed connecons 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 sengs 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 congured modules are highlighted in green and cannot be hidden.

Selected interfaces are visible, the others are hidden:

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4.3 Logles

If connecons to target plaorms or clients have been established, all connecon-specic ac-

ons are logged in a text le. You can open this (current) le and, e.g., scan it for indicaons of

possible connecon problems.

You can open the log le via the buon <Open log le>. The buon is available in the I/O Man-

ager:

■ for many interfaces in the respecve interface overview

■ for integrated servers (e.g. OPC UA server) in the Diagnoscs 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 connecons)

■ AbEthLog.txt (log of Allen-Bradley Ethernet connecons)

■ OpcUAServerLog.txt (log of OPC UA server connecons)

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4.4 ConnecondiagnoscswithPING

PING is a system command with which you can check if a certain communicaon 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 communicaon partner and

press <ENTER>.

→ With an exisng connecon you receive several replies.

→ With no exisng connecon you receive error messages.

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