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Allen-Bradley PLC-5 Highlights and Application Usages

The Allen-Bradley PLC-5 is a programmable logic controller (PLC) that is widely used in industrial automation and control systems. It has been around for several decades and is known for its reliability, durability, and flexibility.

In this blog post, we will discuss some of the benefits of using an Allen-Bradley PLC-5

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Three Considerations for Installing Drives

I’ve spent the last five years in technical support and field service. During this time, I’ve seen many cases where customers experienced nuisance drive faults and unplanned downtime – without any success through normal troubleshooting.

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Start Your Journey Toward Smart Machines

Smart machines and equipment are becoming an increasingly essential component of smart manufacturing. The OEMs I work with know this. They see helping their customers implement smart manufacturing as a new revenue stream. A differentiator. A game-changer for customers. And, critically, a way to stay ahead of competitors.

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Use Technology to Securely Link Operations, Enterprise & Supply Chain

The ability to leverage a Connected Enterprise for profitability expands dramatically with the breadth of an organization. It also becomes more complex — because leaders must balance the optimization of older (i.e., already depreciated) assets vs. the risk that these aging technologies are no longer secure or as reliable as they once were.

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Cybersecurity Added to The EtherNet/IP Specification

December 2, 2015 – ODVA announced that it has achieved a major milestone with the pending publication of a new volume in its specifications specifically dedicated to cybersecurity. This body of work will be released under the name of CIP Security and will join the family of distinctive CIP services which includes CIP Safety, CIP Energy, CIP Sync and CIP Motion. CIP Security will be initially applicable to EtherNet/IP.

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EtherNet/IP leads Industrial network market shares

February 10, 2016 – Industrial Ethernet is growing faster than before and now accounts for 38% of the market. EtherNet/IP is in first place within industrial Ethernet globally, followed by PROFINET. However, classic fieldbuses are still dominating the fragmented world of industrial networks with 58% and PROFIBUS is still the most widely used industrial network. Furthermore, the Internet of Things is driving wireless technologies which are now on the chart for the first time.

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5 Considerations for Integrating EtherNet/IP into Your Device

The most crucial part of any EtherNet/IP project is appropriate planning and understanding of the basics. Without taking these preliminary steps and gaining this knowledge, you could end up developing a product that doesn’t provide proper functionality or testing a device that repeatedly fails, while spending more time (and money!) on the project than you anticipated. Trust us – we see it all the tim

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Four tips: properly managed network architectures

I had an interesting and insightful conversation with a system integrator about the current state of industrial network architecture design and deployment at Automation Fair this past November.  My contention is that two kinds of switches are found in many plants today:  Unmanaged and ‘Poorly Managed’!  The system integrator engineer wholeheartedly agreed!

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PROFINET VS ETHERNET/IP

First, a disclaimer, and no surprise: I may be slightly biased in favor of PROFINET. That said, I believe the following facts to be actual facts. While this post could expand to thousands of words, this will be the Readers Digest version

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Reflecting on Ethernet/IP Protocol

I began this blog entry answering to some degree confused sales people about the utilization of the trademarked EtherNet/IP protocol with their nearby telecoms suppliers. “Would we be able to arrange a driver for it ? ” After a few cross country back and forth conversations,  we made sense of, affably practically, that maybe the issue was that he was deduction Internet Protocol, best portrayed by DARPA in 1981, yet writing Ethernet/IP which refers to the more restrictive Industrial Protocol started by Rockwell nearly 20 years after the fact.

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ANC-800e: EtherCat to Modbus RTU Gateway Converter $575 USD List.

The Automation Networks ANC-800e EtherCAT Gateway allows information to be transferred seamlessly between EtherCAT and RS-485 networks with minimal configuration requirements. The ANC-800e provides two IEEE 802.3 100BaseT Ethernet ports and an RS-485 port (4-wire terminal block style). The ANC-800e can be configured for a simple low cost line structure, a tree structure, daisy chaining, or drop lines. The RS-485 port supports multiple protocols. PLC-style logical, arithmetic and filtering database manipulation operations allow the construction of complex autonomous data conditioning functions.

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It’s all about choice: EtherNet/IP and unicast and multicast traffic

End devices within industrial networks such as a drive or an I/O may report to a single, or to multiple, devices such as controllers or SCADA. Inversely, a controller or software may control, configure or receive information from multiple end devices. Devices communicating with each other individually do so using the unicast communication pattern. Devices communicating with a community of devices at the same time do so using the multicast communication pattern.

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Ethernet network in electrical distribution

The traditional fieldbus is on the way out as IP-based networks sweeps all before it. Whether you compare absolute growth or market trends, IP-based networks are on the rise across industry. Electrical distribution smart switchboards are no exception.

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Ethernet/IP Enables Unrestricted Flow of I/O Data

Industrial operations are becoming larger and ever more complex, and that’s putting new demands on input/output (I/O) data transmission. Today’s plants are running multiple machines on multiple lines – and in some cases across multiple buildings – for a single operation. On top of this, the technologies used on those machines are growing in number and sophistication.

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RSLinx communication software

RSLinx is a windows based correspondence programming bundle created by Rockwell Automation to interface to the majority of the Rockwell and A-B Automation control and engineering equipment. RSLinx arrives in an assortment of various flavors including RSLinx-Lite – PLC programming correspondence interface. RSLinx-OEM – Provides DDE capacity for Rockwell DDE proficient programming.

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Trends in industrial networking

Here is a recent article that was posted by HMS Industrial Networks that shows that Industrial Networks is expanding globally. This indicates that Fieldbuses are still the most common network with 66% market share, with industrial Ethernet having 34% of the market.

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Automation networks ANC Ethernet/IP gateway converter series

Automation Networks has many Ethernet/IP ANC Converter Gateways solutions to various protocols including Allen-Bradley Data Highway Plus (DH+), Modbus Master/Slave, Modbus Sniffer, A.O. Smith AIN, A.O. Smith PDNP, BACnet MS/TP Client, BACnet MS/TP Server, TCS Basys Master, MSA Chillgard Monitor, DMX 512-Master, DMX-512 Slave, M-Bus Master, Metasys N2 Master, Metasys N2 Slave, Siemens FLN Master, Siemens FLN Slave, Sullair Master, Toshiba ASD Master, Toshiba PLC Master.

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Most common protocols with Allen-Bradley factory automation

EtherNet/IP: Ethernet Industrial Protocol is based on standard TCP/IP (IEEE 802.3) and correspondences use existing system foundation. Ethernet physical layer innovation is utilized along TCP and UDP ports (44818 and 2222). Its fundamental leverage originates from the inerrant advancement of physical Ethernet, from 10 Mbits/s to 10/100 Mbits/s to 1 Gbits/s and the sky is the limit from there. EtherNet/IP likewise guarantees Internet and venture network for remote control.

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AUTOMATION NETWORKS ANC-120

N found this old forum http://control.com/thread/1026157627#1026157627 discussing the difference AB PLC 5 and the Siemens alternative S5; and the comparable difference between the AB Controllogix Gateway and the Siemens S7.   Here are some comments that may help to clarify the differences and which solution can be optimal pending your application.

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Rslinx Classic and Enterprise Software

The ANC-120e is an economical and high performance USB-to-Allen-Bradley Data Highway Plus converter interfacing major HMI, SCADA, PLC Programming packages to Devices on DH+. The PLC Programming Cable is a superior alternative to AB’s 1784-U2DHP.

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