Note: Before proceeding, make sure
- ANC-120e Driver is installed (Only if using ANC-120e)
- Network adapter is correctly configured to access
- ANC-120e or ANC-100e ANC-120e is connected to the computer and DH+ network or ANC-100e is connected to the same Ethernet network or directly to your computer, and to the DH+ network.
1. Open “KEPServerEX”
2. Right Click on the empty space on the left side of the window to create a new channel
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-1.jpeg)
3. Name the new channel as you prefer (Channel2 in this example) and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-2.jpeg)
4. From the “Device driver” dropdown list select “Allen-Bradley ControlLogix Ethernet” and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-3.jpeg)
5. From the “Network Adapter:” dropdown list select the ANC-120e or the Network adapter connected to the same Ethernet network than ANC-100e and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-4.jpeg)
6. Use the default settings for “Write Optimizations” options and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-5.jpeg)
7. Use the default settings for “Non- Normalized Float Handling” and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-5.jpeg)
8. Click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-7.jpeg)
9. Review the “Summary” and click “Finish”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-8.jpeg)
10. Click on the new Channel to select it and then click on “Click to add a device”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-9.jpeg)
11. Under “Device Name”, enter a name meaningful for you and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-10.jpeg)
12. From the “Device Model:” dropdown list, select “DH+ Gateway: SLC 5/04” and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-11.jpeg)
13. Under “Device ID”, enter the following path: ,
1, 1. A. Target_DH+_Node_number Please notice that there are “,” and “.” in the path When you are finished with the path, click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-12.jpeg)
14. Use default values for “Scan Mode” and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-13.jpeg)
15. Use defaults values for “Timing” and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-15.jpeg)
16. Use defaults values for “Auto-Demotion” and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-17.jpeg)
17. Use default values for “Database Creation” and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-18.jpeg)
18. Use default values for “ENI DF1/DH+/CN Gtwy Communications Parameters” and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-18.jpeg)
19. Use default values for “SLC Slot Configuration” and click “Next”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-19.jpeg)
20. Read the “Summary” and click “Finish”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-20.jpeg)
21. Click on the recently created device under our channel to select it and then click on “Click to add a static tag”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-21.jpeg)
22. Enter a meaningful name for the tag in the “Name:” field
23. Enter a known address of your PLC in the “Address:” field (N7:0 for our example)
24. Select the corresponding “Data type:” from the dropdown list and click “OK”
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-22.jpeg)
25. With this, you can test the connection to your PLC on DH+ using the Quick OPC Client
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-23.jpeg)
26. In our example, N7:0 is known to hold the value 1616 Use Tools -> OPC Quick Client Find your tag in the list of items and confirm that you get the correct value.
![](https://automation-networks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kepserver-24.jpeg)
This concludes this application note.