Connect ASCII data via a TCP Socket to an Allen-Bradley PLC
Integrate TCP socket based ASCII Systems into an Allen-Bradley PLC
460ETCTCP
$NZD 1,399.87 - $NZD 1,992.01
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Product Description
Get Ethernet TCP/IP Enabled ASCII Devices Connected to the Data Table of an Allen-Bradley PLC
The 460ETCTCP allows you to move ASCII data inside TCP/IP packets to an Allen-Bradley PLC. It’s a simple solution that allows you to pass TCP socket connection data easily to an Allen-Bradley PLC. It allows you to interpret the ASCII data strings into meaningful data types for before being delivered to the PLC.
Best of all the product is Made in the USA, is always in stock and comes with 5 year warranty.
How Does the Data Move In and Out of the Allen-Bradley PLC?
Incoming and outgoing Ethernet TCP/IP data is mapped to and from user defined Tags or Registers in the data table of your Allen-Bradley PLC. You allocate two areas of tags or register blocks in your Allen-Bradley PLC. One area is a user defined block accepting data from Ethernet TCP/IP data. The other area is a block the gateway reads and passes to the Ethernet TCP/IP device(s).
If your device uses delimiters, the 460ETCTCP can be configured to automatically remove the delimiters on incoming messages and add delimiters back in on outgoing messages. No need to deal with the delimiters in your PLC. If you need to parse your data, the 460ETCTCP can parse a string of Ethernet TCP/IP data in up to 50 segments by delimiter or offset.
It’s designed to be a simple tool to integrate ASCII data into an AB PLC.
Why Use Real Time Automation as a Gateway Supplier?
The 460ETCTCP provides an option to access those Ethernet TCP/IP devices that always seem to creep into your architecture no matter how hard you try to keep them out. With the 460ETCTCP you can easily connect to those devices with your Allen-Bradley PLC.
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- 3’ power cable with flying leads
- 5-year hardware warranty
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Ethernet TCP/IP Device Features
Operation Modes: Client or ServerMaximum Number of Devices Supported: 10
Maximum Number of Characters Transferred: 1024
Delimiter Processing: Incoming Delimiters automatically removed; Outgoing Delimiters automatically added
Parsing: Parse String of ASCII Data in up to 50 Segments by Delimiter or Offset
Concatenation: Concatenate up to 50 segments/strings of ASCII data with optional delimiter
EtherNet/IP Tag Client Features
PLC Support: ControlLogix, CompactLogix, FlexLogix, MicroLogix, SLC’s and PLC5E’sMaximum Number of PLCs Supported: 5
Maximum Number Read Tags or Registers Supported: 150 per PLC
Maximum Number Write Tags or Registers Supported: 150 per PLC
Array Support: Yes, for all data types except strings
Supported Data Types: ControlLogix / CompactLogix / FlexLogix: Bit, 32 Bit Array, SINT, INT, REAL, STRING, DINT, MicroLogix / SLC / PLC5E: 16 Bit Array, INT, REAL, STRING
Gateway Security
You can configure up to nine different users with access to diagnostic and configuration screens.
Alarming
Set <, <=, >=, >, ==, !=, and Change-of-State rules on any data moving through the gateway. If alarm rule is triggered an email notification can be sent.
Translation Table
Allows for data manipulation during protocol translation. Scaling and other data format changes can occur in the gateway.
Status and Counters
Protocol specific status, counters and error messages are accessible within the gateways diagnostics page. They can also be delivered to a connected device.
Diagnostic Logging Page
Allows users to see and log start up sequences, protocol specific messages & error messages.
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In addition, every gateway comes with a 5 YEAR BETTER THAN INSURANCE WARRANTY.You will never have to blame the dog for eating your gateway. We don’t care if you let out the magic black smoke confusing AC with DC power or if you run the unit over with a forklift. Even if you break it, we will fix it or replace it at no cost for 5 years after purchase. That’s the RTA way.