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Communicate to Pickmaster

nibo01
nibo01 ✭
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Communicate to PM via Ethernet (from PLC)
Nick B.


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  • nibo01
    nibo01 ✭

    Hi,

    I need to communicate through TCP/IP from a PLC (Allen Bradley - Control Logix) to Pickmaster. There is not a lot of infos in the PM User Book.

    Does anyone have ever done it? Can we communicate directly from the PLC to Pickmaster via port 1700? Can we communicate throug a private Network from the PLC and not with the same as the LAN for the robots communication? Wich Protocol to use?

    I need more infos in the way to communicate via Ethernet...if you done it or can answer my question...thank you!

    Nick B.


  • PasiK
    PasiK ✭

    Hi Nick!

    We have done this with Siemens and Omron PLC. And also with small VisualBasic -program. Documentation is not very clear but you can find all the necessary information from PM User Guide, Chapter 8, Remote Integration Services. Port is 1700. PickMaster -system is sensitive, so you need to be careful if you connect e.g. office network to same LAN. I must say that work was hard to get that RIS work with PLC...  image

  • nibo01
    nibo01 ✭

    Hi Pasik,

    I understand that I need a kind of "patch" to be able to communicate from a PLC to RIS. This "Patch" will control the communication. It means that is not a direct "talk" from PLC and RIS. Do you think that something like OPC server will work???

    Tx

    Nick

    Nick B.


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