Get Your Modbus TCP/IP Client Connected Directly to the Data Table of Your Allen-Bradley PLC
The 460ETCMS moves data between a Modbus TCP/IP client device and up to 5 different Allen-Bradley PLCs. It’s a simple tool to help you integrate low cost Modbus TCP/IP controllers into your Allen-Bradley architecture. Best of all the product is always in stock and made in the USA. Get a 5 year warranty with purchase.
How Does the Data Move In and Out of the PLC?
You allocate two areas of tags or register blocks in your Allen-Bradley PLC. Firstly, one area is a user-defined set of write-only tags or register blocks accepting data from your Modbus TCP/IP device. Secondly, the other area is full of read-only tags or register blocks to send data to your Modbus TCP/IP device. Additionally, you directly map Modbus TCP/IP register and coil data into read and write locations in the data table of your Allen-Bradley PLC. It’s really that simple. Moreover, need to modify your data as it passes from one protocol to the other? No problem. Furthermore, each data mapping you apply can be modified.
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Why Use Real Time Automation as a Gateway Supplier?
The 460ETCMS provides an option to access Modbus TCP/IP data without having to upgrade your PLC or get an expensive in rack solution. While there are certainly other companies offering protocol gateways, there is no one who provides the level of support and service that you receive from Real Time Automation. When you call us, a live person answers the phone. If you talk with our sales team, you will get honest answers and recommendations. And rest assured, all the support you get is from an engineer who had a hand in the product’s development, and support doesn’t need a ticket or 24-hour wait. We get back to you as soon as possible. It’s an RTA promise.
Modbus TCP/IP Server Features
Modbus Operation Modes: Modbus TCP/IP ServerFunction Codes Supported: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15 & 16
Swapping: Byte and Word Swapping
Maximum Modbus TCP/IP Client Connections: 10
Contiguous Data Areas: 200 Total - 100 reads & 100 writes
Data Area Limits: 500 Contiguous Coils or 500 Contiguous Registers
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
What our Customers are Saying
“I challenged a customer to get it working by the time I got back from his break room with a Coke and he indeed had it working when I got back. He then said, "It’s worth twice the price!"”
Eric P. / Kendall Electric
“Everything seems to be working as we imagined. Thanks for the great response time. I did not see any way to save the configuration other than screen shots, but the configuration did not get lost in the update. Thanks again, and you were a pleasure to work with.”
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