Get Your USB Barcode Scanners Connected Directly to the Data Table of Your Allen-Bradley PLC
The 460ETCUSB enables data transfer between up to 2 USB devices, such as barcode scanners, and 1 to 5 Allen-Bradley PLCs. Connect USB ASCII device data directly to user defined Tags or Registers in the data table of your Allen-Bradley PLC. There is no need to arrange polling from the PLC or Ethernet/IP scan lists. Moreover, the product is manufactured in the USA, always in stock, and includes a 5-year warranty.
How Does the Data Move Into the PLC?
Firstly, map incoming ASCII data from a USB device to the user defined tags or registers in the data table of your Allen-Bradley PLC. Moreover, you define two tags in the PLC. One for incoming data and one that’s a message counter. In your logic you read the value of the scan whenever the message count increments. If your device uses delimiters, the 460ETCUSB configures automatically to remove the delimiters, don’t deal with the delimiters in your PLC. The 460ETCUSB can parse a string of ASCII data in up to 50 segments by delimiter or offset. It’s designed to have a simple USB interface.
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Why Use Real Time Automation as a Gateway Supplier?
The 460ETCUSB provides access a USB ASCII 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.
USB ASCII Features
Operation Modes: Device to PLC onlyMaximum Number of Devices Supported: 2
ASCII Device Interfaces: USB
Maximum Number of ASCII Characters Transferred: 1024
Delimiter Processing: Incoming delimiters automatically removed
Parsing: Parse string of ASCII data in up to 20 segments by delimiter or offset
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.”
Kevin L. / Extol, Inc.
