One Year Support and Maintenance Agreement Mandatory at Time of Purchase (Sold Separately). There are a variety of media and protocol options to communicate between the PLC’s and a PC housing an Allen Bradley OPC Server. For example if you want to set up an Allen Bradley PLC to get data from a Modbus device Kepware can be an easier method than using a hardware solution to convert.
We are committed to continually improving the features and performance of our products utilizing the latest technologies. The Allen-Bradley Unsolicited Ethernet driver for KEPServerEX provides data exchange between OPC/DDE clients and Allen-Bradley PLC-2 compliant PLCs via Ethernet. Kepware Allen-Bradley OPC Server Suite Perpetual License. Allen Bradley PLC’s are very popular in North America and are increasing in popularity in Europe. Kepware is useful in cases where the SCADA system or other devices you are using can't communicate with the other devices you are using. What I have Tried: I can upload/download the program from/to the PLC through the gateway. I have attached a segment of the network for better illustration. I am using the Manufacturing Suite in Kepware to communicate to the devices. Our dedicated focus on OPC server technology allows us to provide ensured compatibility combined with unparalleled reliability and ease of use. I am trying to have Kepware read data from an Allen Bradley SLC5/04 PLC via a Prosoft PLX51-DF1-ENI Gateway. New and existing users will be truly impressed." About KepwareKepware Technologies delivers industrial communication products that are known worldwide for their quality and reliability.
Our next generation ControlLogix driver takes that effort right to the edge of "state of the art" in terms of the design of this driver.
As always, no additional software library or hardware is required.Mark Hensley, President of Kepware, states, "The flexibility of the ControlLogix platform has always required a considerable engineering effort to access data effectively. The driver now accesses controller memory in large highly optimized reads, allowing the driver to achieve read rates radically higher then before.
This provides a more detailed understanding of the structure of the data within the Allen-Bradley ControlLogix processor therefore, allowing this next generation driver to make highly intelligent decisions about how to acquire data. This new method of direct access allows this next generation ControlLogix driver to gather much larger amounts of data from the Allen-Bradley ControlLogix processor(s) while at the same time dramatically reducing the load on the PLC.The Allen-Bradley ControlLogix driver can now upload the tag database directly from the Allen-Bradley ControlLogix processor. The Allen-Bradley ControlLogix driver has been redesigned to use a completely new acquisition method to gather data directly from Allen-Bradley ControlLogix processors resulting in a phenomenal improvement on performance. RELEASE: Yarmouth, ME - Kepware Technologies, a worldwide supplier of OPC server technology, announces today the performance release for their Allen-Bradley ControlLogix Ethernet OPC server.