Communication with Allen Bradley adapters via Ethernet/IP without PC

[JoelQuintana]

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the Forum so please accept my appologies in advance for any breaches in etticate.

I'm trying to control the following Allen Bradley adapters with labview through Ethernet/IP.

1734-AENTR -- Point IO Ethernet/IP Adapter (controlling 2 , 1734-OBE2 modules)

56RFINIPD22 -- RFID Ethernet/IP Adpater (controlling 1 RF transciver)

22COMME -- PowerFlex4 Ethernet/IP Adapter (controlling a PowerFlex 4 motor control)

I'm trying to send data and commands to these adapters directly (via a managed cisco swith) from my Labview PC without the use of a PLC.  

Is this possible?

Thank you for your help!

-Joel Quintana

[JoelQuintana]

The Title should read Communication with Allen Bradley adapters via Ethernet/IP without PLC  my appologies

[LewisL]

Hi Joel,

NI EIP toolkit can not be a scanner which is usually the role of a PLC.

But it can be an adapter in an implicit communication.

It also supports explicit messaging. (generic read/write for every EIP compliant device, tag read/write and SLC500 read/write for AllenBradley PLC.)

You can access the assembly data of another adapter by explicit messaging. Usually at least you can read the assebmly data, if the target adapter only supports assembly data "get" via explicit messaging. This is device specific, though. For many, you can both read and write the assembly data.