"SysApp" wrote in message
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> Has anyone used LabView to communicate or collect data from a
> ethernet/ip device (AB or other)? I am considering collecting cycle
> time statistics from several plc controlled machines via ethernet to a
> server running LabView. Any advise or examples would be helpful.
>
> Thanks
I am currently using LabView 6.1 with the Datalogging and Supervisory
control module (add on) to send and receive data to an AB SLC 5/05 PLC. The
SLC 5/05 is equipped with ethernet and with an OPC server such as RSLinx
(for AB products) you can communicate directly to the PLC. You don't need
the Datalogging and Supervisory Control module, there is the datasocket
connection buil
t into LabView already. You just need the OPC server (RSLinx
for AB) to relay the data.
Regards,
Surcher
