will lookout communicate with softlogix

[hdp]

Will Lookout correctly communicate with an A-B softlogix 5 engine?

If so, will it also correctly handle the softlogix data type known as 'structures'?

Thanks in advance for any help

[steven@ni]

We do not officially support the AB Softlogix 5 engine. From what I read on the Allen Bradley website, it is compatible with all plc5 applications.

Therefore, Lookout's PLC5 object may work with this engine. I highly doubt it supports the additional datatypes, functions, instructions or extended memory applications.

You may have to try this out.

[Khalid]

Also, AB's website says you can use RSLinx (which provides an OPC interface) with SoftLogix. This would be another option to use RSLinx and then the OPCClient Object in Lookout.

However, I am not sure how/what the "structures" datatype would translate to in the OPC interface of RSLinx.

Regards,

Khalid

[hdp]

You are correct, sir, on both counts - once RSLinx was configured (DH+ link), any PLC-5 type designated in the driver object works correctly to link to the Softlogix5 engine.

Structures though, however entered, do not work.

I also note that the ASCII data type is not supported.

Thank you.

[hdp]

It would be interesting to try. It might save us a KT card or three.