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Created Date: October 27,2008
Created By: mmesser
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The engineers I am working with would like to use Netscanner 9116's (9 modules to be exact) in thier experiment. All of the modules are connected to a 90DB Netscanner hub and that hub is connected by ethernet to a CPU in my PLC cabinet but I do not know how to make the 9116's send thier pressure readings to Think-n-do. I have set up a counter and a float for each pressure port (144 total), but it is still not recieving the information... can someone walk me through setting up communication with this system. Thx, Mm
Created Date: October 28,2008
Created by: jackson
I think you will need to talk to Phoenix's Thinkndo application support about getting that working.
I 'believe ' you will have to use an External Function Block (EFB) feature called 'socket Communications ' to be able to communicate with those devices.
From what I can tell from a quick glance, those devices don't do any standard protocol on top of TCP, so you will basically have to deal with the raw data on top of TCP or UDP manually in your code (not for the weak of heart).
If you don't know much about low level TCP and UDP communications, better start reading up on it...
Created Date: October 28,2008
Created by: mmesser
Netscanner 9116
Thanks for your reply... I appreciate your response..I guess I will have to get some research material on TCP communications...
Thanks
Created Date: October 27,2008
Created by: mmesser
The engineers I am working with would like to use Netscanner 9116's (9 modules to be exact) in thier experiment. All of the modules are connected to a 90DB Netscanner hub and that hub is connected by ethernet to a CPU in my PLC cabinet but I do not know how to make the 9116's send thier pressure readings to Think-n-do. I have set up a counter and a float for each pressure port (144 total), but it is still not recieving the information...
can someone walk me through setting up communication with this system.
Thx,
Mm