1. Advanced Access to Allen-Bradley Devices with VS.NET Win Worrall Applications/Development Engineer Email: wworrall@softwaretoolbox.com Renee Sikes Applications Engineer Email: rsikes@softwaretoolbox.com NET Applications- Desktop or Web, INGEAR.NET Components Can Handle It Local Browser Clients Remote Browser Clients Ethernet

2. Agenda – 1 Hour  INGEAR.NET Overview  Unsolicited Messaging and Data Structures Overview  PeerMessage and DTEncoding Class  Live training  Discussion, Questions & Answers Visualization and Connecting to AB/GE/Modbus PLCs with VS.NET

3. What Is Involved?  You have an Allen- Bradley PLC that supports unsolicited messages and/or UDT, PDT, or MDT data types  Logix Family (ControlLogix, CompactLogix, MicroLogix)  PLC5-E  SLC 5/05  Visual Studio 2005 or newer  Good Design and Planning Still Required Visual Studio to 1-N Devices

4. INGEAR.NET Family of Visual Studio.NET Components  Connect to Allen-Bradley, GE Fanuc, and Modbus PLCs  Supported in both Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010  Windows Forms  Console Applications  System Services  Web Forms  Web Services  COM Wrapper for VB6 Support

5. Advantages of INGEAR.NET  Easy to use  Runtime-free distribution, single computer, or compact framework licenses  No point counts or other artificial limits  Self Optimized Communication  Interfaces allow for rapid and device-independent development

6. Unsolicited Messages  On a PC that receives the message the Endpoint is a binding of the IP Address and a specific IP port  Endpoints must be unique and not in use by any other application  Endpoint is an instance of the PeerMessage class  The PLC sends the data message to an Endpoint without a client requesting information Unsolicited Message Cycle Normal Polling Cycle

7. PeerMessage Class  Handles unsolicited messages  Binds the IPAddressNIC and Protocol properties to a socket to receive the message  Each instance of the PeerMessage class must have a unique IP address and Protocol combination  Each instance of the PeerMessage class can receive messages from multiple PLCs

8. .LOGIX and Unsolicited Messages  For the PLC  Create a MSG instruction  For INGEAR.NET.LOGIX  Create an instance of the PeerMessage Class  Set the IPAddressNIC and Protocol properties  Set the MsgReceived Event to handle incoming data  Call the Listen method CompactLogix /ControlLogix MSG MicroLogix MSG

9. Data Structures  Mixed collections of:  Atomic Types (SINT, INT, Bool, REAL)  Arrays  Other Structures  Categorized as:  Predefined Data Types- PDT  Counter, Timer, PID, INT, Real, MSG  Module-Defined Data Types (MDT)  Created by the module’s configuration profile  User-Defined Data Types (UDT)  Structure created by the user  UDT Example: “Additive_1”

10. Data Alignment Rules for UDTs  Structures must be defined on 32- bit word boundaries  You may have to pad your structure to fulfill this alignment  INTs are 16-bit word boundaries  SINTs are 8 bit word boundaries  BOOLs of 8 or less are packed into a SINT  BOOLs of 8+ are packed into a 64- bit array, with 32 bit alignment

11. Example UDT and Padding UDT2:# bits BOOL 8 Total Bits8 Padded Bits24 Total32 UDT1:# bits INT16 INT16 BOOL 8 INT16 Total Bits56 Padded Bits8 Total64

12. Padding the Structure

13. DTEncoding Class  Encodes and decodes raw data bytes into structured types  Gets or Sets the Abbreviated Data Type code for ControlLogix and CompactLogix  Array of internal bytes used to check for matching data types during write operations  CRC calculation based on string of members  Unique identifier of a structure

14. Live Demonstration

15. What Tools are Needed?  For all usage scenarios  No tags limits  Single developer or multi-developer solutions  Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010  INGEAR.NET Licenses Available:  Runtime Free Developer License, $999 (Modbus $599)  Additional Developers, $595 (Except Modbus)  Single Computer License, $299 (Except Modbus $199)  Optional USB Hardware Key $150  Developers Licenses included 1 Year of Support and Upgrades.  Maintenance Agreement Renewal $295  Fully Functional 10-Day Demo Available www.ingearnet.com

16. Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities  Questions later?  Win Worrall  wworrall@softwaretoolbox.com  Renee Sikes  rsikes@softwaretoolbox.com  888-665-3678 or +1 704-849-2773  Product Websites  www.ingearnet.com  Other learning opportunities  Recording of this webinar  Visit softwaretoolbox.webex.com