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Setting up the Allen Bradley PLC on the Demo Rack

Written by Benjamin Pinnerup

Updated at January 3rd, 2022

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Articles in this section:

  • Initial setup of the Demo Rack
  • Setting up the Siemens S7 PLC on the Demo Rack
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Table of Contents

Setting up the Allen Bradley instanceSetting up the Allen Bradley items

Setting up the Allen Bradley instance

For information on how to set up the instance, follow this guide

Name Input Function
Connector EtherNet IP The connector used for the instance. Different PLC's and other functions inside SIA Connect will need different connectors
Name Your chosen name of the instance This is the name of the instance, which can be anything you'd like
Address 10.20.30.20 The IP-Address of the PLC
Unique ID Leave empty This can be used when you have many instances with the same or similar name.
Desc. Leave empty A field where you can describe the instance
Path Leave empty The path of the PLC
Controller Type Micro800 In this connector, you have to choose which Allen Bradley PLC you are working on


Setting up the Allen Bradley items

For information on how to set up an item, follow this guide

Below is a list of the tags inside the Allen Bradley PLC

Name Address Data type
Bool_Item Bool_Item Bool
Real_Item Real_Item Real
Int_Item Int_Item Int
String_Item String_Item String
Word_Item Word_Item Word

Unlike the Siemens PLC, the Allen Bradley PLC does not come with a program, but an empty tag list instead. This has been done to show the mapping function of SIA Connect, which you can find a guide on here

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