Communication driver

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As most PLCs and data sources use proprietary communication protocols, these protocols are implemented in a so-called communication driver.

Thecommunication driver has an ID consisting of a few characters.
A connection to a data source or PLC is designated as a communication channel.
Connections to several and different data sources can be defined at the same time.
The communication channels are defined in the Hosts tables.

 

 

The following drivers are currently available:

ID

Designation

PLC

Host table

PLCH

Codesys Plc Handler

Codesys V2.x (Arti)
Codesys V3.x (Gateway3)

PlcHosts

RS7


AT-S7 Soft-PLC
S7 controllers with Ethernet CP module (e.g. CP-343) or S7-1200

Rs7Hosts

ADS


Beckoff Twincat (currently only symbolic, i.e. no BK bus coupler)

AdsHosts

MIIF


Siemens SIMOTION via TP OAMIIF

MiifHosts

 

See also:

Parameter setting of the communication channels: Communication settings
DrvParam worksheet