TOP Server V5 AB Suite

1. TOP Server V5AB Suite Presenters: Kevin Rutherford – Application Engineer Colin Winchester – VP Operations

2. Agenda • TOP Server V5 Overview • AB Suite Overview • Individual Drivers Detail • Live Demonstration • Product overview • Summary and Q&A

3. What is TOP Server?

4. TOP Server Gets You Connected! • http://www.toolboxopc.com/html/drivers_list.asp

5. New User Interface • Same Driver and Tag Configuration • Some settings locations change • New Administration Features – More Secure • New Offline Editing ability • Enhanced Project Management

6. What value does this add? • Supported:Vista/Win7, Server 2007/08 & 64-bit • Event Log secure from clearing • Edit Configuration files offline • Improved Project Management • Improved Terminal Service support • Improved Remote Desktop Support • Improved Configuration Security • Users opening configuration logged • Automatic Project backup • License system separate from runtime • Platform for future enhancements

7. TOP Server V5AB Suite • Suite of 5 drivers • AB DF1 • AB Ethernet • AB Slave Ethernet • ControlLogix Ethernet • AB Data Highway

8. Allen-Bradley Connectivity – Networks • Serial communications • DF1 Protocol – half and full duplex • Sometimes also called “DF1 Channel 0” • Available on many PLC CPUs directly and also via KF3, KF2, and KE interfaces • Proprietary networks • DH+ (via KT, KTX, KTX, PKTX, PKTXD, PCMK or SST cards) • DH-485 (via KTX, KTX, PKTX, PKTXD, or PCMK cards) • ControlNet (via ControlLogix Gateway) • Ethernet • Standard TCP/IP with AB proprietary protocol in Layer 7 (application layer) • AB Ethernet protocol • ControlLogix - EtherNet/IP (CIP over Ethernet)

9. TOP Server V5AB DF1 • AB DF1 • RS-232 Serial • Full-duplex • Half-duplex • Radio Modem • Ethernet Encapsulation

10. TOP Server V5Channel Settings -AB DF1

11. TOP Server V5Device Settings -AB DF1

12. TOP Server V5Data Highway • AB Data Highway • PC Card Required • DH+ • DH 485

13. TOP Server V5Data Highway \Program Files\Software Toolbox\TOP Server 5\Drivers\Allen-Bradley DH+ KSE_PCMK.inf KSE_PKTX.inf KSE_SST.inf

14. TOP Server V5AB Ethernet • AB Ethernet • PLC 5 • No 5/250 support • SLC 5/05

15. TOP Server V5AB Ethernet

16. TOP Server V5AB Slave Ethernet • AB Slave Ethernet • PLC-2 type unsolicited • PLC 5 & SLC 5/05

17. TOP Server V5Tag Creation

18. TOP Server V5ControlLogix Ethernet • ControlLogix Ethernet • ControlLogix Family • MicroLogix Ethernet • NET-ENI • MicroLogix • SLC • ControlLogix Gateway

19. ControlLogix EthernetProtocol Modes • Three Different Protocol Modes: • Symbolic Mode • The traditional protocol when Logix processors were first introduced • Uses the full ASCII character name of an address • Used exclusively through Driver Version 4.6.0.xx • Physical Modes (Non-Blocking and Blocking) • Upload sequence at beginning pre-maps addresses in the controller using their physical address. • Slower startup, but much higher performance with larger address counts, as more data can be retrieved in a single request • Avoids Symbolic Address parsing and lookup for greater efficiency in communications.

20. ControlLogix Ethernet Configuration Optimizations • Maximizing Performance • Use multiple channels on Ethernet • Put high frequency writes on a separate channel • Use symbolic & physical modes on ControlLogix where appropriate • Separate channels for each protocol mode • If > 1/3 of all tags in PLC requested, Physical Blocking faster than non-blocking • Using < 1/3 of items in a structure – Physical Non-Blocking • Using > 1/3 of items in a structure – Physical Blocking • Atomic tags – Physical Non-Blocking

21. AB ControlLogixAddressing • Special Considerations for ControlLogix Addressing • PLC addressing is not traditional “N7:0” style – it’s in tags - also called “Native Tag Addressing” – which are useful for PLC programming and save time there, but . . . • Traditional “blocking” of data in the PLC has little value • PLC communications protocol requires driver to put actual tagnames into packet • Packet request size limited to about 500 bytes • PLC “local program” tags add additional overhead to the request packet • Since each timer, counter, PID loop, Alarm Block is a structure with numerous sub-elements, and you can nest structures inside of structures and define your own structures, the potential for explosion to thousands of tags is high

22. ControlLogix Ethernet Tag Import • Two Import Options: • Import from the Controller • Pros: Fast / All tags including I/O imported • Cons: Controller access required / Descriptions are not imported • Import from L5K / L5X File • Pros: No Controller Access Necessary / Descriptions imported • Cons: Slow / No I/O Tags imported • Importing Ensures Proper Tag Syntax

23. ControlLogix Connectivity – More Ways to Optimize • Special Considerations for ControlLogix needed to ensure best performance with the new paradigm in programming and communications: • Arrays are highly efficient means of moving large blocks of data and circumventing request packet limits • Keep PLC tag names short • Use global tags wherever possible • If you don’t need it, don’t read it! • Be particularly careful to group your tags by required scan rate – don’t read it faster than you need it “just because its Ethernet” or “faster is better”! • Be careful of large numbers of Programs in a Logix project. Increased overhead on the processor can result in no time left for actual communications! • For Continuous Tasks, Communications Timeslice % >= 20%

24. TOP Server V5ControlLogix Gateway • ControlLogix Gateway • DH+ • ControlNet • Ethernet • Not Remote I/O

25. TOP Server V5ControlLogix Gateway • Routing Path • IP Address • Port to Backplane = 1 • Slot of Comm. Module • Additional “Hops” • Example: PLC-5 on DH+ • Data Highway Module in Slot 1 of Logix • Module Port B on DH+ Network of PLC-5 • PLC-5 is Node 9 on the DH+ Network • IP Address,1,1.B.9 • Note: Node 9 is in Decimal (RSLogix Nodes are in Octal)

26. Live Demo • ControlLogix Ethernet Settings

27. TOP ServerSystem Tags Overview • Informational and Functional Tags Accessible from the Client • Allow Runtime Changes to Many Channel and Device Parameters • Network Adapter • Device ID • Device Enable/Disable • Provide flexibility and ease of controlling communications parameters from the Client • Client Scripting functionality can also make use of access to System Tags.

28. Channel Diagnostics / Event Log • Channel Diagnostics • Capture all Send / Receive Data for a Channel • Useful for Troubleshooting Problems in Comms. • Event Log • Displays meaningful errors • Reference Driver Help File for Possible Causes

29. Tips & Tricks • Lots of free help at http://www.toolboxopc.com/html/support.asp • Quick Start Guide • Training Videos • Papers and Utilities – Trouble Shooting Guide • More information on the Product Details tab • http://www.toolboxopc.com/html/product_details.html • Contact Software Toolbox support@softwaretoolbox.com while you are in the planning stage, so we can help

30. What Tools are Needed? • TOP Server Standard Drivers • US$795 • License for a single computer • No limits on # of devices you can connect to • Annual support and free upgrades – US$155 • TOP Server Premium Drivers and Plug-ins • See www.toolboxopc.com for pricing • New Industry Packs • http://www.toolboxopc.com/html/industries.html

31. Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities • Questions later? • 888-665-3678 or 704-849-2773 • support@softwaretoolbox.com • www.toolboxopc.com • www.softwaretoolbox.com • Other learning opportunities • Visit www.softwaretoolbox.com/webinars