Preconfiguration "PmABradleyCIP - Minimal set of the PmaComm object"

Communication driver configuration PmABradleyCIP.

This preconfiguration can be activated when creating a new object (e.g. by "New object ..." in the context menu of the object or by pressing the Insert key after selecting the object).

This preconfiguration is included in the "/ Communication / PLC devices and meters / Allen Bradley" group.

This preconfiguration can be created in the PmaFolder, PmaRoot or PmaPrototype object.

- The preconfiguration creates an object of the PmaComm type with PmaCommGroup and PmaCommMsg subobjects.

Finishing the settings and configuration of the communication: After this preconfiguration is used it is necessary to run the application. This way the Run method in the onStart event of the PmaCommMsg object is called. In the onEndOfTransfer event, it creates the ABradleyVarCfg.txt file on the path $.path("cfg"). The file contains the structure of variables created by the designer in the PLC device. (After the "ABradleyVarCfg.txt" file is created the PmaCommMsg object is no longer needed and can be deleted or Disable object at application launch.)

After the application is stopped it is possible to create the variables in the PmaCommGroup object, that can be connected to corresponding variables in the PLC device in the "Name" configurator.

These configurators can be set before the preconfiguration is created:

The name of created object	Name of the object created in the Pma object tree. The maximum name length is 30 characters. This is a system name, so it must contain only alphanumeric and must not contain any diacritics (i.e. national dependent characters), empty string, spaces and first character must not be a number. Default: "Comm"

Network address	Network address of the remote device (e.g. of the PLC device), to which the communication will be connected. The address can be entered as: - IPv4 full address (e.g. "192.168.0.15") - IPv4 address of this computer (i.e. "127.0.0.1") - IPv4 computer name (e.g. "server11") - IPv4 name of this computer (i.e. "localhost") - IPv6 full address (e.g. "2a02:c38:8136:800a:37a:ab66:6fc9:accd") - IPv6 address of this computer (i.e. "::1") Macro expression can be used for input (it is evaluated after the application is launched). After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the Ethernet-client > Network address" configurator will be set to this value.
PLC type	0 = Control/Compact/..Logix - There will be communication with PLCs of the ControlLogix, CompactLogix or other ..Logix types. 1 = Micro850/870 firmware21- - The communication with PLC devices of the Micro850 or Micro870 types with outdated firmware 21. This firmware does not allow receiving multiple variables at once (MultiRead) and therefore each variable must be transmitted in a separate message (SingleRead). 2 = Micro850/870 firmware22+ - Same as type 1 but with newer firmware 22 and above. Allows reading multiple variables in one message (MultiRead).

Create PmaCommMsg for reading the variables from the PLC device	Creates the PmaCommMsg object that allows to read the names of all variables from the PLC device and saves this list into the "ABradleyVarCfg.txt" file.
Create examples of testing data	A set of exemplary data is created
Communication refresh rate [ms]	The period in milliseconds to be used for reading the current data by the PROMOTIC application. After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaCommGroup > Parameters > Communication refresh rate [ms]" configurator will be set to this value.