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[rjagodowski]

Posts for Allen-Bradley hardware & software.

Micro 800 PLCs and Plug-in Modules. A 124 page pdf is included in a post below.

Connected Components Workbench (CCW) by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley

Connected Components Workbench (CCW) Download page.

CCW Software Tutorials.

Micro800 Controller Tutorials











These were some documents used when working on interfacing between the PLCs and the Fanuc Robots. Probably won't need these this semester, but likely will for the EET-265 Advanced Automation Project.

CIP Messaging_2080-qs002_-en-e.pdf

Micro 800's CIP - Common Industrial Protocol

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Rockwell PLC to Fanuc Ethernet Program Calls. This video might have some useful information about communication between our PLCs and the Fanuc robots. What remains to be seen is whether the Micro 800 series of PLCs can perform this action using the CIP Messaging.

[rjagodowski]

Here's the complete document for all of the Allen-Bradley Micro 800 Plug-In Modules.

Allen-Bradley_Micro800_PlugIn_Modules_2080-um004_-en-e.pdf

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Here are some videos showing how to set the IP address on Micro 800 Series PLCs.

Using BootP Beginning of the video
Using USB Port & CCW Beginning at 2:15 in the video.
Using a Micro SD Card to assign an IP at boot up.


Here's Chapter 9 Using MicroSD Cards from the Micro800 Users Manual:

Using the MicroSD Card_Chapter 09_2080-um005_-en-e.pdf

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Page 9 of this A-B Micro800 document gives the specifics for the MicroSD Card:

Physical_Micro820_Specs_2080-in009_-en-p.pdf

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The Micro SD card must be Class 6 or Class 10, 32GB or less and formatted FAT16/32 and only one partition. Class 4 cards are NOT supported. Allen-Bradley recommends "their" 2GB unit.

To assign an IP address at boot up, the following text must be put in a file called ConfigMeFirst.txt in the root directory of the SD Card using the program below. The filename MUST be as specified. Change the IP address octets to your network settings. It's recommended that this file be created using Windows Notepad.

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#  This is a comment because it begins with "#".
#
#  This is a program to assign an IP address to a Micro820
#  via the MicroSD card upon boot up.
#
#  These changes will take effect after power cycle. 
#
#
[PM]        # Force to Program Mode
[CF]        # Clear any faults, if possible. 
[IPA=192.168.1.2]     # Ethernet IP address to be assigned on power up.
[SNM=255.255.255.0]    #  Ethernet Subnet Mask.
#[GWA=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]   Ethernet Gateway Address, if needed.
[END]   # Required statement at end of file.

Here is the file for the code specified above:

ConfigMeFirst.txt

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Once you have assigned an IP address to the Micro820 and have established communications with it through CCW/Ethernet, you need to remove the SD card and/or the ConfigMeFirst.txt file otherwise this program will change the Micro820's IP address every time the PLC is power cycled.