Matrikon® OPC Server for Allen Bradley Supported Devices

(As at V4.2.0)

For information on Allen Bradley products and services, refer to the documents available at
http://www.ab.com/products.html.

Allen Bradley Ports and Protocols

The table below shows what protocols and ports are used and supported by the Matrikon® Server for
Allen Bradley PLCs:

SUPPORTED DEVICE SUPPORTED PORTS

EthernetIP Ethernet to
Serial (DF1) DH+/DH485 (CIP) 1761 to Serial
CompactLogix NO NO YES NO

ControlLogix NO NO YES NO

MicroLogix YES YES YES YES

PLC 5xx YES YES YES YES

Powerflex NO NO YES NO

SLC5xx YES YES YES YES

Legend:

YES - Supported and has been tested in the Matrikon lab • NO - Not supported.

Notes:
1. Matrikon OPC Server for Allen Bradley PLCs supports DH+/DH485 connections using one of these methods:
- KF2/KF3 RS-232 adaptor
- ControlLogix DHRIO module
The items marked YES for DH+/DH485 can use any of these methods.
2. PKTX card no longer supported
3. The Matrikon OPC Server for Allen Bradley PLCs does not support ControlNet nor DeviceNet.
4. Program tags not supported. Should a Program Tag be required via the OPC Server, it is recommended the
PLC be programmed to map the required Program Tag(s) to accessible Controller Tag(s)

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Supported Allen Bradley Controllers
The table below lists the controllers that are supported by the Matrikon® OPC
Server for Allen Bradley PLC’s:

Type Supported Firmware / Models Tested Firmware / Models

CompactLogix Firmware V19-241 v19.11

ControlLogix Firmware V19-241 v19.52, v20, v242

MicroLogix All models supported 1000, 1100A, 1100B, 1200, 1400, 1500

PLC5xx All models supported PLC5/40

PowerFlex 70 EC 480V 22A v5.001

SLC5xx All models supported SLC504, SLC505

Notes:
1
Some version 20 firmware have been found to be defective and are not supported. See the Rockwell /
Allen Bradley website for more information about version 20 firmware.

2
Although ControlLogix Firmware Versions 21-23 have not been specifically tested, they are protocol-
compatible with version 24

Newer firmware versions of controller types may work with the MatrikonOPC Server for Allen Bradley
PLC’s. However, they have not been tested explicitly in the lab environment.

Possibly Supported Devices – Not Tested

The devices listed below may work with this version of MatrikonOPC Server for Allen Bradley PLC’s.
However, they have not been tested explicitly in the lab environment:

Devices Not Tested

FlexLogix
GuardLogix
SoftLogix

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Supported Features
The table below lists the supported features and their descriptions:

Description Supported

Access of one point within Reading and writing of points within arrays of items (including structures) is
an Array (CLX) supported.

Allen Bradley PLCs ControlLogix, CompactLogix, MicroLogix, PLC5xx, Powerflex and SLC5xx series.

Allen Bradley Protocols DF1 (serial), DH+, DH485, CIP (Ethernet/IP)

Array access of elements Reading and writing arrays of elements of file types F, L, and N as OPC elements of
(PLC5/SLC/MLX) type (VT_ARRAY|…).

ASCII file access as a String When accessing ASCII files, you can specify a number of characters to process into
of fixed length a string.

Read configuration from

The OPC server will read the configuration from a PLC to use for its OPC point list.
PLC

Auto-detect PLCs on a Auto-detect and auto-add PLCs by selecting a checkbox on the communications
Serial/DH+/DH485 net port configuration panel.

Auto-sense COM port For a serial port, the OPC server can go through a list of commonly used serial port
settings settings and sense which one your device uses.

Bit access to PLC values Bit reads and writes to single bits of items at least 8 bits in length.

Serial, Ethernet, 1756-DHRIO via ControlLogix chassis, 1761 EIP to DF1 converter,
Communication Methods
KF2 Serial to DH converter, KF3 Serial to DH converter

PLC file access O, I, S, B, T, C, R, N, F, A, D, BT, MG, PD, SC, ST, L.

Each OPC item is one file sub-item (files with no sub-items use a generic sub-item
PLC sub-item value access
called VALUE).

Redundancy Declare communication ports or PLCs to be part of a redundant set

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