I am using labVIEW 2011
Industrial Communications Add-on (Ethernet/IP)
I have a device on the 232 side of an AB 1761-NET-ENI which only supports DF1 PLC-2 485CIF style read/write messaging. The typical application is to connect to a PLC on the ethernet side of the ENI.
I am attempting to create a test application with labVIEW to work in place of the PLC for pre-shipment style testing. (Each unit gets tested)
My first thought was to use Ethernet/IP to the ENI from labVIEW and messaging. The problem I quickly ran into was that the Industrial Communications Add-on does not appear to support the PLC-2 style messaging. I was hoping to keep the test simple with just a laptop and an ethernet cable to confirm that all the downstream wiring/configuration and ENI setup was correct. (Functional test).
Does anyone have any suggestions on achieving this without extra hardware or an OPC server?
Thanks for any suggestions.
-Zach
