Rockwell Automation 1404-M4_M5_M6_M8 Powermonitor 3000 Installation Instructions, PRIOR to Firmware rev. 3.0 - Manual (Page 9)

Publication 1404-IN007D-EN-P - October 2004
Powermonitor 3000 9
Communications
Every Powermonitor 3000 comes with a native RS-485
communications port. The RS-485 port may be configured to use the
Allen-Bradley DF1 half-duplex slave protocols or Modbus

RTU
slave. The native port is suitable for communicating to master devices
including:
•
PLC-5

, SLC 500

and ControlLogix

processors
•
RSLinx

software with DDE/OPC server functionality
•
Modbus RTU Master devices
•
Other third-party devices
•
Software that you develop
You may also specify Powermonitor 3000 units with optional
communications ports including:
•
Serial RS-232 (DF1 half-duplex or Modbus RTU slave)
•
Remote I/O
•
DeviceNet

•
EtherNet/IP
•
ControlNet

A Powermonitor 3000 may be easily integrated into a programmable
controller or computer based control and monitoring system, using
any of the communications methods listed above.