Rockwell Automation 9307 FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix User Manual
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The communication path is written in the following syntax:
<COM port ID>\x
or
<IP address>\x
where ‘COM port ID’ is the physical COM port in the FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix
server;
‘IP address’ is the IP address of a serial to Ethernet protocol converter (for example,.
Digi-One IA); and ‘x’ is the Modbus node number of the device.
Paths to Rockwell Automation devices by using RSLinx Classic software
FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix software communicates with Allen-Bradley devices such
as power monitors and programmable controllers by using RSLinx Classic
communication drivers. You must configure drivers in RSLinx Classic software on the
FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix server prior to configuring devices that communicate with
the server by using the drivers, and enter the device addresses into the driver address
lists.
The communication path is written in the following syntax:
[ComputerName!]RSLinxDriverName\PathSegment1\PathSegment2\ ...
\PathSegmentN
ComputerName is optional but if used must be the FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix server
name. RSLinxDriverName corresponds to the name in RSLinx Classic for the driver
used to communicate with the device. Examples of default RSLinx Classic driver
names are:
AB_ETH-1, Ethernet TCP/IP driver
AB_DF1-1, Serial full-duplex DF1 driver
AB_MASTR-1, Serial half-duplex DF1 master driver
AB_TCP-1, RSLinx Classic Gateway remote driver
1747-SDNPT-1, DeviceNet pass-thru driver for a 1747-SDN card
AB_PCC-1, ControlNet driver for the 1784-PCC card
PathSegment1 through PathSegmentN indicate node numbers, channels, addresses,
and slot numbers,. that make up the ‘hops’ that a message takes. Communication paths
may vary from very simple to quite complex. Examples of communication paths:
AB_ETH-1\128.1.100.201, a direct connection to an Ethernet device on the same
network as the FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix server
AB_ETH-1\128.1.100.134\Backplane\4, the path for a ControlLogix controller
with a 1756-DHRIO module in slot 4. The controller will be used as a parent
device to a power monitor on Remote I/O configured in the 1756-DHRIO module.
If FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix is installed on a Windows 2008
Server, please see the
RSLinx Classic Software on 64-bit Server
topic.