In PLC-to-HMI interface applications, in my past experience, when I had to interface brand A PLC to brand B HMI, it was a matter of making sure the right drivers were available and installed on the computers running the HMI. There was no need to use additional network management software.
I'm haven't networked Allen-Bradley PLCs together, but I've noticed that Rockwell Software seems to have a different approach: it evidently uses RSLinx as essential network configuration and management software.
So I have a few questions:
- Am I right about this? RSLinx is RS' network config. & mgmt. software?
- When using Allen-Bradley PLCs, when MUST RSLinx be used?
- Is RSLinx used ONLY when interfacing Allen-Bradley PLCs with each other, or when interfacing Allen-Bradley PLCs with RSView32? (I worked on a job in
- If someone wanted to use RSView32 with a non-Allen Bradley PLC, would RSLinx still be used?
- And does RSView32 come with a full set of drivers to let one interface it with different brands of PLCs?
Thanks in advance,
Mike