ABB Fieldbus adapter to Allen Bradley CompactLogix

    Hi,

    I have an older IRC5, RobotWare 5.16 with the 840-1 option. With the RobotWare 5.16 the order of creating the Ethernet comms is different.

    First I need to create the 'Bus', type: EtherNet/IP, Connector ID: 'Fieldbus Adapter and give it an IP address here.

    Then I need to create the 'Unit Type', type of bus: 'Ethernet/IP'. In here I need to put all the info from the ENIP_FA.eds file. I think this is where my problem might be.

    Then I create the 'unit', type from the second step, connected to bus from first step.

    When creating the generic ethernet module in Studio5000 (v32) I use the same values I used in the second step in robotstudio but still getting an error: invalid input size

    Would someone know what values should be used on both ends, please?

    Can't insert images to make this easier to explain..

  • Fubini May 11, 2023 at 7:35 AM

    Approved the thread.

    First, did you create a system with the option selected?

    Experience has shown that option should install all the files needed for ENIP in the EIO.CFG file.

    It is advised to ensure the Fieldbus Adapter eds file inputsize & outputsize matches the sizes assigned to the Unit Type entry for the Fieldbus Adapter.

    Hi,

    it normally does with RobotWare 6, but this is the first time I'm doing this with v5.16, I had to create the bus in robotstudio to be able to see it in EIO.CFG.

    Any chance someone can confirm I've got the unit settings correct?

    Type of bus: EtheNet/IP

    Vendor Name: ABB Robotics

    Product Name: EtherNet/IP Fieldbus Adapter

    Internal Slave: NO

    Device Type: 12

    Product Code: 28

    Vendor ID: 75

    Input Connection Type: Multicast

    Connection Priority: Low

    Request Packet Interval(ms): 50

    Configuration Assembly: 2

    Output Assembly: 150

    Input Assembly: 100

    Ownership: Exclusive

    Input size (bytes): 64

    Output size (bytes): 64

    Quick Connect: not used


    And on the PLC side I have (generic ETH adapter):

    Comm Format: DATA - INT

    Input Assembly Instance: 100

    Input Size: 64

    Output Assembly Instance: 150

    Output Size: 64

    Configuration Assembly Instance: 2

    Configuration Size: 0

    Thanks SomeTekk,

    Just got something from ABB and I can see one difference, in the unit type, I'm using the internal slave option as NO, they have yes.. Using 'Yes' you don't have to enter any of the EDS data apart from the input/output size.

    I'll be back on site tomorrow to test it

    So much for tomorrow to test it..

    Anyway, got it finally to work so if someone is interested see below:

    Type of bus: EtheNet/IP

    Vendor Name: ABB Robotics

    Product Name: EtherNet/IP Fieldbus Adapter

    Internal Slave: YES

    Input size (bytes): 64

    Output size (bytes): 64

    Quick Connect: not used


    And on the PLC side I have (generic ETH adapter):

    Comm Format: DATA - INT

    Input Assembly Instance: 100

    Input Size: 32

    Output Assembly Instance: 150

    Output Size: 32

    Configuration Assembly Instance: 4

    Configuration Size: 0

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