Contents PLX32-EIP-MBTCP-UA ♦ Multi-Protocol Gateway
User Manual
Page 6 of 156 ProSoft Technology, Inc.
March 8, 2018
4 Hardware Information 39
4.1 Hardware Specifications ......................................................................................... 39
5 EIP Protocol 41
5.1 EIP Functional Overview ........................................................................................ 41
5.1.1 EtherNet/IP General Specifications ........................................................................ 42
5.1.2 EIP Internal Database ............................................................................................. 43
5.2 EIP Configuration .................................................................................................... 45
5.2.1 Configuring EIP Class 3 Server .............................................................................. 45
5.2.2 Configuring EIP Class 1 Connection ...................................................................... 48
5.2.3 Configuring EIP Class 3 Client[x]/UClient Connection ........................................... 52
5.3 Network Diagnostics ............................................................................................... 64
5.3.1 EIP PCB Diagnostics .............................................................................................. 64
5.3.2 EIP Status Data in Upper Memory.......................................................................... 65
5.3.3 EIP Error Codes ...................................................................................................... 67
5.4 EIP Reference......................................................................................................... 70
5.4.1 SLC and MicroLogix Specifics ................................................................................ 70
5.4.2 PLC5 Processor Specifics ...................................................................................... 74
5.4.3 ControlLogix and CompactLogix Processor Specifics ............................................ 78
6 MBTCP Protocol 87
6.1 MBTCP Functional Overview .................................................................................. 87
6.1.1 MBTCP General Specifications .............................................................................. 88
6.1.2 MBTCP Internal Database ...................................................................................... 90
6.2 MBTCP Configuration ............................................................................................. 93
6.2.1 Configuring MBTCP Servers .................................................................................. 93
6.2.2 Configuring MBTCP Client [x] ................................................................................. 95
6.2.3 Configuring MBTCP Client [x] Commands ............................................................. 97
6.3 Network Diagnostics ............................................................................................. 100
6.3.1 MBTCP PCB Diagnostics ..................................................................................... 100
6.3.2 MBTCP Status Data in Upper Memory ................................................................. 100
6.3.3 MBTCP Error Codes ............................................................................................. 103
6.4 MBTCP Reference ................................................................................................ 104
6.4.1 About the Modbus Protocol .................................................................................. 104
7 OPC UA Server 107
7.1 UA Server Configuration Manager Software ........................................................ 107
7.1.1 Installation ............................................................................................................. 107
7.1.2 NTP Server Time Synchronization ....................................................................... 108
7.1.3 Launching PSW-UACM ........................................................................................ 109
7.2 Certificates ............................................................................................................ 111
7.2.1 Security Policy ...................................................................................................... 111
7.2.2 Creating a Provisioning Application Instance Certificate ...................................... 112
7.2.3 Creating a CA Certificate ...................................................................................... 114
7.2.4 Creating an Application Instance Certificate ......................................................... 116
7.2.5 Refreshing the Status Tab .................................................................................... 117
7.2.6 Creating and Signing a New Certificate ................................................................ 119
7.3 Importing a Certificate Public Key File .................................................................. 123
7.4 Exporting the CA Certificate to the OPC Client .................................................... 126