EtherNet/IP to Serial Linking Device

Connect any RS-232/422/485 serial device to ControlLogix® or CompactLogix® controllers with an EtherNet/IP interface.

The Linking Device performs an intelligent protocol conversion and presents the serial data to the Logix PLC as easily processed I/O data. This offloads your Logix PLC from working with additional calculations. 
 

CONVERT ALMOST ANY TYPE OF SERIAL PROTOCOL

The Linking Device is capable of converting almost any type of serial protocol such as Modbus RTU, DF1, ASCII, or any other type of proprietary; Request/Response or Produce/Consume protocol.
 

SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH STUDIO 5000

With its unique Studio 5000® Logix designer integration, everything is accessible from within Studio 5000, including then serial network configuration. No extra 3rd-party software, licenses or programming required.
 

CONNECT, CONFIGURE, DONE

EtherNet/IP Linking Devices are configured using a Custom Add On Profile for Studio 5000 Logix Designer. This dynamically generates data structures for each device connected. No ladder logic files (add on instructions) needed.

Furthermore, it also supports automatic generation of named and structured Studio 5000 controller tags, which eliminates the need to create alias tags

Features and benefits

• Enables the retro-fitting of existing serial RS232/422/485 devices with Logix PLCs with EtherNet/IP
• No hardware or software changes, for the connected device
• Connects up to 31 serial nodes via RS-485
• Up to 500 bytes of Input data and 496 bytes of Output data
• Speed up configuration through a seamless integration with Studio 5000 Logix Designer
• Compatible with all ControlLogix and CompactLogix PLCs supporting EtherNet/IP
• Easy to setup with Custom Add On Profile with no programming required!
• Everything configured through Studio5000®, no 3rd party software or licenses needed

EtherNet/IP interface features

The Linking Device has the very latest ODVA EtherNet/IP adapter functionality

• Dual EtherNet/IP ports 10/100Mbit, full or half-duplex operation
• Announced-based DLR (Device Level Ring) and linear network topology supported
• Support for multiple (Exclusive Owners) I/O connections (Max 10)
• ODVA EtherNet/IP conformance tested 

Serial protocol configuration features

• Selectable RS-232/422/485 interface
• Modbus-RTU Master functionality with pre-defined Modbus-RTU configuration wizard
• DF1 Master functionality with selectable pre-loaded DF1 commands
• Ability to configure ASCII or vendor specific protocols (Request/Response or Produce/Consume via a visual byte-based frame building)
• Ability to make popular checksum calaculations 
• In-built Line Listener to analyze serial telegrams on the sub-network (accessable via Studio5000)

Technical specifications