Allen-Bradley PLC-5 via Data Highway
- Last UpdatedOct 27, 2021
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Plant SCADA can use the ABTCP driver communicate to Allen-Bradley PLC-5s over Data Highway Plus via KT, KTX, KTXD, PKTX, 5136-SD and 5136-SD-PCI cards. Using this method, you can connect to single PLCs or to multiple PLCs as in the following diagram:

This arrangement does not use TCP/IP - even though the ABTCP driver is being used.
This method does not support DH-485.
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