How To Read Old IndraControl PLCs (L10...L85) from DeviceBridge hosted at ctrlX Core X3

How can we read variables from old IndraControl PLCs?

I mean since L10, L20 and L40, up to newers L25, L45 and L75...

Which Driver should we use? How should we put variables paths?

DeviceBridge is hosted in a ctrlX Core X3 (Arm64).

Best reply by NoRisk4Project

Hello,

for CMLx5 controls (CML25, CML45, CML65, CML75 and CML85) I would use OPC UA for the communication. OPC UA is implemented by default, or at least as an option available, for these controls with version IndraWorks version 13 and 14. And this communication protocol is available inside the ctrlX App version of the DeviceBridge.

For the CMLx0 controls (CML10, CML20 and CML40) it's a bit more complicated, because OPC UA is not available for these controls. I don't know which device and interface of ctrlX DeviceBridge App can be used to communicate with an CMLx0 control.

There is a (so called) "Rexroth-Direct" driver inside the DeviceBridge PC version which allows communication to CMLx0 and CMLx5 controls by using the PLC Gateway or the Arti interface. But this device doesn’t exist inside the App version.

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