Citect SCADA 2018 - Driver for GuardLogix IO Device

I have never created an IO device for an Allen-Bradley CPU before and I do not have one to test it, but I have to get the communication up running tomorrow with an equipment supplier. We only have a dozen of tag variables to read from him, I would like to spare his time and get the configuration right as fast as possible.

Could someone confirm me if this configuration is right (and enough)? And should I be aware of any issue that could come up while testing the communication? Also, if someone could share an example of how you enter the tags in the Tag Variables, that could help me to validate if the address should be as written in the PLC program or if there is something specific to know about the syntax (for example, do we need to substitute the "." by "_" )

Thanks in advance!

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  • The setup looks good presuming you are connecting to a compact/control logix with EthernetIP. The ABCLX driver is tag name based, so the address is actually the tag name as the engineer wrote it in the controllers tag database.

    Tagname Cluster I/O Device Data Type Address
    Boiler2_BD_Manual Plant_Control Boiler_3 DIGITAL BD_PID.Manual
    Boiler2_BD_Auto Plant_Control Boiler_3 DIGITAL BD_PID.Auto
    Boiler2_BD_P Plant_Control Boiler_3 REAL BD_Gain
    Boiler2_BD_I Plant_Control Boiler_3 REAL BD_Reset
    Boiler2_BD_D Plant_Control Boiler_3 REAL BD_PID.DGain
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  • The setup looks good presuming you are connecting to a compact/control logix with EthernetIP. The ABCLX driver is tag name based, so the address is actually the tag name as the engineer wrote it in the controllers tag database.

    Tagname Cluster I/O Device Data Type Address
    Boiler2_BD_Manual Plant_Control Boiler_3 DIGITAL BD_PID.Manual
    Boiler2_BD_Auto Plant_Control Boiler_3 DIGITAL BD_PID.Auto
    Boiler2_BD_P Plant_Control Boiler_3 REAL BD_Gain
    Boiler2_BD_I Plant_Control Boiler_3 REAL BD_Reset
    Boiler2_BD_D Plant_Control Boiler_3 REAL BD_PID.DGain
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