BASEstar^tm Classic DAS
for Allen-Bradley
Data Highway^tm Protocol
Installation and User's Guide

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Overview
1.1	Description
1.2	Device Communications
1.3	Supported Functions and Devices
Chapter 2
2	Installing the DAS
2.1	Installation Requirements
2.1.1	Hardware Requirements
2.1.2	Software Requirements
2.1.3	Disk Space Requirements
2.2	Incompatibility With DAS for Allen-Bradley SLC
2.3	Installation
2.3.1	Files Created During Installation
2.3.2	Installation Messages
2.4	Postinstallation Tasks
2.4.1	Editing the Configuration File
2.4.1.1	Editing Type Records
2.4.1.2	Editing Path Records
2.4.1.3	Editing Device Records
2.4.2	DAS SPT Block Usage
2.4.3	Configuring Ports
2.4.4	Setting Up Plant-Floor Equipment
2.5	Tracing Device Communications
2.6	Failures During Product Use
Chapter 3
3	Using the DAS
3.1	Accessing DAS Functions
3.2	Supported Functions
3.2.1	Start and Stop
3.2.1.1	PLC-1774
3.2.1.2	PLC-3
3.2.1.3	PLC-5
3.2.1.4	SLC
3.2.2	Upload and Download
3.2.2.1	PLC-1774
3.2.2.2	PLC-2
3.2.2.3	PLC-3
3.2.2.4	PLC-5
3.2.2.5	SLC
3.2.3	Structured Data
3.2.4	Read and Write Data
3.2.4.1	PLC-1774
3.2.4.2	PLC-2
3.2.4.3	PLC-3
3.2.4.4	PLC-5
3.2.4.5	SLC
3.2.5	Read Status
3.3	Automatic Data Collection
3.3.1	Unsolicited Data Collection
3.3.2	Pollsets
Appendix A
Appendix A	Logged Messages
A.1	NI Logged Messages
A.2	PE Logged Messages
Index
Index
Examples
3-1	Read Data
3-2	READ DATA With Structured Data
3-3	WRITE DATA
3-4	WRITE DATA with Structured Data
3-5	Read Status Screen
3-6	Read Status Screen for SLC
Figures
1-1	DAS Communications
Tables
1-1	Allen-Bradley Devices and Supported Functions
2-1	Disk Space Requirements
2-2	Files Created During Installation
2-3	Data Highway Path Parameters
2-4	Line Parameters
2-5	SPT Static Block Sizes
2-6	SPT Dynamic Block Sizes
2-7	KE / KF / KF-2 / KF-3 Switch Settings
3-1	Allen-Bradley Devices and Functions
3-2	Start and Stop Function
3-3	PLC-1774 Download Function
3-4	Upload Function
3-5	PLC-5 Download Function
3-6	Read and Write Data Functions
3-7	PLC-5 Data Format General Reference
3-8	Input File Addresses
3-9	Output File Addresses
3-10	Status File Addresses
3-11	Binary File Addresses
3-12	Timer File Addresses
3-13	Counter File Addresses
3-14	Control File Addresses
3-15	Integer File Addresses
3-16	Floating Point File Addresses
3-17	ASCII File Addresses
3-18	Long Integer File Addresses
3-19	PID Control File Addresses
3-20	Internal Storage File Addresses
3-21	Shared Data File Addresses
3-22	Block Transfer Data Addresses
3-23	String Data Addresses
3-24	Adapter Status File Addresses
3-25	Message Addresses
3-26	SLC Data Format General Reference
3-27	Status File Addresses
3-28	Binary File Addresses
3-29	Timer File Addresses
3-30	Counter File Addresses
3-31	Control File Addresses
3-32	Integer File Addresses
3-33	Floating Point File Addresses
3-34	ASCII File Addresses
3-35	String Data Addresses