I need to connect 8 of these AFAG servo controllers to an Allen Bradley PLC via Ethernet/IP. The controller supports Profinet and CanOpen.
What is the cleanest option here? Is there a solution that allows me to network the controllers and have a single point of contact into the Ethernet/IP network?
Thank you all!
Hello Clark,
We do not have a Profinet Master option. But we do have 2 devices that could talk to CANopen slaves.
The AB7306 is a CANopen master to Ethernet IO slave.
If you are only going to be using PDO’s the AB7318 CAN communicator could also work. You would need to understand how to manually make PDO request.
I recommend at least a basic understanding of CANopen for either device as either option requires setting up CANopen transactions.
Regards,
Deryck