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This chapter provides information about the supported functions for
Allen-Bradley PLCs, and how to access these functions.
3.1 Accessing Allen-Bradley Functions
DAS for Allen-Bradley Data Highway functions are accessed through the following interfaces:
Command Language Interface (CLI)
To access the BASEstar Open CLI, enter the following command at the user prompt (%):
% cli_bstr |
For information about BASEstar Open commands, refer to the BASEstar Open for Tru64 UNIX Command Language Interface.
Application Programming Interface (API)
For information on accessing BASEstar Open Callable Services, refer to the BASEstar Open for Tru64 UNIX Application Programming Interface.
For information on accessing OMNI Callable Services, refer to
the Compaq OMNI for Tru64 UNIX Application Programmer's Interface.
3.2 Supported Functions
A variety of functions are supported by the DAS for Allen-Bradley Data Highway. These functions may be supported as either client or server or both. If a function is supported as a server, then the application will receive an indication when the VMD is requesting the service.
The DAS for Allen-Bradley Data Highway supports the following client functions for all supported devices:
The DAS for Allen-Bradley Data Highway supports the following server functions (indications) for all supported devices:
Information Report is still supported for backward compatability but support will be dropped in a future release of the DAS. Support for SLC controllers does not include information report as an option. Configurations should be modified to use write indication support as soon as possible. |
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