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

[Agurgel]

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).

[NoRisk4Project · Accepted solution]

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.

[Agurgel]

Thanks for that @NoRisk4Project ,

We will use Modbus/TCP from our own libraries from both systems.

It will need a little bit more effort, but at least there will be no dependencies on special licencies and so on...

Regards,

[DvB_Support]

Hello,

DeviceBridge app will have the Rexroth-Direct driver sooner which would help the users to directly handshake with the above Rexroth Controllers
The Rexroth-Direct driver is currently available in windows version

Indraworks > 12 versions are OPC UA enabled for communication as rightly mentioned.

Hope this clarifies.

Thanks
Product Support

[Bala]

@DvB_Support - Do you know when the Rexroth-direct driver will be available in the app version? If it's already available, can you provide instructions on how to set it up?

[DvB_Support]

Hello,

we're on it and will be made available on ctrlX soon.
The same already exists for windows platform fyi (In case wish to try)

Thanks
Product Support