Description

The ABB-Xplorer interface is suitable for measurement data acquisition with ibaPDA to ABB AC800M and AC800PEC controllers.

The data is cyclically read by ibaPDA instead of being sent by the PLC. In the ABB AC800 controller, no programming work is necessary for establishing a connection between ibaPDA and a controller with defined IP address and for sending the respective signals.

For transmitting measurement data, no additional software from ABB is necessary. However, for AC800 controllers, variables that are accessible from ibaPDA must be defined as MMS access variables in the ABB Compact Control Builder.
Interface configuration

Set all values to zero when the connection to a PLC is interrupted

If enabled, all measured values of the PLC are set to zero as soon as the connection is lost. If this option is disabled, ibaPDA will keep the last valid measured value at the time the connection was lost in the memory.

Start acquisition even if a PLC is not accessible

If this option is enabled, the acquisition will start even if an AC800 controller is not accessible. Instead of an error, a warning is indicated in the validation dialog. If the system has been started without a connection to the AC800 controller, ibaPDA will try to connect to the PLC at regular intervals. The measured values stay at zero as long as the PLC is disconnected.

Allow inaccessible parameters

Enable this option to start the acquisition even if no parameters are accessible. The inaccessible parameters are output as warnings in the validation dialog instead of errors.

This can only occur if the address book is not up-to-date.

If this option is not enabled and inaccessible parameters are present, then the acquisition will not start.

Connection table

For information about the connection table, see Connection table.

<Managing address books>

Clicking on the <Managing address books> button takes you to the address book management of ibaPDA.

The table shows a list of all of the address books currently present in the system with IP address of the PLC from which the address book was created, as well as the date of creation, size and modules that were configured for the respective CPU. Use the <Delete select address books> button to delete selected address books.
Available modules

ABB-Xplorer MMS
Product name

ibaPDA-Interface-ABB-Xplorer (Art. no. 31.000009)