Description

The ibaNet-E interface is used for data acquisition from iba or also third-party devices with the ibaNet-E transmission protocol in ibaPDA, hereafter referred to as ibaNet-E devices.

ibaNet-E enables fast, efficient and deterministic communication between the acquisition computer and other components involved. Standard Ethernet cabling and standard network infrastructure can be used for data communication.

With ibaNet-E, different applications, i.e. data acquisition from several data sources as well as controlling through outputs, can be realized. Not every ibaNet-E device supports the full ibaNet-E scope of functions. Therefore, some functionalities may not be available for all ibaNet-E devices.

Interface configuration

The configuration of the devices is performed in the ibaPDA software. The ibaNet-E interface is available in the interface tree by default. Device-specific modules are added to the ibaNet-E interface to acquire data from iba devices. General modules (ibaNet-E generic connectionless) can be added to the interface to acquire data from third-party devices.

Port no.

This is the port which is used for communication via ibaNet-E. If necessary, you can change the setting. Default setting is 7082.

<Reset port to default>

Use this button to reset the port to the default port number.

Allow ports through firewall

When installing ibaPDA, the default port numbers of the used protocols are automatically entered in the firewall. If you change the port number or enable the interface subsequently, you have to enable this port in the firewall with this button.

Network interfaces

Using this drop-down list, you can select which network adapters on your computer are used for this interface. The sockets will be opened for communication only on the selected network adapters. In case a network adapter has multiple IP addresses configured, a socket will be opened for all of these IP addresses. At least one network adapter should be selected to get the interface configuration validated. If you select None, an error message will be displayed when validating the I/O configuration. By default, the option All is selected.

There is an option to stop the acquisition if a broken connection has been detected. Additionally, you can determine to set all signal values to zero either when a broken connection has been detected or when no data is available.

You can select the network adapters, which are dedicated for ibaNet-E communication in the Discovery tab and search for ibaNet-E compatible devices. All found active devices will be listed in a table.

The Bandwidth tab provides information about the network load. It shows the estimated total network load in send and receive direction as well as the network load per connected ibaNet-E device.

Available modules

  • ibaW-750 The ibaW-750 module is used to acquire data from ibaW-750 devices. For further information, please refer to the ibaW-750 manual. No ibaPDA-Interface-ibaNet-E license is required to connect iba devices.

  • ibaNet-E generic connectionless This module is used to acquire data from third-party devices via ibaNet-E. The module ibaNet-E generic connectionless is only available if the license ibaPDA-Interface-ibaNet-E is present.

  • ibaM-COMThis module is used to acquire data from input modules of the ibaMAQ system. For more information please refer to the manual of the ibaM-COM device.

  • S7 Request/S7 Request DecoderThese two modules providing direct access on operands and symbols in a SIMATIC S7 PLC are also supported on the ibaNet-E interface. The modules are only available if the license ibaPDA-Request-S7-DP/PN/ibaNet-E is present.

  • HiPAC RequestThis module for direct access on data in a Danieli HiPAC PLC is only available if the license ibaPDA-Request-HiPAC is present.

  • eLuminaThis module facilitates a connection to an eLumina CCU from GEVernova. The module is only available with an ibaPDA-Interface-eLumina license. One license allows up to 16 connections. For more information please refer to the manual of ibaPDA-Interface-eLumina.

  • Interface diagnosticsBy using this module you can acquire some status information from the ibaNet-E interface.

Product name

ibaPDA-Interface-ibaNet-E (Art. no. 31.001006), basic license for 16 connections

one-step-up-Interface-ibaNet-E (Art. no. 31.101006), extension license for 16 connections

These interface licenses are required if third-party devices will communicate with ibaPDA via ibaNet-E. The extension can be added up to 15 times, i.e., a maximum of 256 connections can be used in total.