Can Allen-Bradley PLCs with Ethernet connectivity talk to ECOMs?
Directly this is not possible for the ECOM but there is a way using the ECOM100. The ECOM can send UDP/IP packets, but the Allen-Bradley could not get them into its memory; and vise versa. The only way to do this would be to put a PC on the network that would act as the gateway and translate the protocols between them. However, our ECOM100s support Modbus TCP (client & server) and with the proper module on the Allen-Bradley side (e.g. Prosoft) these could talk directly.
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