Data Sources (CIP)

The CIP Data Source connects directly to PLCs supporting the Common Industrial Protocol (e.g. Allen Bradley Control Logix, OMRON NJ Series) to read and write Tags

Create a new Data Source

A Data Source can be defined in Sym3 using the Project Explorer > Data Sources>[Right Click] >[New Source]>[CIP]

Note: Browsing is not supported for CIP Data Sources.

Select the newly created Data Source and in the Property Editor.

Fill in the address of the PLC in the Hostname field. Add an optional port number to use: <ipaddress><:ipport>. The default is 44818. E.g. 10.200.115.27:22222.

Add the Path to the CPU e.g. 1.1.

OR

Adding a CIP Tag

Click on the Property Editor option in the Ribbon bar to open the Property Editor Panel.

Create Tags in the Tag Manager Window using the + button.

Enter a Name for the Tag in Sym3 and the Data Source for the Tag.

Entering a Data Type for tags is optional except BOOL arrays and STRING tags

The Tag Address is the Symbolic Tag Name on the PLC.

• The Symbolic Tag Name is not case sensitive

• Invalid characters (space)!@%^&*()-+=~`;<>?|{}"'

• The Symbolic Tag Name must begin with alphabetical character or underscore

• The character after ':' must be alphanumeric

• The character after '.' must be alphanumeric

• The character after '[' must be numeric

• The character after '_' must be alphanumeric

• The character after ']' (if any) must be alphanumeric

• The Symbolic Tag Name must end with alphanumeric or ']'

Browsing for tags

In the tag manager:

- Click on ‘Browse’ button

- Select your datasource

- If the PLC in active and Sym3 can connect to it, all tags are available

- Double-click on tag you want to add to your project or multiple select then and click the ‘Add To Tag Database’