Hi - Does anyone have experience connecting a Dorst compaction powder metal press (Bachmann MPC 293 PLC) to ignition. My research indicates that it has to be done through Modbus. But I don’t have experience with Modbus. One option from Dorst is to buy their IoT server which is quite pricey.
Thanks
You'll need to get a copy of the modbus register map for your device, as well as determine what type of modbus it supports (ASCII, RTU, TCP). The map should tell you what registers hold what values on the device. You would then need to make tags in Ignition that point at the modbus registers of the data you want to bring in.
Depending on what type of modbus is supported, you can either connect directly to the device from your server, or you might need to get a protocol converter (modbus RTU to TCP or RTU over TCP) to allow you to connect to the device.