PLC - Ignition Connection (Disconnected: Protocol: EIP - Run Mode)

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Hello everyone,

I am trying to connect my PLC to Ignition, but I get the error message below. My Ignition Designer is in a VM, and I can ping the PLC IP address from that VM. Does anyone have information on how to resolve this? Thank you!

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The gateway makes the connection to the PLC, not the designer.

  • Can you ping from the gateway to the PLC?

  • What firmware is in the PLC? (If >20, you are using the wrong driver.)

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You are correct I was using the wrong driver, thank you for your help!

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Hi,
I am facing the same kind of issue.

Connecting : Protocol: EIP - Run Mode.

Could you please help me understand what this means and suggest a solution?

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This is a question about your logix version. What version of RSLogix and/or Studio are you using? Depending on this, you will want to change which driver version you apply. Rockwell changed their driver interface around the 20/21 version split.

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I'm currently using studio 5000 V32.01

And my plc is 5380 compact logix (5069-L330ER)

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Perfect. Make sure you are connecting using this driver:

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Ok I'll check and let you know

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good morning...i have somwhat of a similar issue...i keep losing communication to my PLC. Everything goes red for a few seconds and in the Gateway i see: "Connected: Browse pending..." and "Connecting: Download Mode"

Can i get a little assistance please?

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Download mode means some engineer or technician is messing with the PLC program.

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oh wow...no one should have access to the PLC.

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If the PLC is power cycled, it might show that briefly before the program is initialized.

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we upgraded from v7.9 to v8.3 and had issues, so then we went to v3.1 and that is where we are at now. The version upgrade was a year ago and then we went down for a water tank maintenance project. When we came back online, that is when I started getting the issue i described earlier ...i have not cycled power to the PLC.

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Awesome, that gives me an area where i can go and start troubleshooting. sounds like it is a wiring/power issue, not a gateway issue.

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Is it stuck in download mode? Are you sure the PLC didn't lose its program after a power cycle? (Bad battery on old CPU, perhaps?)

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i can see the PLC in RSLinx and i can go online in my laptop, but in one of our machines that is a client that has RSlinx and RSLogix 5000 in it, i lose connection when ever Ignition loses comms. so it comes and goes.
it is only that one PLC.

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Then it is a problem in your network or in the hardware, not in Ignition.

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i just thought since i can see it through my laptop i thought maybe it was in the Gateway. Awesome, thank you sir for your help, greatly appreciate :sign_of_the_horns: