Hello everyone,

I'm working on a project with Elipse E3 V6.0
It is using shared driver to communicate with a PLC (CompactLogix) via Ethernet IP.
We have an automation system in about 30 doors and the supervisory system animates them opening/closing/locking etc.
The screen is communicating slowly, sometimes it takes 30 seconds to read the update on the PLC.
Is there a way to speed up communication? is there a troubleshooting for this problem?
We are using Xcontrol / Xobject for the doors, and they have shared driver (as mentioned above)

Any help is appreciated,

Thank you

 

Are you 100% sure that the settings for the communication are set correctly? Sometimes the default is not the best.
In various systems you can set for example a "wait to send" parameter. This means that the system waits a short while in order to let the signals become stable (after switching read/write) before actually sending. A setting of just a few msec. can already lead to a lot of speed increase.
Are you also sure that there are no communication errors or retries on the signals?
What specific type of physical interface are you using? Ethernet/RS-485/422?
Are you using the correct cabling as well as cabling terminations for your phyisical interface type?
gr. Patrick

 

55 pages of troubleshooting from the folks who license Ethernet/IP:

https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/at/enet-at003_-en-p.pdf

 

55 pages of troubleshooting from the folks who license Ethernet/IP:

https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/at/enet-at003_-en-p.pdf

Thank you