Manufacturing › Connected Plant
PLC Controllers
Writes are OFF by default, and that is deliberate: a write to a running machine is a physical action, and the safest configuration is the one where a misconfigured screen cannot take one.
Where to find it
- Module: Manufacturing
- Group: Equipment
- Section: Connected Plant
- Screen: PLC Controllers
Address in the console: /mfg/plc-controllers
List · 12 columns · 18 fields on its form · 2 of them required · 1 action
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Controller | Code | controller_no |
| Name | Text | name |
| Vendor | Status | vendor |
| Protocol | Status | protocol |
| Endpoint | Code | endpoint |
| Machine | Code | equipment_no |
| Tags | Number | tags |
| Writes | Text | writes_enabled |
| Second approval | Text | write_requires_approval |
| Pending | Number | writes_pending |
| Last seen | Date and time | last_connected_at |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name required | Text | ||
| Vendor | Choice | siemens, rockwell, mitsubishi, omron, schneider, beckhoff, abb, delta, keyence, fanuc, other | |
| Model | Text | ||
| Protocol required | Choice | Configuration list | OPC UA subscribes and Modbus polls, and the difference decides how the whole integration behaves under a network fault. |
| Endpoint | Text | ||
| Rack | Number | ||
| Slot | Number | ||
| Unit id | Number | ||
| Security | Choice | none, sign, sign_encrypt, tls, vpn_only | |
| Credential reference | Text | ||
| Machine | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Work center | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Reached through gateway | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Poll interval (ms) | Number | ||
| This platform may write to it | Yes or no | ||
| A write needs a second person | Yes or no | ||
| Status | Choice | configured, connected, degraded, disconnected, disabled | |
| Notes | Long text |
What you can do here
Tags
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.