GE Fanuc Driver

Introduction

The GE Fanuc Driver in Fernhill SCADA supports these PLC Devices:

Model Name	Description
GE Fanuc Series 90 Micro	Compact PLC
GE Fanuc Series 90-20	Compact PLC
GE Fanuc Series 90-30	Rack Based PLC
GE Fanuc Series 90-70	Rack Based PLC

The Fernhill SCADA Driver for GE Fanuc PLCs supports these data types: %I, %Q, %M, %AI, %AQ, %R.

Fernhill SCADA GE Fanuc Tags

The GE Fanuc driver provides these tag types to support communication with GE Fanuc PLC Devices:

Icon	Tag Type	Version	Description
	GE Fanuc Serial Channel Tag	3.74	A serial port used for GE Fanuc serial communications.
	GE Fanuc PLC Tag	3.74	An GE Fanuc PLC Tag.

To configure Fernhill SCADA to communicate with a GE Fanuc PLC do the following:

Create and configure a GE Fanuc Serial Channel Tag.
Create a GE Fanuc PLC Tag. Set the Channel property of the GE Fanuc PLC Tag to the channel tag you created in step 1.
Create I/O Data Point Tags to represent the data in the GE Fanuc PLC. For each I/O Data Point Tag you create:
- Set the IODataSource property to the name of the GE Fanuc PLC Tag you created in step 2.
- Set the IOItemName property to a GE Fanuc Data Address.

Fernhill SCADA I/O Data Point Tags

You can use these I/O Data Point Tags to represent individual data points in the PLC:

Tag Type	Version	Description
I/O Analog Data Point Tag	3.12	Maps an Analog Data Point Tag to an external data source.
I/O Digital Data Point Tag	3.12	Maps a Digital Data Point Tag to an external data source.
I/O Word Data Point Tag	3.12	Maps a 16-bit Word Data Point Tag to an external data source.
I/O Double Word Data Point Tag	3.12	Maps a 32-bit Double Word Data Point Tag to an external data source.
I/O Long Word Data Point Tag	3.48	Maps a 64-bit Long Word Data Point Tag to an external data source.

Autodetect Wizard

The GE Fanuc Serial Autodetect Wizard searches serial ports for GE Fanuc PLC Devices. The Wizard tries different combinations of parameters to try and find PLC Devices. If a PLC is found, the wizard will automatically create the correct configuration to communicate with the PLC.

Further Information

GE Fanuc PLC Data Address

To learn how to choose a data location in a GE Fanuc PLC.

Serial Communications

For background information on serial communications.

Fernhill SCADA Drivers

For information about other drivers available in Fernhill SCADA.

Glossary

For the meaning of terms used in Fernhill SCADA.