Establish a Unicast Implicit Connection - In-Sight 5.x.x Firmware

If the vision system is has In-Sight 5.x.x firmware version installed, the following steps must be taken to transfer data between an In-Sight vision system and a ControlLogix or CompactLogix PLC on an EtherNet/IP network, depending on the version of RSLogix 5000 being used to program the PLC.

RSLogix 5000, Version 14-19

  1. Establish the connection using a Generic ETHERNET-MODULE. For more information, see Establish the Connection Using a Generic ETHERNET-MODULE.

RSLogix 5000, Version 20+

  1. Install the EDS files included with In-Sight Explorer software. For more information, see Install the EDS Files.
  2. Establish the connection using the EDS generated profile. For more information, see Establish the Connection Using the EDS Generated Profile.