Yaskawa Plci driver
This driver uses the Yaskawa PLCi API to connect to a controller.
Note
Note that the PLCi package must be installed in the PC that runs the Gateway. Can be downloaded from here.
Parameters
Aside from the common parameters described in the communication_driver docs, this driver includes:
- ip: Ip address of the Yaskawa PLC. Default = '192.168.0.1'.
Setup data
The setup data will give values to the parameters required and will specify the I/O variables info.
{
"parameters": {
"ip": "192.168.0.1",
},
"variables": {
"input": {
"datatype": "byte",
"size": 1,
"operation": "write"
},
"output": {
"datatype": "byte",
"size": 1,
"operation": "read"
}
}
}
Note
If the variable path is not specified with the @ character, the driver will assume is a global variable and will add the prefix "@GlobalVariables.".