About ABGateway
Can communicate with the following Allen-Bradley PLCs

- PLC5 Family
- SLC 500 Family
- Control Logix
- ABGateway can access any data table in the memory of these PLCs. It is not designed to access the program files or edit the program files.

ABGateway can use the following interfaces to communicate to the Allen-Bradley PLCs
- Serial DF1 full Duplex - A USB to serial converter is required
- Ethernet Direct to PLCs with an Ethernet port
- Ethernet to a pyramid integrator then to a data highway Plus network of PLCs
- Ethernet to a Control Logix Gateway then to a data highway Plus network of PLCs
- Ethernet to a Control Logix rack and then access tags directly
- Once ABGateway is configured to talk to your PLCs you can:-
- View data table values with the inbuilt data table monitor.
- Use applescript to read and write values from PLC data tables. You can for example read some data table values and put them into an Excel spreadsheet for display or reporting.
- Use your own application to access the PLC data tables.
- Use Consultant —— Control Plus SCADA program for the Macintosh.