Communication with PLC devices by the TECO company (Czechia)
The EPSNET protocol

The standard solution is to communicate with
TECO PLC devices (
TECOMAT,
TECOREG, ...) by the
EPSNET monomaster protocol (the protocol comes from the definition of the transportation level of the
PROFIBUS protocol).
For this communication in the PROMOTIC system can be used:
| Type series |
Communications |
| TECOMAT TC400 |
2x serial port |
| TECOMAT TC500 |
2x serial port |
| TECOMAT TC600 |
3x serial port |
| TECOMAT TC650 |
3x serial port, 1x Ethernet |
| TECOMAT Foxtrot |
2x serial port, 1x Ethernet |
| TECOMAT TC700 |
up to 10x serial port, 2x Ethernet |
| TECOREG TR050 |
2x serial port |
| TECOREG TR200 |
2x serial port |
| TECOREG TR300 |
up to 3x serial port |
The OPC protocol
The
TECO company supplies the
OPC servers (
OPC UA and
OPC DA type) for communication with its devices.
-
OPC UA:
For this communication in the PROMOTIC system can be used:
-
OPC DA:
This type of the communication is considered obsolete and it is better to use
OPC UA.
For this communication in the PROMOTIC system can be used:
The usage
OPC (the
PmOpcUaClient communication driver or
PmaOpcDaClient object) requires purchase of the
"PmOPC" licence. When developing the application in the freeware mode
PmFree, or with
development environment and while testing it in runtime, this component is always functional.