Applying Communication Driver Files
Overwrite the following three files in the C\CIMON\XpanelDesigner 2.53.
1. EtherDriver.dll
Copy and paste the following files into the C:\CIMON\XpanelDesigner 2.53\ARM\Drv path.
1. ABLogicEtherNetIP.dll
Communication Setup: Allen Bradley Logix PLC
FirstBefore setting up the EtherNet/IP device in the XpanelDesigner, open the project with the desired tags in the Allen Bradley Studio 5000 software. A file with “‘.L5X” L5X’ file extension must be created in order to import the tags into XpanelDesigner. To create the L5X file, follow the steps below:
Click [File] - → [Save As]. This will open a file browser to save the L5X file.
Go to the desired file directory.
Enter the file name for the L5X file.
Choose ‘Logic ‘Save as type’ as ‘Logix Designer XML File (*.L5X)’ in the ‘Save as type' dropdown menu.
Click [Save]‘Save’.
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Communication Setup: Xpanel
Create a New Device
In order to create a new device by clicking , click [Tools] - → [I/O DeviceDevices] or clicking click the 
icon in the toolbar. Once the I‘I/O device configuration Device Configuration’ window appears, follows follow the steps below:
Click [New Device]‘New Device’.
Name the I‘I/O device Device’ with a your desired name.
Choose ‘Ethernet Device' from the 'I/O Device Type’Device’.
Click [Ok]
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‘Ok’.
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Note: Only a maximum of one ‘Allen Bradley Logix EtherNet/IP’ Device device is allowed per Xpanel, but the ; however, one ‘Allen Bradley Logix EtherNet/IP’ Device device can have multiple stations.
Select Device Type
Once When the Ethernet ‘Ethernet Communication Configuration Configuration’ window appears, follow the steps below:
Choose ‘Allen Bradley Logix EtherNet/IP’ as the ‘Device Type’.
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Select a Station
Move to the [Station] tab of at the ‘Ethernet Communication Configuration’ dialog box and select click [Add Station]. When the station configuration dialog box appears, follow the steps below:
Enter the desired station name.
Enter the IP address of the Logix controller.
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Select an L5X File
To import tags, a file with 'the ‘.L5X' L5X’ extension must be chosen. Click the button to To select an L5X file created from Allen Bradley Logix software, click the button. Once the button is clicked, the file browser will appear and choose the desired L5X file.
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Import Tags
Once the L5X file is selected, the 'Add Tags' ‘Add Tags’ dialog box will appear. To create a set of tags to the tag database, follow the steps below:1.
Select the desired tags on the list on the left
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side
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To select multiple tags: press
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‘ctrl’ and click on the desired tags.
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To select all tags: click on the first tag on the list
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on the left, scroll down
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until the last tag is displayed on the same list,
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and press ‘shift’, and click on the last tag name on the list.
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Click the ‘>>’ button to import the selected tags to the list on the right
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If a tag needs to be removed from the imported list on the right side, click on the tag to be removed and click
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the ‘<<’ button.
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Select all the tags listed on the imported tag list
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on the right
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Right-click on the selected tags and click
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‘Create Tag’. This will create the tags in the tag database with corresponding tag types.
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Once finished with importing tags, click
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‘Ok’ to save the imported tags.
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Note: As shown in the figures below, the imported tags on the right side have indices assigned to them. These indices will be used as the I/O Address of the tag in the tag database.
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Create Tags
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Save
After clicking [Ok] in the station configuration dialog box, a station will be created under the EIP device as shown in the figure below. Click [Save] to save the steps performed above.
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Xpanel supports the following tag data typetypes:
BOOL
SINT
INT
DINT
REAL
STRING*
It also supports the above data types that are 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensional. However, it does not support the Logix data structuresstructure, which includes Module-Defined data types, Predefined data types (with the exception of STRING), Add-On-Defined data types, and User-Defined data types.
* User-defined STRING type is not supported. Only the default Logix STRING data type (allowing a maximum of 82 characters) is supported.
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Note About Alias Tags
When using alias tags, the tag that is being pointed to should be ports a port on the I/O modules. Also, an alias tag cannot point to another tag that is an alias.
Notes About Supported Models
This driver can only be used at the ARM core models. Not supported PC based CM-NP/iNP series.