
EQ7000 - EtherNet/IP to Data Highway Plus
The EQ7000 interfaces EtherNet/IP and AB Ethernet devices with Allan-Bradley's DH+ networks. This gateway is a lightweight, Din-Rail mounted, DC powered network interface bridge. The EQ7000 was designed to allow EtherNet/IP devices to communicate to nodes on the DH+ network. The purpose of the EQ7000 is to eliminate the need for a ControlLogix with EtherNet/IP and DHRIO modules in order to bridge DH+ to EtherNet/IP. Currently it is only possible to send messages to DH+ devices via EtherNet/IP and not able to browse the DH+ network via EtherNet/IP using RSLinx. This functionality will be added in the near future. EtherNet/IP Mode To communicate to nodes on the DataHighwayPlus (DH+) network using EtherNet/IP, the procedure is identical to using a ControlLogix EtherNet/IP to DH+ Bridge. When using a device like a SLC 5/05 to access the DH+ network, the message must be setup to use MultiHop addressing. Examples are given in the manual showing how to setup the MultiHop portion of the messag