The CFX Gateway has the following characteristics:

• Provides CFX capabilities to one or more devices controlled by a single PLC
• Can communicate with multiple PLCs
• Communicates with any PLC that is integrated with an OPC UA Server
• Supports third party OPC servers such as Kepware, Matrikon, and others
• Doesn't require any custom programming on the PLC-side or on the FactoryLogix side
• Permits two-way communication between a PLC-controlled device and a CFX-compliant entity
• Runs on a Windows or Linux operating systems
• Uses Microsoft .NET 6

Allows a PLC-controlled device to appear as a CFX-compliant machine

CFX core capabilities

The CFX Gateway provides the following CFX core capabilities:

• • EndPointConnected
  • EndPointShuttingDown

CFX Track and Trace capabilities

The CFX Gateway provides the following CFX Track and Trace capabilities:

• • ValidateUnitsRequest
  • ValidateUnitsResponse
  • WorkStarted
  • WorkStageStarted
  • WorkStageCompleted
  • WorkCompleted
  • StationStateChanged
  • UnitsTested
  • UnitsInspected
  • UnitsDisqualified

CFX Recipes capabilities

The CFX Gateway provides the following CFX Recipes capabilities:

• • RecipeActivated

CFX Station Information capabilities

The CFX Gateway provides the following CFX Station capabilities:

• • FaultOccurred
  • FaultCleared
  • LogEntryRecorded