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PLCs in manufacturing

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