Installation Instructions, PRIOR to Firmware rev. 3.0 Manual

Publication 1404-IN007D-EN-P - October 2004
Powermonitor 3000 9
Communications
Every Powermonitor 3000 comes with a native RS-485
communications port. The RS-485 port may be configured to use the
Allen-Bradley DF1 half-duplex slave protocols or Modbus
 RTU
slave. The native port is suitable for communicating to master devices
including:
• PLC-5

, SLC 500 and ControlLogix processors
• RSLinx software with DDE/OPC server functionality
• Modbus RTU Master devices
• Other third-party devices
• Software that you develop
You may also specify Powermonitor 3000 units with optional
communications ports including:
• Serial RS-232 (DF1 half-duplex or Modbus RTU slave)
• Remote I/O
• DeviceNet
• EtherNet/IP
• ControlNet
A Powermonitor 3000 may be easily integrated into a programmable
controller or computer based control and monitoring system, using
any of the communications methods listed above.