A-B 1784-PKTXD Industrial Network Interface PC Host Card

Description of the 1784-PKTXD 2-Channel Communication Card

The 1784-PKTXD 2-channel communication card is manufactured by Allen-Bradley. This communication card uses the PCI bus.

About the 1784-PKTXD

The 1784-PKTXD card is an Allen-Bradley network interface card.

The 1784-PKTXD network interface card is used to connect a PC to a PLC controller via a Data Highway Plus (DH+) or SLC processor and a DH485 network.

This allows the device to enable simpler and more efficient data acquisition processes, which are critical for industrial applications.

The 1784-PKTXD card has an I/O scanner function, which is also available on different cards for use with soft or embedded control engines.

The 1784-PKTXD card includes a generic PCI card as a standard feature. Therefore, the card is compatible with different operating systems.

The 1784-PKTXD card can be used in environments where general programming, configuration, and monitoring functions are required from industrial equipment or computer desktops.

The 1784-PKTXD card is ideally suited for use as a network interface card. Therefore, since it is a general purpose card for interconnecting peripheral components, it must be plugged into a PCI bus slot.

If the operator is using a general purpose card, it must be plugged into a PCI bus slot with either 3.3 volt or 5 volt signals.

The 1784-PKTXD card communicates with nodes on the Data Highway Plus network.

These include the PLC-5. PLC-5/250. and SLC 5/04 processors. This component performs data transfer, management, and local network diagnostics.

The 1784-PKTXD card and the host computer exchange data through a dual-port interface.

The dual-port interface requires up to 4 KB of memory starting at the base memory address that the PCI BIOS addresses for the card when booting the PC.