Allen-Bradley 1747OCENET and QNX?

Hello!

I wonder if anybody knows if the Allen-Bradley open controller ethernet
card 1747OCENET is supported by any of the QNX 4 Net drivers.


Kind Regards,


Henrik W. Maier
Senior Software Engineer


Henrik W. Maier Diplom-Ingenieur (Professional Engineer)
Powercorp Pty Ltd
3406 Export Drive
Trade Development Zone
Northern Territory 0822 Australia
Tel: +61 (0)8 8947 0933
Fax: +61 (0)8 8947 0925
Email: henrik@pcorp.com.au
Web Site: www.pcorp.com.au


AB’s web site (www.ab.com) does not offer anything that will say about the
chip on the card.
It is probably one of the newer designs since it is able to communicate on
10 and 100 Mb/s.
You can either ask your supplier to look into that or call AB PLC support
(ah, agony of choice…)

Zeljko

“Henrik W Maier” <henrik@pcorp.com.au> wrote in message
news:3A230687.F65AE82D@pcorp.com.au

Hello!

I wonder if anybody knows if the Allen-Bradley open controller ethernet
card 1747OCENET is supported by any of the QNX 4 Net drivers.


Kind Regards,


Henrik W. Maier
Senior Software Engineer


Henrik W. Maier Diplom-Ingenieur (Professional Engineer)
Powercorp Pty Ltd
3406 Export Drive
Trade Development Zone
Northern Territory 0822 Australia
Tel: +61 (0)8 8947 0933
Fax: +61 (0)8 8947 0925
Email: > henrik@pcorp.com.au
Web Site: > www.pcorp.com.au


Actually, according to Allen Bradley, QNX is explicitly supported.

see this page: http://www.ab.com/catalogs/b113/open/open.html
(look up the top at supported OS’s. QNX is actually the first OS that they
list -
to AB’s credit, Windows and MS-DOS are the last, and second last, OS’s
listed)

“Zeljko Fucek” <veliki@istar.ca> wrote in message
news:8vv82e$f0i$1@inn.qnx.com

AB’s web site (> www.ab.com> ) does not offer anything that will say about the
chip on the card.
It is probably one of the newer designs since it is able to communicate on
10 and 100 Mb/s.
You can either ask your supplier to look into that or call AB PLC support
(ah, agony of choice…)

Zeljko

“Henrik W Maier” <> henrik@pcorp.com.au> > wrote in message
news:> 3A230687.F65AE82D@pcorp.com.au> …
Hello!

I wonder if anybody knows if the Allen-Bradley open controller ethernet
card 1747OCENET is supported by any of the QNX 4 Net drivers.


Kind Regards,


Henrik W. Maier
Senior Software Engineer


Henrik W. Maier Diplom-Ingenieur (Professional Engineer)
Powercorp Pty Ltd
3406 Export Drive
Trade Development Zone
Northern Territory 0822 Australia
Tel: +61 (0)8 8947 0933
Fax: +61 (0)8 8947 0925
Email: > henrik@pcorp.com.au
Web Site: > www.pcorp.com.au


John,

I agree, but haven’t we seen “… supports QNX” many times, and later found
out
that this is not entirely true? I personaly like to check first and then
assume certain things, definitely not fork out some money to buy expensive
stuff
just because there is a known word on the marketing brochure.

Zeljko


“John Doe” <john@csical.com> wrote in message
news:900ri5$7am$1@inn.qnx.com

Actually, according to Allen Bradley, QNX is explicitly supported.

see this page: > http://www.ab.com/catalogs/b113/open/open.html
(look up the top at supported OS’s. QNX is actually the first OS that they
list -
to AB’s credit, Windows and MS-DOS are the last, and second last, OS’s
listed)

“Zeljko Fucek” <> veliki@istar.ca> > wrote in message
news:8vv82e$f0i$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
AB’s web site (> www.ab.com> ) does not offer anything that will say about
the
chip on the card.
It is probably one of the newer designs since it is able to communicate
on
10 and 100 Mb/s.
You can either ask your supplier to look into that or call AB PLC
support
(ah, agony of choice…)

Zeljko

“Henrik W Maier” <> henrik@pcorp.com.au> > wrote in message
news:> 3A230687.F65AE82D@pcorp.com.au> …
Hello!

I wonder if anybody knows if the Allen-Bradley open controller
ethernet
card 1747OCENET is supported by any of the QNX 4 Net drivers.


Kind Regards,


Henrik W. Maier
Senior Software Engineer


Henrik W. Maier Diplom-Ingenieur (Professional Engineer)
Powercorp Pty Ltd
3406 Export Drive
Trade Development Zone
Northern Territory 0822 Australia
Tel: +61 (0)8 8947 0933
Fax: +61 (0)8 8947 0925
Email: > henrik@pcorp.com.au
Web Site: > www.pcorp.com.au


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“Zeljko Fucek” <veliki@istar.ca> wrote in message
news:901i30$109$1@inn.qnx.com

John,

I agree, but haven’t we seen “… supports QNX” many times, and later
found
out
that this is not entirely true? I personaly like to check first and then
assume certain things, definitely not fork out some money to buy expensive
stuff
just because there is a known word on the marketing brochure.

Zeljko

I agree.

I would buy one system (or contact the vendor and get an eval unit if
possible), and test it. If it was purchased, and didn’t work with QNX,
the presence of the explicit mention on the web page is certainly
sufficient grounds to return the product for a full refund. This would
definately be faster than trying to get the info from the local vendor,
or AB tech support.

I would do this, regardless of what O/S I was planning to run on a
piece of hardware…