Defining an Application Note to Connect the IDEC FC6A with the ABB ACS580 on EtherNet/IP OVERVIEW IDEC recently came to Lakeland Engineering Equipment Company to develop and test an application note on how to configure the IDEC FC6A Plus MicroSmart PLC to communicate on EtherNet/IP with a variable frequency drive (VFD). The PLC product manager at IDEC challenged all Automation Field Sales Engineers (AFSE) to test [...]