Hardware Support & Drivers

RICADO communicates natively with a wide range of industrial controllers, PLCs, and remote I/O modules. Below is a list of officially supported drivers available in our ecosystem.

Industrial Protocols & PLCs

Omron FINS

Native communication with Omron PLCs via Ethernet (TCP/UDP).

Omron Driver

Modbus TCP & UDP

Standard implementation for connecting to Remote I/O, VSDs, and generic PLCs.

Modbus Driver

Unitronics PCOM

Proprietary binary and ASCII protocol for Unitronics Vision and Samba series.

Unitronics Driver

Allen Bradley

Native support for CompactLogix and ControlLogix processors via EtherNet/IP (CIP).

Harvest Wireless

Support for Harvest SRR, LRR and XLR devices via a local receiver.

Harvest Website

LoRaWAN

Integration with wide-area wireless sensor networks via The Things Stack.

The Things Stack

Mettler Toledo

SICS protocol support for high-precision industrial floor scales.

Mettler Driver

Avery Weigh-Tronix

Ethernet communication for ZM series and legacy indicators.

Avery Driver

Supported Hardware

The following is a list of standard hardware that has been validated for use with the RICADO platform. While many other devices are supported via generic protocols (like Modbus), these specific models have dedicated testing or driver support.

Type	Brand	Supported Models	Protocol
PLC	Omron	NJ/NX, CP/CJ Series	FINS (TCP/UDP)
PLC	Allen Bradley	ControlLogix, CompactLogix	EtherNet/IP (CIP)
PLC	Unitronics	Vision, Samba Series	PCOM
PLC	Schneider Electric	M221, M241, M251	Modbus TCP
VSD	Schneider Electric	Altivar Series	Modbus TCP
VSD	Vacon	20, 100, 20X, 100X, Series	Modbus RTU/TCP
Power Meter	Schneider Electric	PowerLogic Series	Modbus TCP
Power Meter	Omron	KM Series	Modbus RTU
Remote I/O	Moxa	ioLogik E1200 Series	Modbus TCP
Remote I/O	Moxa	ioThinx 4510 Series	Modbus TCP
Scale	Mettler Toledo	ACT350	SICS
Scale	Avery Weigh-Tronix	ZM201	SMA