text: <s>[INST] Optix Question. Is there a way to connect Optix to a SLC5/04 PLC outside of utilizing FTLinx Gateway as the RA Ethernet/IP driver does not have the support. [/INST] SLC 5/03  5/04  5/05 each have two physical communications ports on the front.  Port 1 is RS232 and can be configured as DF1, DH-485, or ASCII.  Port 0 is DH-485, DH+, or Ethernet for SLC 5/03,  5/04,  5/05, respectively.\n You asked about using the RA EtherNet/IP driver with the SLC 5/04 which has a RS232 port and a DH+ port... neither is CIP enabled thus not directly compatible with the RA EtherNet/IP driver.   A communications gateway could be used to convert the protocol from RA EtherNet/IP to DH-485, DF1, or DH+.  I don't know if a gateway exit that can convert RA EtherNet/IP to another protocol.  FT Optix RA EtherNet/IP - Logix Staton is only for native Logix5000 tag data.  Besides the traditional hardware gateway, you could use a software gateway or even OPC UA server such as FTLinx Gateway.\n Besides the RA EtherNet/IP driver, there is a MIcroControllerDriver pictured below via FT Optix v1.3.0.280 (beta).  Notice it supports Micro800, MicroLogix1400, PLC  and SLC via FTOptic runtime on a PC.  For the picture below, I am running FT Optix via the FT Hub where FT Optix Design Studio is running in the cloud and I am only using a web browser on my PC.  This is a convenient way to try various version (or beta) w/o installing it locally on my PC.\n </s>