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== Allen-Bradley Ethernet

The Allen-Bradley Ethernet protocol encapsulates a DF1 protocol body to transfer data. The PLC4X driver currently only
supports the protected typed logical read with a limited number of data types.

=== Connection

The connection string looks as follows: `ab-eth://<ip-address>/<station>`

The field address: `N<file>:<offset></bitnumber>:<datatype>[<numberofbytes>]`. The following data types are available
at the moment: SINBLEBIT (requires bitnumber to be set), WORD (2 byte integer), DWORD (4 byte integer), INTEGER (returns
the number of bytes requested as an array, for other data types <numberofbytes> will be ignored).

Example of a SINGLEBIT read: `N10:22/5:SINGLEBIT` (file 10, offset 22, bitnumber 5)

Example of a WORD read: `N10:84:WORD` (file 10, offset 84, 2 byte integer)