Communication Between Multiple PLCs and Factory IO

Hello everyone,

I’m currently working on an ICS project and I need to simulate communication between different PLCs using Factory IO. So far, I have only worked with a single virtual PLC (using CODESYS) and OPC DA to communicate with Factory IO. However, I am wondering if it is possible to have multiple PLCs (for distributed automation) running simultaneously and how to set this up.

It doesn’t necessarily have to use the same softwares I used before, but it would be great if anyone could suggest a simple way to do this.

Thank you in advance for your help!