Electrorecycler
Member
Ok, so I've been reading through older forum posts trying to understand how this works. I'm more confused than when I started.
I'm trying to send a message from 1 PLC (micrologix 1100) to another (SLC 5/03) in order to achieve a remote shut down. I'm fairly new to this kind of PLC control...in fact I've never used the MSG function. At the moment I'm simply trying to get the two PLCs to communicate over RS232, which currently I've had no luck.
Once I manage to establish communications, I simply wish to send a write message from the Micrologix 1100 to turn on a bit in the SLC5/03. Eventually this will be done on a larger scale, with all the PLCs being networked via Ethernet. We're working toward installing a remote shutdown for emergency purposes.
Any help would be appreciated as I'm not even sure where to start!
Thanks.
I'm trying to send a message from 1 PLC (micrologix 1100) to another (SLC 5/03) in order to achieve a remote shut down. I'm fairly new to this kind of PLC control...in fact I've never used the MSG function. At the moment I'm simply trying to get the two PLCs to communicate over RS232, which currently I've had no luck.
Once I manage to establish communications, I simply wish to send a write message from the Micrologix 1100 to turn on a bit in the SLC5/03. Eventually this will be done on a larger scale, with all the PLCs being networked via Ethernet. We're working toward installing a remote shutdown for emergency purposes.
Any help would be appreciated as I'm not even sure where to start!
Thanks.