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Hi. I'm currently working on a project that requires upgrading a slave PLC FlexLogic to Compact GuardLogix 1769-L36ERMS. This slave PLC...
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Hello everyone, A client has asked us to change a bit of logic on his PLC. Our job is to put a new transmitter, reading it with Modbus RTU. He...
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Hello everyone. Is the PLC CJ1M CPU13 capable of online editing? Or only downloads that will stop the PLC? Thank you.
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Hi, I am experimenting with different devices & am battling the connection sizes. At present, have a 1734-AENT/C, 1xOB8 & 1xIB8 I have tried...
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Hello all. If I want to create a recipe in an excel spreadsheet on the network shared file), then download it to a PV+, does that require FTView...
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When i try to run my program in simulator mode, i get "TIMEOUT ERROR" I first click on simulator ON icon And After this when i click on WRITE TO...
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HI all, I have a NS screen with a current program in it working fine. It was done by a machine builder using NS Design software. I want to add...
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Hello all! I am fairly new to the world of PLC's and this forum, so I apologize for my lack of knowledge. I have a Powerflex 753 that keeps...
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I call this "slightly off topic" because my model railroad layout is controlled by a PLC. Christmas themed trains running on the layout, one at a...
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Had an interesting experience this morning. An old Panelview 600, 2711-K6C5X series B to be precise, comes up as error 32. Unfortunately it...
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Hey guys, has anyone worked with any type of Keyence PLC and could share their experience with it? Vendor showed me camera footage reply of a work...
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Hi All CPU 1517F-3, Drives G120C Working on a project that is under development, so more IO will be added as we go along, to keep my drives out...
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It is that time again, No news, but as for rumors I have heard that we may hear something more at Automation Fair this year. Anyone hear/know...
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Hi everyone, I am new to this amazing world of PLC, well... I mean, in practice, since I already knew electronics, programming languages, IT, and...
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Well actually I'm a person and not a fan but either way. I'm an old in-my-60's PLC guy and I recently had a project which spec'ed for a...
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Hello all, I hope you're all doing well. I am a complete newbie with a program sent by the manufacturer. I want to use it on a different plc, as...
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I have an old Siemens program to modify. It was written in Step7 V5.5, and I want to use DP_SEND and DP_RECV (SFC14 and 15). I have downloaded...
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So I've been told time and time again that a PID (or PIDE) instruction should never be conditionally enabled/disabled and the only thing that...
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I have a GuardLogix PLC with safety inputs of HMI, Estops, Light Curtains, and Gates. Is it considered safe for the safety program to monitor the...
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Hi, I’m having trouble connecting to the HMI on our brewhouse PLC. The PLC is a S7-1500 and the HMI is a tp2200 comfort, connected via ethernet...
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Hi, I am attempting to turn on an output for one second, every thirty seconds, but am having some trouble. I have a XIC with S:1/15 (first pass)...
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We have a project where we have the 1756-L82Es in redundancy with Remote IO Backplant via EN2TRs. Everything works and is redundant but we can...
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Scenario: This is for a system that has a PV800 user interface (connected to a Micro850 PLC) programmed with CCW. There are various control...
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Can someone with Drive Executive please save me a printout of the parameters for this drive in this file. I'm in a bind and would greatly...
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