Hi all, great forum. I've been programming PLCs for a number of years but it has always been straight forward digital I/O nothing fancy or complicated. I've got a project where I need to monitor the voltage and amperage for 12, single phase motors (4-120vac, 8-220vac and range from 4-12amps) and output the readings to a Panel View 550. I have a MicroLogix 1500 and a several SLC 5/02 - 04s but have not decided which I will use since this is a rather small project and we have no budget and I don't have an Net AIC yet but by answering my question might help me determine which one to use.
My question: are there any I/O modules out there for any of these PLCs that I'm not seeing in their catalog for directly taking voltage or current readings... or what would be the easiest and cheapest way to obtain these readings so I can port them to my PV550.
Any advice would be great
My question: are there any I/O modules out there for any of these PLCs that I'm not seeing in their catalog for directly taking voltage or current readings... or what would be the easiest and cheapest way to obtain these readings so I can port them to my PV550.
Any advice would be great