Greetings to all ...
sorry that it’s taken me so long to respond ... I was teaching last week - plus trying to get things in order for two trips out of town - (one for pleasure and one for work) - plus juggling jury duty - etc. - etc. ... I’m sure that you all know the drill ... anyway ...
first of all, thanks to TWControls and to geniusintraining for the kind compliments - and for the recommendations ...
frankly I’m not too comfortable discussing this type of “business” on the forum - but since this thread was opened here (and my name was mentioned), I’ll just cover a few things to bring everyone up to date ...
jim-garcia has sent copies of two of his RSLogix5000 programs to my boss ... one is for ControlLogix - the other for CompactLogix ... I’ve skimmed through these VERY briefly ... included in these two programs are not only a lot of ladder logic routines, but also numerous files of structured text programming - and numerous files of function block programming ... and the function blocks contain at least ten loops which are controlled by PIDE instructions ... in addition, according to the comments in the CompactLogix program, there is a “PLC-Based HMI” system attached which makes use of the PLC’s logic to administer a rather extensive system of “passwords and security” features for different “groups” and classifications of users ... I don’t have a copy of the HMI system program, so I’m not sure if that’s part of what Jim wants to cover also ...
in other words, this is a LOT of stuff ... now I’ll try to get in touch with jim-garcia (off the forum) and see if we can work out something that will meet his specific needs ...