The Plc Kid
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I have a project that i am looking at for a customer as a side job. I have a rough drawing of what they want in visio and is attached. I know the problems of using unmanaged swithes with ethernet ip but this palnt wants one managed switch and two 5 port unmanaged. The unmanaged is simply to connect the panelview and the point i/o blocks together with only one cable coming from the main control cabinet.
What kinds of issues will this cause if any? the managed stratix will be between the clx and the point i/o blocks and the 2 remote panelviews.This will be a 2 station setup for now but may expand to 6. They also have the idea of using panelview component vs pv plus. Problem is component does not talk ethernet ip it is the pcc encapsulation for slc/micrologix ethernet which would mean 2 protocols on the same wire? Problems? Or could this be controlled in the stratix? I know to use pv component i would have to use the slc addressing in the clx. It is very clunky but they are on a tight budget and i can't seem to change their minds to go pv plus and managed switches all the way? Advise please
I have a project that i am looking at for a customer as a side job. I have a rough drawing of what they want in visio and is attached. I know the problems of using unmanaged swithes with ethernet ip but this palnt wants one managed switch and two 5 port unmanaged. The unmanaged is simply to connect the panelview and the point i/o blocks together with only one cable coming from the main control cabinet.
What kinds of issues will this cause if any? the managed stratix will be between the clx and the point i/o blocks and the 2 remote panelviews.This will be a 2 station setup for now but may expand to 6. They also have the idea of using panelview component vs pv plus. Problem is component does not talk ethernet ip it is the pcc encapsulation for slc/micrologix ethernet which would mean 2 protocols on the same wire? Problems? Or could this be controlled in the stratix? I know to use pv component i would have to use the slc addressing in the clx. It is very clunky but they are on a tight budget and i can't seem to change their minds to go pv plus and managed switches all the way? Advise please