russrmartin
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I have a client who purchased a sheet metal bending machine from a company called IMS-Powerfold about 16 years ago.
It looks to me like the company is no longer in business. The machine has a 9030 PLC in it. They have the old logicmaster file on a floppy disk.
I obtained a demo version of Proficy and attempted to import the file but was unsuccessful. The CPU looks to be empty, I know one of their staff in troubleshooting popped the CPU out of the rack, which I believe is what emptied the thing in the first place.
Anyone have any experience with importing the old logicmaster file that might want to give it a shot and see if the issue is operator error? This is my first crack at GE hardware and software, so the confidence level is not high.
As a long shot, also, if you happen to know anything about Powerfold and if they perhaps were bought out or something, please feel free to indicate what you might know. Any and all suggestions are welcome, as right now I fear their best case scenario could be having the whole thing reverse engineered/code rewritten.
It looks to me like the company is no longer in business. The machine has a 9030 PLC in it. They have the old logicmaster file on a floppy disk.
I obtained a demo version of Proficy and attempted to import the file but was unsuccessful. The CPU looks to be empty, I know one of their staff in troubleshooting popped the CPU out of the rack, which I believe is what emptied the thing in the first place.
Anyone have any experience with importing the old logicmaster file that might want to give it a shot and see if the issue is operator error? This is my first crack at GE hardware and software, so the confidence level is not high.
As a long shot, also, if you happen to know anything about Powerfold and if they perhaps were bought out or something, please feel free to indicate what you might know. Any and all suggestions are welcome, as right now I fear their best case scenario could be having the whole thing reverse engineered/code rewritten.