AB practice rig

Hello all!

My name is Joe, I'm new here on this forum and am excited to get started.

I'm fairly new to PLC programming, though I've been lucky enough to recently attend a couple Rockwell training courses for work. The thing is at my job I probably won't touch another PLC for a few months and with this fresh knowledge, if I don't use it, I'll lose it! So I want to setup a simple practice rig, preferably an Allen Bradley PLC which I can program using RSLogix5000. My job uses one CompactLogix PLC (CPU: 1769-L32E) with four IO modules(1 DI, 1 DO, 1 AI, 1 AO) and the backplane.

My first thought is to buy a second identical hardware setup at work, to act as both a practice rig and a spare system in case of any failures, although this solution would be pretty expensive.

Is there a cheaper way to go as far as an Allen Bradley plc which I can program using RSLogix5000? If not, maybe I could start off with just a CPU, backplane, the Digital IO modules and add more modules later.

Hello and welcome to the forum, having the back up is a good idea another option is buying a used set on ebay

This is our ControlLogix trainer http://www.plccable.com/allen-bradl...ining-controllogix-compactlogix-rslogix-5000/

Its a L23e so not good for a back up on your machine but its a good little trainer

Great, thanks so much!

That trainer setup is nice. I'll see what I can find as far as a backup L32E CPU and modules, used might be a good option. Depending what I can find for the price, I will consider either the trainer or an identical spare setup at this point.