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Customer want to use contactor for their 5HP motor blower application. im leaning to VFD. anyone use contractor for blower application...
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Hello, I'm working on a protocol named "BitBus" which use a SDLC protocol for encapsulation. This protocol contains start & End Flag, but when i...
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Looking for a supplier of Layer 3 Network Switches DIN RAIL MOUNT, in Alabama, In the UK we would use Typically in the UK we would use...
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Hello all, We have a machine that has a 1756-L55 controller revision 10.24. In your opinion at what point is it time to upgrade a controller after...
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Hi All, Someone at work has put a PLC system on my desk, that's just been taken off an idle production line. He said "It's an S7 PLC. We don't...
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Hello I have a s7-1200 and I would like to read the tags present in this controller with my controllogix controller. The two controllers don't use...
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Can anyone tell me how to make an array, say a DINT [16] in CCW for a Micro820? The tag editor seems to be forcing me to make a tag for each...
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So I'm pretty new around here but I come looking for advice or suggestions to research. Im the plant electrician/SCADA guy for a warer department...
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Hello, I've searched long and hard for this and found a great thread from 2008 about animating pipes and it turned out it was a bit of a flame...
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Hi, I have a ControlLogix system with 1756-IF16 analogue inputs. I can't scale the inputs at the card as there is a requirement to facilitate...
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Kindly, if we enable the routing on the Rockwell Stratix 5700 switch, as in the below link, will it cause any trouble? Like for axis motion...
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I have established an online connection to a machine using an S314 processor. I am using an mpi connector and simatic manager. The online...
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Hi Everyone, i was hoping for a little help with this module. i have data that needs to be read from a different plc through the Modbus plus...
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I have an existing machine that we are adding some functionality. Currently every cable such as a cable going out to a 4-20 psi sensor for example...
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Anyone know of a cheap foundation fieldbus communicator? Something like the USB 8486 H1, but one that does not cost $3k? Thanks, Trevor EDIT: I...
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Hi everyone, new to forum. Since very long time i having issue with 1734-AENT module, after some period of time its keep stuck in error (simmilar...
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After some interesting conversation regarding the safety of emergency stops, I saw some posts talking about the safety standard conversation...
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Has anyone done SMS messaging from an Omron CJ2J-CPU31 PLC? If so could you help please. Omron here in Oz have not had any experience doing this...
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Hello Everyone, I have a issue with communication between two different PLCs. So here is the facts, The Master PLC is Guard Logix 5069 with IP...
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Hi all, I am looking forward for all available PLC code conversion tools or links for the companies which provides such conversions. Thanks in...
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I have a micro1400 processor running two routines (transfer compression/compression molding press). Recipe parameters are stored from job to job...
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Hi, I'm working on Mitsubishi MR-J5-70A amplifier, and need some advice on selecting fuse size. Main power is 1ph 240VAC, and in the manual, it...
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Good Day to all of you, this is my first post, i will try to explain as best as possible, english is not my natural language. I am performing an...
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Hi, I am looking to migrate some of our Electronic Overloads off of a Troublesome Devicenet Segment. Is there any documentation confirming the...
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Hi all, i have 8 CJ2m plc units that show different numbers on the plc display and i am stuck on reading the info. my unit has an ip address of...
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