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barry suydam

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• Jan 24, 2018

• #1

We have recently received some new equipment from a sister company.
The programmer of a feeder system used logix 5000. Why would someone use the S:FS xic or xio on just about every rung. Seems kind of redundant to me.

 

scott.lawrence

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• Jan 24, 2018

• #2

novice programmer, maybe?

 

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• Jan 24, 2018

• #3

To reset the controller's variables?
I would just add that it may be both a novice programmer set up or an old programmer set up that is used to PLC5 and maybe older stuff.

 

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• Jan 25, 2018

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Thanks for the responses. Kind of makes sense now. I am not familiar with the older PLC5 stuff. I imagine the programming was kind of archaic with the functionality being limited.

 

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• Jan 25, 2018

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Its not something that was/is (still using it) routinely in PLC-5 programming either. Scott's assessment I believe is spot-on.