Slc500 1747-l40a

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I'm trying to program a SLC500. It's 1747-L40A.

I looked up an online manual and it sounds like this model does not have the internal calendar clock tags I can use. I just wanted to confirm. Using RSLogix500, I created a new RSS file then selected this model as the controller but the tag address editor still lists S39 ~ S44 as if those tags are avaiable. But if I use any of tags, I get an error (excessive element numbers)

Also, on the same RSS file, I cannot chose the 1.0 timer base. It only lets me select 0.01 or 0.001 timer base otherwise I get an error when I verify the program. Also it does not let me set the timer preset more than 100000. Am I doing something wrong? Or is this PLC just a very old model with many limitations?
 
Short answer: "...it's a very old model with many limitations".


1747-L40P: discontinued 11-1-2007
1747-L40E: discontinued 1-31-2012
1747-L40B: discontinued 1-31-2009
I used RA's product lifecycle status search:
https://www.rockwellautomation.com/...ility-migration/product-lifecycle-status.html
Interestingly, it doesn't list any other -L40 models, but I suspect they all were discontinued in that time frame.



I remember encountering the lack of real time clock registers before, but it's been a while since I worked with one of these. Timer bases also vary by processor.



You shouldn't be able to set the timer preset above 32767 on any of these processors since the .PRE register is a 16-bit signed integer...
 
I'm trying to program a SLC500. It's 1747-L40A.

I looked up an online manual and it sounds like this model does not have the internal calendar clock tags I can use. I just wanted to confirm. Using RSLogix500, I created a new RSS file then selected this model as the controller but the tag address editor still lists S39 ~ S44 as if those tags are avaiable. But if I use any of tags, I get an error (excessive element numbers)

Also, on the same RSS file, I cannot chose the 1.0 timer base. It only lets me select 0.01 or 0.001 timer base otherwise I get an error when I verify the program. Also it does not let me set the timer preset more than 100000. Am I doing something wrong? Or is this PLC just a very old model with many limitations?

If memory serves me, the controller does support the 1.0 and 0.01 time bases. It does not support the 0.001 time base. And as mentioned, the maximum value for any integer type address would be 32,767. It does not have a clock, nor does it support floating point data.

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