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• Aug 23, 2017

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I am complete new with PLC's and been reading manuals. I am trying to get the cables so when I get RSlogix 5000 will be prepared.
I have:
Logix 5561---what cable do I need
Micro Logix 1500--what cable do I need
Compact Logix L35E---what cable do I need
Power Flex 4----what cable do I need
all this are Allen Bradley. My goal is to make copies of the projects that are on the PLC's
any help would be great...

 

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• Aug 23, 2017

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Start here http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/sg/1756-sg001_-en-p.pdf

Micrologix doesn't use Rs5000 first off, so http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/sg/1761-sg001_-en-p.pdf

and PowerFlex 4 is a drive, not a PLC. So google the manual for a starter there.

 

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• Aug 23, 2017

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We have a guild on our website... you can also email the list to me and I will send you links for the ones I know and have

 

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• Aug 23, 2017

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Thanks for the information...very helpful..

 

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xitronix said:

Thanks for the information...very helpful..

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geniusintraining will get you fixed up. My company buys our cables through him. Good cables at good prices from good people.

 

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• Aug 23, 2017

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I envy the kids of today, an Ethernet cable covers just about everything!

 

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I envy the kids of today, an Ethernet cable covers just about everything!

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And a USB!


I have boxes of cables here going back to the 1980's - and still hape a DOS computer as well for the older stuff.

 

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• Aug 23, 2017

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janner_10 said:

I envy the kids of today, an Ethernet cable covers just about everything!

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I'm practically a kid of today, and I can confirm that I will go to great lengths to get ethernet communications set up rather than use USB or *shudder* serial

 

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• Aug 23, 2017

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Serial!
Back in my day we used to have to bang two rocks together while blowing smoke from a burning punched tape over the PLC!

 

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Nothing wrong with USB - often have to use it to setup the Ethernet anyway - particularly for data exchange and Ethernet IP I/O.


Serial with all those funny plugs and sockets they used to use! Never mind - still a lot of it around.

 

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• Aug 24, 2017

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Ah the old KF2s for PLC5 and Dataliner communications......

Asking an electrician to solder a 25-pin D-connector recently totally fazed them..."why would you - you can buy them premade.."

 

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• Aug 24, 2017

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What about the AB Industrial Terminal 1770-TA.
What joy that was to use.

 

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• Aug 24, 2017

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My favorites!

 

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• Aug 24, 2017

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I am kind of sorry that I threw away the old home-made Red Lion programming interface we used to have. What a rat's nest.

It had a rs232 to rs486 converter that was powered by 12v(?) supply that came from a dodgy octal relay based power supply. It also has a lead so that the display was powered with external 24v while the interface was plugged in.

So you had a single phase plug and a DC flylead to plug into a 24V supply to get the thing working.

We still have a bunch of Mitsubishi KOJ interfaces that are practically a two hand lift. The stupid things still needed a SC02 rs232 to rs485 interface to plug into them to work.