I have a machine currently running on an SLC L532 with RIO on the 1747-SN
I attached the upstream machine to it with a DCM card for the upstream interlocks back when it was installed instead of doing the hard wire to the relays they provided. I also sent their fault codes to the main machine HMI since this piece of equipment had no HMI
Now I am looking to replace the Main machine controls with Micrologix 1400 with Ethernet and replace the RIO with 1400's as well
My question is can I change the DCM card I put in the upstream machine with a SDN and connect it to a 1400 to communicate or is there a better option
Worst case I could hook up the interlocks hard wired but would loose the fault screens unless I added a HMI to the downstream machine, This was an option on this model that I guess someone didn't get
Looking for options, Thanks
I attached the upstream machine to it with a DCM card for the upstream interlocks back when it was installed instead of doing the hard wire to the relays they provided. I also sent their fault codes to the main machine HMI since this piece of equipment had no HMI
Now I am looking to replace the Main machine controls with Micrologix 1400 with Ethernet and replace the RIO with 1400's as well
My question is can I change the DCM card I put in the upstream machine with a SDN and connect it to a 1400 to communicate or is there a better option
Worst case I could hook up the interlocks hard wired but would loose the fault screens unless I added a HMI to the downstream machine, This was an option on this model that I guess someone didn't get
Looking for options, Thanks