Control Logix RS-232 card?

doug2

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• Feb 27, 2008

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I need a RS-232 port to send ascii strings to a computer. We don't want to tie up the comm port on the processor. I know the SLC had a BAS module. Is there a simular module for CLX?

 

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• Feb 27, 2008

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Check out 1756-MVID.

Depending on what you wish to do, and what you are communicating with, you may be able to do something through the 1756-ENBT or 1756-EWEB.

There are other vendors of specialty modules for the ControlLogix platform.

 

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• Feb 27, 2008

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You can try this or this from Prosoft, depending on your taste.

Keith

 

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• Feb 27, 2008

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Doug,
Our device will send ASCII data to and from your plc tag over EtherNet/IP to serial. Just create a string tag and put your data into it. Really simple and no ladder logic.
Here is the link:
http://www.rtaautomation.com/ethernetip/435nba/

Rick DeMorrow
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Real Time Automation

 

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• Feb 28, 2008

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Thanks guys. These look good.

I simply need to send weights from the clx to a computer running a c++ application that will print the tags.

Has anyone used the rtautomation module yet?

 

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I haven't used the above unit, I have used Digi, and I have used the Prosoft module. The prosoft module is probably the easiest, but the converters are cheaper even when you factor in the time spent messing with them.