Hello,
I am doing research project focused on the retrofit of a diesel locomotive into a hydrogen-fuel-cell-battery hybrid locomotive. The locomotive we are retrofitting (~20 years old) was controlled by an Allen Bradley SLC 5/04 modular processor with 1746 series components. We would like to reuse the PLC onboard the locomotive as the control logic has already been programmed for the system. We tested the PLC and confirmed power still turns on all the modules but do not know how to access the pre-existing software/code.
I have a few questions for anyone with experience or willing to answer.
What software do we need to install in order to access the code/program stored on this PLC? If we wanted to add our own lines of programming logic to the PLC how can this be done?
Furthermore, the modern hydrogen systems we are integrating into the locomotive communicate using the CAN Bus protocol, CAN2.0B. Therefore, we would like to add the 1747-SDN ALLEN BRADLEY module to our chassis, as it appears the Devicenet Scanner Module will offer the PLC the option of using a CAN communication protocol..?
We would like to be able to connect to the current PLC with a laptop, download the pre-existing program, and re-program the PLC adding sections to the code that cooperate with our Hydrogen Power System.
Can you offer any suggestions or help on integrating this to our system? Can you offer any tips or proposals on components or software we would need to accomplish this?
Thank you!
I am doing research project focused on the retrofit of a diesel locomotive into a hydrogen-fuel-cell-battery hybrid locomotive. The locomotive we are retrofitting (~20 years old) was controlled by an Allen Bradley SLC 5/04 modular processor with 1746 series components. We would like to reuse the PLC onboard the locomotive as the control logic has already been programmed for the system. We tested the PLC and confirmed power still turns on all the modules but do not know how to access the pre-existing software/code.
I have a few questions for anyone with experience or willing to answer.
What software do we need to install in order to access the code/program stored on this PLC? If we wanted to add our own lines of programming logic to the PLC how can this be done?
Furthermore, the modern hydrogen systems we are integrating into the locomotive communicate using the CAN Bus protocol, CAN2.0B. Therefore, we would like to add the 1747-SDN ALLEN BRADLEY module to our chassis, as it appears the Devicenet Scanner Module will offer the PLC the option of using a CAN communication protocol..?
We would like to be able to connect to the current PLC with a laptop, download the pre-existing program, and re-program the PLC adding sections to the code that cooperate with our Hydrogen Power System.
Can you offer any suggestions or help on integrating this to our system? Can you offer any tips or proposals on components or software we would need to accomplish this?
Thank you!