Ken Moore
Lifetime Supporting Member
We have been reluctant to make the move to Control Logix for several reasons, software cost, huge installed base of older lines, etc....
However, I have a project coming up that requires the use of a SIL-2 rated plc, so we are taking the CLX plunge.
Now on to the question, how hard is it to migrate to the CLX line? Can you do it without formal training? I realise that there will be some features that I am not aware of, but I hope to pick them up along the way, kind of OJT I guess. I've done quite a bit of Foxboro DCS programming, so using function blocks, time/event driven task, structured text, etc...
is not new to me. I've also been down to the local AB rep for a couple of hands on demo's of the CLX.
The upcoming project is fairly simple, all discrete I/O, no analogs, no remote I/O, just a DH+ connection to an existing DH+ network. If not for the SIL-2 requirement, I would most likely have used a SLC 5/04.
I can get funding for formal training, but just can't spare the time. So can I skip the training for now?
Any and all comments are welcome.
Ken
However, I have a project coming up that requires the use of a SIL-2 rated plc, so we are taking the CLX plunge.
Now on to the question, how hard is it to migrate to the CLX line? Can you do it without formal training? I realise that there will be some features that I am not aware of, but I hope to pick them up along the way, kind of OJT I guess. I've done quite a bit of Foxboro DCS programming, so using function blocks, time/event driven task, structured text, etc...
is not new to me. I've also been down to the local AB rep for a couple of hands on demo's of the CLX.
The upcoming project is fairly simple, all discrete I/O, no analogs, no remote I/O, just a DH+ connection to an existing DH+ network. If not for the SIL-2 requirement, I would most likely have used a SLC 5/04.
I can get funding for formal training, but just can't spare the time. So can I skip the training for now?
Any and all comments are welcome.
Ken