Hi Everyone.
I was called in as a computer tech to help one of my clients fix a "computer" that is attached to a metal bending machine.
I found this is more complicated than I suspected. It has some application on the ANCIENT computer attached to a D100CRA20 PLC and when he puts in the specs for his bends, they're way off.
I could be barking up the wrong tree, but I suspect there is programming needed on this PLC and I have no clue how that's done or where I should even start.
This could be a problem with the application on the old computer as well. I was successful at hooking up a slightly newer computer and booting the program on a floppy disk, but the problem still exists that I can't make the bender work properly.
Is there other PLC's that could be put on and perhaps newer software?
Anyone care to give a little guidance?
Thanks in advance. Any help is greatly appreciated.
-James Oliver
I was called in as a computer tech to help one of my clients fix a "computer" that is attached to a metal bending machine.
I found this is more complicated than I suspected. It has some application on the ANCIENT computer attached to a D100CRA20 PLC and when he puts in the specs for his bends, they're way off.
I could be barking up the wrong tree, but I suspect there is programming needed on this PLC and I have no clue how that's done or where I should even start.
This could be a problem with the application on the old computer as well. I was successful at hooking up a slightly newer computer and booting the program on a floppy disk, but the problem still exists that I can't make the bender work properly.
Is there other PLC's that could be put on and perhaps newer software?
Anyone care to give a little guidance?
Thanks in advance. Any help is greatly appreciated.
-James Oliver