Ethernet Problem

[Bitmore]

I would take the advice of someone earlier. Call tech support for your product. Have your product model/serial# ready, the configuration details, and also a complete discription of "what happened".

 

[Fred Floggle]

That should be a good one , what would you say ?
1) A dimlow with the brain of a bowl of soup , attacked a running processor without talking to the PLC guy on site , tore it whimpering from the rack , and doesn't know what to do with it now its little lights don't come on -


We will assume that there isn't a fault light on (though that means nothing) - Fred would tend to pull the battery , short out the back up capacitor , and see if you can coax some life into the thing .
You might try pinging it on its original IP address before you do a hard reset - but I think it now has about as much intelligence as the gravy brain who pulled it hot .

"Nah, you aint hosed. Just keep toolin with it, you'll

get it."

I'm in the process of applying for contract work for Rockwell drive systems , working on device net and control net and the new series of really clever drives , and I thought that I might be a bit out of my depth , but reading that , I realise i actually stand a chance of blagging it .

Keep tooling it ? what , bash it with a hammer until it submits ? If it is cooked , it is cooked , though you may consider tooling it with your hose and see if that cools it down.

 

[Ken Roach]

In SeanLee's defense, I saw an A-B salesman do the exact same thing at Automation Fair in 1999. He pulled the CPU out under power, handed it to a customer, talked about it for a while, then inserted it back into the chassis. When it came up with a flashing red FAULT light, he made some excuse and went on to the next topic of discussion.

I quietly went back to the controller and reloaded its program once his back was turned. About 1 out of 3 times the CPU will be undamaged, and I got lucky.

That was the standard demo for ControlLogix CPU's at the time... The guy wasn't a PLC specialist and he just forgot that he was standing in front of an SLC-500.

 

[Fred Floggle]

No defense , they are both fruitcakes.
What is the guy doing selling the stuff if that is his level of intelligence ?
even the colours of the cases are different

 

[Ken Roach]

Things are tough all over.

The place was Long Beach.

Nineteen-ninety-nine.

I was on my fifth day of a two-day Automation Fair.

I was nursing a twisted ankle, a mug of black coffee, and a hangover meaner than a mule.

The previous night, I'd had to wrestle one of my customers off the stage at an, um, entertainment establishment. I'd had three hours sleep and a more than passing acquaintance with the local constabulary.

So I forgive the guy who mistook a light-gray SLC for a black ControlLogix.

Things are tough all over.

 

[PhilipW]

I'd had to wrestle one of my customers off the stage at an, um, entertainment establishment.

Karioke Ken?

 

[NOP]

5/05 off network

I'd put money on this one; in the ch. 1 configfuration you put in an IP address which the SLC will use, so far so good. If you don't clear the checkbox marked Bootp Enable the SLC will, on it's next power-up, ignore the configured IP address and wait for a Bootp server to allocate it one.

The answer is the same as has already been suggested; go online through the serial port, put the IP address in and then clear that checkbox.

 

[Fred Floggle]

I think the problem is not being able to plug anything into it as the case has melted .