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Hi,
I usually work with siemens and the TIA portal but a customer has a series of cabinets I do with Micrologix and Panelview Plus 6, I haven't done the programming for it but I have done modifications and I'm pretty familiar with the programming enviorment in the RSlogix micro.
The customer has got an demand from the end customer to have the cabinet with ControlLogix. How hard is it for me to program a ControlLogix controller from scratch, giving that I haven't worked with it yet.
From what I think I know is that the ControlLogix is a asynchronous plc compared to micrologix that is synchronous? This probably will be the biggest step for me?
The program is a really small program with 20IN and 16OUT 2ANALOG IN. A HMI and a Powerflex 4M. Maybe I need to change the VFD? It communicates via modbus rtu right now.
I personally thinks this is a completely waste of money to put this high end class PLC in out cabinet but they want an price offer and I can just say that they should get someone in that can program it for them, or I take it on to myself.
I know the program and functions of the system in my sleep so that isn't an issue here, it is the unfamiliarity of the programming platform and hardware.
Just some helpfull thoughts and inputs would be appreciated
/Tim
I usually work with siemens and the TIA portal but a customer has a series of cabinets I do with Micrologix and Panelview Plus 6, I haven't done the programming for it but I have done modifications and I'm pretty familiar with the programming enviorment in the RSlogix micro.
The customer has got an demand from the end customer to have the cabinet with ControlLogix. How hard is it for me to program a ControlLogix controller from scratch, giving that I haven't worked with it yet.
From what I think I know is that the ControlLogix is a asynchronous plc compared to micrologix that is synchronous? This probably will be the biggest step for me?
The program is a really small program with 20IN and 16OUT 2ANALOG IN. A HMI and a Powerflex 4M. Maybe I need to change the VFD? It communicates via modbus rtu right now.
I personally thinks this is a completely waste of money to put this high end class PLC in out cabinet but they want an price offer and I can just say that they should get someone in that can program it for them, or I take it on to myself.
I know the program and functions of the system in my sleep so that isn't an issue here, it is the unfamiliarity of the programming platform and hardware.
Just some helpfull thoughts and inputs would be appreciated
/Tim