We have a PLC5/11 with a 16 Slot rack.Slots 00 through 14 are full so is Slot 17.There are 2 empty slots ie 15 and 16.When I look at the I/O Configuration (Within RSLogix 5) , it shows me that I have a 4 slot rack only.I came across this http://www.rockwellautomation.com/knowledgebase/.
We have no spare I/O left on the cards present therefore I need to add a 1771-IBD Card and have the following questions to ask please
a)How will the PLC recognise that I have a new Input card installed?
b)What will happen to the I/O configuration?
c)This machine has been running for over 10 years now and I have never paid any attention to the I/O Configuration till today.What if I change the configuration file to show me the correct number of slots with their respective cards.What should I expect to see?
d)Should I leave the configuration file alone, just install the card and start programming the PLC?
Appreciate any help I can get.Thanks in advance.
We have no spare I/O left on the cards present therefore I need to add a 1771-IBD Card and have the following questions to ask please
a)How will the PLC recognise that I have a new Input card installed?
b)What will happen to the I/O configuration?
c)This machine has been running for over 10 years now and I have never paid any attention to the I/O Configuration till today.What if I change the configuration file to show me the correct number of slots with their respective cards.What should I expect to see?
d)Should I leave the configuration file alone, just install the card and start programming the PLC?
Appreciate any help I can get.Thanks in advance.