Paul351W
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I have an installation with a PLC5 system controlling a test cell, and I want to add a Controllogix rack with high speed analog I/O cards to do high speed pressure controls. I want to be able to request pressures with the PLC5 from the Panelview (1400e) in a "manual" mode, then accept commands through the high speed analog cards in "automatic" mode.
Can I use the existing RIO network in the test cell to communicate commands and status bits back and forth between the two processors? The other installations I have done with this sort of setup used all digital I/O between the two controllers, and switching relays to swap the pressure command outputs.
Can I use the existing RIO network in the test cell to communicate commands and status bits back and forth between the two processors? The other installations I have done with this sort of setup used all digital I/O between the two controllers, and switching relays to swap the pressure command outputs.