MicroLogix 1100 discontinued

kolyur · Nov 14, 2021

Wow, just came across this.

https://www.rockwellautomation.com/...logix-family/micrologix-1100-controllers.html

Rockwell Automation announces that as of April 2022, our Bulletin 1763 MicroLogix™ 1100 controllers will be discontinued and no longer available for sale. Customers are encouraged to migrate to our Micro800™ control platform.

padees · Nov 14, 2021

End of life was announced a bit ago as being March 1st, 2022.

1747-L551 and other L5x1 go away December 31st of this year.

kolyur · Nov 14, 2021

It's no surprise I guess, given that the MicroLogix line is basically defunct. Makes me wonder when the 1400 will shift to Active Mature status.

geniusintraining · Nov 15, 2021

Soon RSLogix 500 will only be available in our memory... bummer, the 1100's were great for a simple projects, the 800's aren't bad but most of us can program RSLogix 500 in our sleep so it still made it nice to come under budget when figuring out programming hours.

Rson · Nov 15, 2021

It sucks. The 800 series is garbage compared to RSLogix 500, IMO.

jstolaruk · Nov 15, 2021

geniusintraining said:
Soon RSLogix 500 will only be available in our memory...

Maybe. RSLogix 5 has been updated for Windows 10. Just like the installed base for PLC5s keep it alive, the same could be true for processors dependent on RSLogix 500. When's the last time a new PLC-5 was purchased? That 1400 is a virtual swiss army knife of capabilities.

BITS N BYTES · Nov 15, 2021

Rson said:
It sucks. The 800 series is garbage compared to RSLogix 500, IMO.

Absolutely agree. Clunky and buggy software AND hardware.

mylespetro · Nov 15, 2021

I just caught this the other day as well. Big bummer, the 1100s were great bang for buck PLCs. I'm dreading the inevitable death of the 1400 as well.

drbitboy · Nov 15, 2021

BITS N BYTES said:
Absolutely agree. Clunky and buggy software AND hardware.

Here too regarding CCW and the Micro800 line; after RSLogix it feels like going back to Fisher-Price, i.e. what Windows XP felt like after 95/98/NT. CCW is clunky and annoying like TIA Portal but without the power.

And I only use Micro Starter Lite for the 1100, also I prefer that to 5000 as well.

That said, the price is right and I suspect that is what A-B is going after: keep the projects that do not need ControlLogix/CompactLogix in the fold, or at least out of other manufacturer's folds.

Rson · Nov 15, 2021

drbitboy said:
Here too regarding CCW and the Micro800 line; after RSLogix it feels like going back to Fisher-Price, i.e. what Windows XP felt like after 95/98/NT. CCW is clunky and annoying like TIA Portal but without the power.

And I only use Micro Starter Lite for the 1100, also I prefer that to 5000 as well.

That said, the price is right and I suspect that is what A-B is going after: keep the projects that do not need ControlLogix/CompactLogix in the fold, or at least out of other manufacturer's folds.

I hate to say this - but without the Micrologix line, the next best option is Automation Direct or Siemens. They are both preferable to CCW. It gets really hard to justify a compactlogix PLC for simple projects.

jstolaruk · Nov 15, 2021

Rson said:
I hate to say this - but without the Micrologix line, the next best option is Automation Direct or Siemens. They are both preferable to CCW. It gets really hard to justify a compactlogix PLC for simple projects.

You are spot on, so RA marketing folks would be right to keep a presence in that market segment. Never let a customer try out a competitor's product.

drbitboy · Nov 15, 2021

Rson said:
I hate to say this - but without the Micrologix line, the next best option is Automation Direct or Siemens. They are both preferable to CCW. It gets really hard to justify a compactlogix PLC for simple projects.

That makes sense, especially the AD choice; at a few k$ for TIA Portal I don't see how that would be an alternative to CCW/Micro800 unless it was already licensed.

It would be interesting to see the relative market shares, post-March'22, of CCW from A-B vs. MicroLogix 1100 from eBay.

JesperMP · Nov 15, 2021

drbitboy said:
at a few k$ for TIA Portal I don't see how that would be an alternative to CCW/Micro800 unless it was already licensed.

It would be enough with TIA PORTAL BASIC, i.e. not the PRO version.
Enough for S7-1200 and Basic Panels, definitely a step up from ML1100.
And that would be around 300-400 USD, not "a few k$".

drbitboy · Nov 15, 2021

JesperMP said:
It would be enough with TIA PORTAL BASIC, i.e. not the PRO version.
Enough for S7-1200 and Basic Panels, definitely a step up from ML1100.
And that would be around 300-400 USD, not "a few k$".

Ah, thanks for the correction; it seems the prices for software are often kept in obscure places, if not outright hidden. I assume that is to protect the local distributor. That's closer to what it is worth then. What does PRO add? I would expect a massage at least

.

S7-1200 may be be step up from ML1100, but portal is not from rsl500, at least for programming the PLC; it's barely a step up from CCW, which is very much "faint praise."

Rson · Nov 15, 2021

drbitboy said:
Ah, thanks for the correction; it seems the prices for software are often kept in obscure places, if not outright hidden. I assume that is to protect the local distributor. That's closer to what it is worth then. What does PRO add? I would expect a massage at least .

S7-1200 may be be step up from ML1100, but portal is not from rsl500, at least for programming the PLC; it's barely a step up from CCW, which is very much "faint praise."

Agree 100%. TIA portal is definitely a step down from RSL500.

I think this argument will fall into more of a young vs old than AB vs Siemens, though.

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