Hi all,
Well the time has come for me to learn Allen Bradley plcs and numerous other products. We just started running our new 2000 ton press and I'm going to be in charge of it. This thing is quite impressive when you open the control cabinets. AB plcs, Mitsubishi plcs, 4 proface hmi's,huge reliance drives, and numerous other controls. I had a little training on the whole system by the Japanese that installed the press, but now its all mine. I gotta learn this AB stuff, this is my weak point. I'm sure I will be very busy posting questions, so please be patient with me.
I guess I need a starting point. Remember, I've never touched this AB stuff, but I'm confident in myself on learning it. The company who we purchased the press off of gave us a new Dell laptop that has all the AB software on it. Now, I'm not absolutely sure on part numbers for the plc but I believe its a ControlLogix/1756 system. Is that the correct terminology? My first task on this is figuring out how the sensors inputs on the finger transfer system get to the Misubishi plc. Once I can figure this out I can do the Mitsubishi part. The sensors are wired to a Omron DT module which is device net compatible and this goes into a 1756-DNB module on the AB rack. The Mitsubishi has a device net module that's hooked up to the AB device net module. I have the manuals to the module's, but this kind of stuff is what I'm dealing with.
Where should I start? I noticed the Lap Top has a PCMCIA communication card plugged into it. Control Net? There is software that looks to be for configuring the different AB modules and software to configure them into the network. ControlNet, and RSLinx is it? I don't have the specifics because I'm not at work now. So, do I learn the network stuff first to see how this information is processed to the Mits. plc? Device Net? I know most of the basic AB plc bit instructions, but reading and writing data to and from a special module is not something I've looked at much. I know some classes is what would help, but as long as they got someone who is willing to learn it on there own, my company will not spend the money. I'm at a crossroad and would like your input on which direction would be the best.
I have manuals up to my neck and know that I'm gonna have to read, them, just don't know which one to pick up first.
Thank You
Tim
Well the time has come for me to learn Allen Bradley plcs and numerous other products. We just started running our new 2000 ton press and I'm going to be in charge of it. This thing is quite impressive when you open the control cabinets. AB plcs, Mitsubishi plcs, 4 proface hmi's,huge reliance drives, and numerous other controls. I had a little training on the whole system by the Japanese that installed the press, but now its all mine. I gotta learn this AB stuff, this is my weak point. I'm sure I will be very busy posting questions, so please be patient with me.
I guess I need a starting point. Remember, I've never touched this AB stuff, but I'm confident in myself on learning it. The company who we purchased the press off of gave us a new Dell laptop that has all the AB software on it. Now, I'm not absolutely sure on part numbers for the plc but I believe its a ControlLogix/1756 system. Is that the correct terminology? My first task on this is figuring out how the sensors inputs on the finger transfer system get to the Misubishi plc. Once I can figure this out I can do the Mitsubishi part. The sensors are wired to a Omron DT module which is device net compatible and this goes into a 1756-DNB module on the AB rack. The Mitsubishi has a device net module that's hooked up to the AB device net module. I have the manuals to the module's, but this kind of stuff is what I'm dealing with.
Where should I start? I noticed the Lap Top has a PCMCIA communication card plugged into it. Control Net? There is software that looks to be for configuring the different AB modules and software to configure them into the network. ControlNet, and RSLinx is it? I don't have the specifics because I'm not at work now. So, do I learn the network stuff first to see how this information is processed to the Mits. plc? Device Net? I know most of the basic AB plc bit instructions, but reading and writing data to and from a special module is not something I've looked at much. I know some classes is what would help, but as long as they got someone who is willing to learn it on there own, my company will not spend the money. I'm at a crossroad and would like your input on which direction would be the best.
I have manuals up to my neck and know that I'm gonna have to read, them, just don't know which one to pick up first.
Thank You
Tim