Hi Group
I was asked to quote on a project involving replacing a machine's control system. This machine would only require a very small PLC. I was looking at the A-B Micro 810 as a possibility.
This controller can be programmed using Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench free software. I downloaded this program last year and found it was like learning a foreign language, a little bewildering, and did not spend much time with it. I cut my teeth on, and am accustomed to working with RSLogix 500 and MicroLogix PLCs but I am not what you'd call an experienced programmer. But I am very comfortable with RSLogix 500.
I would much prefer to keep using RSlogix 500 but the simplest PLC you can program with it is the MicroLogix 1100 and that PLC is overkill for my application. I hate the idea of spending a bazillion hours learning a new programming software just to save a few hundred bucks on the PLC (by the way, this project is actually for 5-6 machines, not 1, so the savings realized by going to a real basic PLC like the 810 might be worth it)
Does anyone have anything reassuring to say about the CCW software? Is it clunky to use? Would I have to learn/read a lot of stuff if I already have good RSLogix background? Also, does anyone know if you can connect a non-Allen Bradley HMI (like something from AutomationDirect) to a Micro 800-series PLC?
Thanks in advance.
I was asked to quote on a project involving replacing a machine's control system. This machine would only require a very small PLC. I was looking at the A-B Micro 810 as a possibility.
This controller can be programmed using Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench free software. I downloaded this program last year and found it was like learning a foreign language, a little bewildering, and did not spend much time with it. I cut my teeth on, and am accustomed to working with RSLogix 500 and MicroLogix PLCs but I am not what you'd call an experienced programmer. But I am very comfortable with RSLogix 500.
I would much prefer to keep using RSlogix 500 but the simplest PLC you can program with it is the MicroLogix 1100 and that PLC is overkill for my application. I hate the idea of spending a bazillion hours learning a new programming software just to save a few hundred bucks on the PLC (by the way, this project is actually for 5-6 machines, not 1, so the savings realized by going to a real basic PLC like the 810 might be worth it)
Does anyone have anything reassuring to say about the CCW software? Is it clunky to use? Would I have to learn/read a lot of stuff if I already have good RSLogix background? Also, does anyone know if you can connect a non-Allen Bradley HMI (like something from AutomationDirect) to a Micro 800-series PLC?
Thanks in advance.