TL140
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So since the holidays are happening, my boss has gave me the responsibility of backing up all the PLCs. Fortunately, most of them are on a network and i can wirelessly connect to all the controllers. However there are a few that I cannot.
We dont have a spare RS-232 lying around and all we have is an ethernet cable and a CAT5. (unsure if crossover)
I am unsure how to communicate with the embedded ethernet ports. If it helps, most of our equipment is hooked up to stratix switches for HMI and remote communication. I am using Allen bradley and RSLogix5000 for compact logix L32E's I believe. We also have 2 machines with micrologix which I am a little concern because we do not have RSLogix500.
Sorry, I know its a noob question, however in college, they only taught us ladder logic and how to program. We had a little bit of wiring of sinking/sourcing cards but that was it. So sorry for the incompetence >.<
Also, im having the issue on a few controllers where I get in the RSWho in RSLogix5000 and then click on a backpane once and it tries to connect automatically and then fails. how can i solve this and what causes this?
We dont have a spare RS-232 lying around and all we have is an ethernet cable and a CAT5. (unsure if crossover)
I am unsure how to communicate with the embedded ethernet ports. If it helps, most of our equipment is hooked up to stratix switches for HMI and remote communication. I am using Allen bradley and RSLogix5000 for compact logix L32E's I believe. We also have 2 machines with micrologix which I am a little concern because we do not have RSLogix500.
Sorry, I know its a noob question, however in college, they only taught us ladder logic and how to program. We had a little bit of wiring of sinking/sourcing cards but that was it. So sorry for the incompetence >.<
Also, im having the issue on a few controllers where I get in the RSWho in RSLogix5000 and then click on a backpane once and it tries to connect automatically and then fails. how can i solve this and what causes this?
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