Jasondelane
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I've got a machine in my mill running on PLC5 with 7 different 1336F drives over Controlnet. I've been tasked with migrating these to Powerflex 700 or 750 drives, but I'm having issues getting proper communication between the program and the drive.
We've done some experimenting and can get communication over RSNetworx with the Powerflex 700 and a Controlnet addapter and can issue manual run, stop, reverse and speed commands from Drive Explorer. However, when we try to operate the Powerflex in place of the 1336, it seems like the program is inhibiting any operation.
My question: Do I have to make wholesale changes to the ladder logic in my program to issue the same commands and speed reference to a Powerflex 700 and a 1336F? My googlefu has led me to believe that there may be a difference.
We've done some experimenting and can get communication over RSNetworx with the Powerflex 700 and a Controlnet addapter and can issue manual run, stop, reverse and speed commands from Drive Explorer. However, when we try to operate the Powerflex in place of the 1336, it seems like the program is inhibiting any operation.
My question: Do I have to make wholesale changes to the ladder logic in my program to issue the same commands and speed reference to a Powerflex 700 and a 1336F? My googlefu has led me to believe that there may be a difference.
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