backendcode
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Good Morning Everyone,
I am entry level PLC programmer and this is going to be my first PLC project at my company. I would like to thank you for this forum and people who helped me to gain some knowledge. I need few things to ask or correct me if I am wrong to finish this project.
Today, we just got the control panel installed and electrical guy power up the panel and wired prox and motor to terminal block and contractors (With motor overload). There is brand new PLC in the control panel and I want to know the steps I am going to follow as a PLC programmer.
1. We are using compact logix L24ER-QB1B processor and it will factory flash with firmware 1.xx version and first thing I am going to do is assigning an IP address to my PLC and connect through my PC.
2. Then I will update the firmware according to my rslogix 5k software and as I am using version 20.04 so I will be flashing my PLC processor with the same version. I get that version compatibility from AB website and link is
below
https://ibb.co/eku1dk
quick question: Should I use USB or Ethernet/IP driver to flash the firmware? Which one would you guys recommend, I never flashed any PLC before but I will be using AB manual to follow the steps but most important thing I know about flashing a firmware never breaks the communication otherwise I will brick my PLC
3. Now, I have processor flashed with version 20.04 and I have PLC program which is also v20.04, I can get online and download the program and troubleshoot a little bit to make conveyor system work how I want it.
Is there any important step I am missing here? Please tell me I would really appreciate that!
Thank you,
I am entry level PLC programmer and this is going to be my first PLC project at my company. I would like to thank you for this forum and people who helped me to gain some knowledge. I need few things to ask or correct me if I am wrong to finish this project.
Today, we just got the control panel installed and electrical guy power up the panel and wired prox and motor to terminal block and contractors (With motor overload). There is brand new PLC in the control panel and I want to know the steps I am going to follow as a PLC programmer.
1. We are using compact logix L24ER-QB1B processor and it will factory flash with firmware 1.xx version and first thing I am going to do is assigning an IP address to my PLC and connect through my PC.
2. Then I will update the firmware according to my rslogix 5k software and as I am using version 20.04 so I will be flashing my PLC processor with the same version. I get that version compatibility from AB website and link is
below
https://ibb.co/eku1dk
quick question: Should I use USB or Ethernet/IP driver to flash the firmware? Which one would you guys recommend, I never flashed any PLC before but I will be using AB manual to follow the steps but most important thing I know about flashing a firmware never breaks the communication otherwise I will brick my PLC
3. Now, I have processor flashed with version 20.04 and I have PLC program which is also v20.04, I can get online and download the program and troubleshoot a little bit to make conveyor system work how I want it.
Is there any important step I am missing here? Please tell me I would really appreciate that!
Thank you,