brucekess
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Is it possible to take a tachometer signal to a plc and use the plc to transfer the signal to a remote location?
I work at a paving company and we have portable plants. I'd like to take the tachometer signal at the feed bins and transfer that over ethernet to the control house and output the same signal to the control software for measuring speed. This will make setting up the plants faster by not having as many or as long of wires to run and possibly eliminate some noise. I use plc's but not everyday so i'm semi familar with them but no expert. I'm researching this through some input card manuals but nothing is clear on how to do this. These are fairly slow turning i'd say up to 500 rpm.
I work at a paving company and we have portable plants. I'd like to take the tachometer signal at the feed bins and transfer that over ethernet to the control house and output the same signal to the control software for measuring speed. This will make setting up the plants faster by not having as many or as long of wires to run and possibly eliminate some noise. I use plc's but not everyday so i'm semi familar with them but no expert. I'm researching this through some input card manuals but nothing is clear on how to do this. These are fairly slow turning i'd say up to 500 rpm.