Allen Bradley PLC
Allen Bradley PLC
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Hi guys/gals,
My co worker came up to me today and asked me to find/price an Allen-Bradley PLC and programming software for a project we have. He didn't give me much information but I figured a start would be to ask here and call our local rep. to see what I can find out. All I know so far is I need to find an Allen-Bradley PLC and programming software that has (5) 4-20mA Inputs available
(1) Digital Input
(3) Analog Outputs
and I believe it is going to have something to do with a water system (pressure valves, high level switches, indicators etc.) but I have not had a chance to verify this. Although that should not matter so much as long as the correct number and types of I/O ports are available correct?
I asked about an HMI or panel view and he said just the PLC for now. Any suggestions which versions I should be looking at?
I know he has used Micrologix 1400 before and I was currently looking at either SLC 500 or the Micrologix 1000-1400 series.
Thanks,
AJ
My co worker came up to me today and asked me to find/price an Allen-Bradley PLC and programming software for a project we have. He didn't give me much information but I figured a start would be to ask here and call our local rep. to see what I can find out. All I know so far is I need to find an Allen-Bradley PLC and programming software that has (5) 4-20mA Inputs available
(1) Digital Input
(3) Analog Outputs
and I believe it is going to have something to do with a water system (pressure valves, high level switches, indicators etc.) but I have not had a chance to verify this. Although that should not matter so much as long as the correct number and types of I/O ports are available correct?
I asked about an HMI or panel view and he said just the PLC for now. Any suggestions which versions I should be looking at?
I know he has used Micrologix 1400 before and I was currently looking at either SLC 500 or the Micrologix 1000-1400 series.
Thanks,
AJ





RE: Allen Bradley PLC
If not a lot of processing power is required, and since it can be configured at a later date for HMI tags, it may be a good fit. It can be programmed using either RXLogix500 (Version 7.2 or higher) or RXLogix5000 software. Your local A-B distributor should be able to give you pricing for the software and licensing, and for new hardware. Reman and surplus hardware can be found at several places on the www.
RE: Allen Bradley PLC
The MicroLogix use Connected Components Workbench (CCW) for programming, it's a free download (1GB+) and also covers the small "Component" class HMIs and VFDs as well. If you want a DVD, they'll mail it.
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