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SLC 5/04 and TI-565 communication

SLC 5/04 and TI-565 communication

SLC 5/04 and TI-565 communication

(OP)
Hi Folks,

I have an older TI-565 PLC and a newer Allen-Bradley Slc 5/04, that are physically located about 200 yards apart.

I need to be able to pass a few words from one machine to another. One possible solution would be to use Modbus as the
go between. I know AB has a PRO-Soft card for modbus and Siemens has a modbus card for the 565. My question is considering the distance, will I need some type of repeater/signal booster for this setup. If anyone has experience with this type of setup, or something similar. Please share your thoughts.

Ken Moore
NSCC-Wdrf Plant

RE: SLC 5/04 and TI-565 communication

Thats a good solution if you dont want to mess around with protocols.  Its been a few years but....
I used a TI Basic module with a RS422 converter  to the serial port of the SLC504.  I had to play around with pinouts and built my own cables which took longer than I wanted.   I ran it at 9600baud.
Pretty slow, but it worked.

RE: SLC 5/04 and TI-565 communication

How much data do you really need to passs between the units?  If its not too much, you coud do it iwth digital I/O quite easily!

RE: SLC 5/04 and TI-565 communication

AB has a "black box" that translates ti to ab. it is around $500 U.S. You would have to config both for 422. i have used this box with ti545 to a pv1000 but it was with rs232.

RE: SLC 5/04 and TI-565 communication

(OP)
Can you give me any info on this "black box"?
Sounds like the cheapest option.

thanks,
Ken

RE: SLC 5/04 and TI-565 communication

prosoft makes this "black box" converter (it's actually white)for AB. check out their web site. if you do not find what your looking for, reply back and i will look up the info/part# that i used.

good luck
rubha

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