It took me a while to find the link again..
I have a paper copy of this at the shop..
We don't come across this problem very often, but its nice to
know that you can do this.
We have ran across dead backup batteries in PLCs where the OEM is long
gone and the customer has no backup of the...
BTW you can 'sniff' the password out with a serial tap to a second PC.
RSLogix has to ask the PLC what the password is so it can compare
it too the password that you type in..
This works on several PLC brands and software..
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