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    Melsec NPN I/O

    Hi, one of our japanese customers plans to replace our standard "Siemens" PLC control by his own PLC make "Melsec" (no idea what type). Now he requests to have 2-wire NPN type wiring (instead of our standard 3-wire PNP design). Is that normal (or possibly required) for this type of PLC? It...
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    simatic panel pc 670 HELP !!

    I can send you the english manual as pdf if you wish but it is 5MB of text - give your email address if you are interested Here are the signals for connector X2 (from that manual): Pin 1 (P5V) +5V Pin 2 (P5V) +5V Pin 3 (P5V) +5V Pin 4 (P5V) +5V Pin 5 (P5V) +5V Pin 6 (PS_NAU_N) Power failure...
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    Gridlines print over cell contents

    adding to what the previous post said - this reminds me of these "good old days" where the printers all had their built-in, hardwired fonts. To overcome this, someone invented the WYSIWYG feature and called it "Windows" (just kidding ...) ;) Could it be that the printer driver is configured to...

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