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    Voltage drop across safety prox switches

    Hello, I'm trying to use 6 proximity switches in series to energize a solid state relay for a safety circuit. Using 120vac going through the prox switches, my voltage drops down to about 83 volts. My relay requires 90 so I'm chattering my relay and contactor. Any suggestions to cure this would...
  2. drkildow

    Status Bit when using latching outputs

    Trying to write my first program in many years, using RS Logix 500. I can't seem to get my latched outputs to unlatch in a power loss situation. I think there's some way to accomplish that using a status bit, but I can't seem to get it right. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this. Thank You.
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    Timer error when verifying with RS Logix 500

    I haven't wrote any programs in a long time and kinda forgot alot. Anyways, when I try to use a TOF timer in RS Logix 500,and then verify the program, I get an error that states "Operand can't be a constant!". What am I doing wrong or not doing to get this error? PLEASE HELP !!

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