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Solution & Service "Allen Bradley PLCs" |
CONTROL RESOURCE CO.,LTD. |
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Which Allen
Bradley PLCs can you program?
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All of them (see below) |
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Micrologix series |
Recent very small I/O shoebox systems - cheap and simple to use (requires the Rockwell RSLogix 500 software) |
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PLC 2 series
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Very old PLC, requires old or new programming software: TA, T3, T50 or PCMK card with PLC2 lead |
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PLC 3/10 Series and PLC 3 series |
Old PLCs, we do specialise in replacing these with PLC5s (you can just replace the CPU with a PLC 5 CPU then rewrite the software of course...) |
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PLC 5 series |
Top End, very powerful PLCs, this range was the flagship of the Allen Bradley/Rockwell range before ControlLogix appeared. |
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ControlLogix series |
Current range of large PLCs - very useful for certain machine motion systems (which are very simple to configure), possibly expensive otherwise compared to the SLC range. The Logix 5550 and now the Logix 5555 have large amounts of memory (at last!) and use a TAG based logix, which will certainly prove popular with professional programmers, but may not find favour with occasional users. |
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SLC 500 series
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Middle range PLCs typically with RS232 or DH1 485 ports |
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SLC 5/03
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Middle range PLC with DH485 communication port, but oddly no DH+ port |
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SLC 5/04 |
Shoebox type PLC with Data Highway+ communication port, but oddly no DH485 port |
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SLC 5/05
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Shoebox type PLC with Ethernet port but oddly, no Data Highway+ communication port |
Allen Bradley Graphics Systems
| Which Allen Bradley Graphics Systems can you program? | Most of them |
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Reliable, functional units with reasonable programming software. The range is continually expanding |
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RS View |
Reasonable top end SCADA system |
Allen Bradley Programming Software
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Which Allen
Bradley programming software do you
use?
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All of them |
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6200 PLC 5 software (DOS)
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Reliable, ponderous but OK (beeps a lot!) |
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APS SLC 500 software (DOS)
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Fairly reliable software. Annoyingly not quite the same as the above 6200 software. |
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RSLogix SLC 500 (windows) |
Windows Version of the AB Programming software for programming the SLC Range of PLCs There are two versions - one which is acceptable for low end SLCs (5/03 and below), the other which allows you to do "advanced" things such as on-line editing on the top end SLCs (yes we laughed as well) |
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RS Logix PLC 5 (windows) |
Windows Version of the AB Programming software for the PLC 5 range. |
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RS DeviceNet manager
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Used to program the DeviceNet I/O bus. Always ensure you have the *very* latest version of the module EDS files (and don't forget the 121 ohm resistors!)
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Panelbuilder
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Required to program the panelview range of operator panels |
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RS Linx
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Required to link PCs to PLCs for Rockwell software. Various versions are available, lite for PLC programming, higher versions for linking (for example) Intouch and Excel . |
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What do you recommend?
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We use all versions. Complex communications is much easier in the Windows version, and this is the way of the future. The DOS software is being phased out however, the latest CPUs can only use the Rockwell stuff so you probably will soon have no choice. |
Allen Bradley Programming Hardware
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Which Allen Bradley Hardware
Programmers do you use?
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Most of them: |
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T3
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Very old Custom Programmer - programs the PLC3 and PLC 2 family |
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T50 (DH+)
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Old Custom Programmer - it's a PC with specialist cards installed, extremely expensive. |
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KT/KTX Card in PC (DH+)
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The cheapest and best method (unless you have a portable with no slots when you have to use the PCMK card) |
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1747-PIC (DH485)
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The cheapest and best method of programming the DH485 on low range SLC CPUs (up to SLC 5/03). Note that many SLCs can be programmed with a simple null modem serial cable. |
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RS232
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You can use a simple RS232 lead (null modem) to program some SLCs and PLC 5s. This does depend on the configuration loaded (the configuration can disable the RS232 port) so beware! |
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PCMK Card (DH+, 485) |
Not as reliable as the old KT Card and Dos/Windows 6200 software is appallingly complex to set up - we specialise in configuring client's PCs. The Windows 95/98/NT configuration is far easier if you use RS Logix. You require the PCMK card and then surprisingly expensive leads: Type 4 - RS485 lead (required for low end SLCs) Type 5- DH+ 9 way D plug (for high end SLCs and PLC 5s) This is the best (out of type 5 and type 6 because you get an adapter to make it into a type 6, but beware of the strain on the PLC port if you do this) Type 6- DH+ mini-DIN (for high end SLCs and PLC 5s)
We generally recommend buying a type 4 and 5 (depdning on what you want to program) |
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