Converting PLC-5 Ladder Programs to ControlLogix
As I was entering kindergarten in 1986, Allen Bradley was releasing one of the first platforms that could be programmed by a personal computer, the PLC-5.
Fast forward thirty-one years later to 2017, Allen Bradley discontinued support of these processors...
RSView32 to SLC-5/04 & PLC-5 over DH Plus via Ethernet and 1756 Gateway (S36)
In this week's episode of The Automation Show, I cover how to use RSView32 Works to read and display data from a SLC-5/04 and PLC-5 on Data Highway Plus over Ethernet through a Logix Gateway:
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Updating Redundant PLC-5 Programs
With so many generations of control equipment on the plant floor, a control engineer can be called to look at many different models of control equipment in the same day.
Each piece of control equipment, even by the same manufacturer,...
PanelView Plus to ControlLogix, SLC-5/04, & PLC-5 over DH Plus (Video S35)
In this week's episode of The Automation Show, I cover how to use View Studio to create and download a PanelView Plus program to read data from a ControlLogix, SLC-5/04 and PLC-5 over a Data Highway Plus network:
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PanelView Standard to SLC-5/04 & PLC-5 over DH Plus (Video S32)
In this week's episode of The Automation Show, I cover how to use PanelBuilder 32 to create and download a PanelView Standard program to read data from a SLC-5/04 and PLC-5 over a Data Highway Plus network:
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ControlLogix Reading Data From PLC-5 and SLC-500 over DH Plus (Video S27)
In this week's episode of The Automation Show, I cover how you can use the MSG (Message) Instruction in the ControlLogix to read data from the PLC-5 and SLC-500 over a Data Highway Plus network:
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Leaving Your Legacy Control Equipment
Some will argue that there's no reason to remove part of a control system that today is running as good as it has for the last twenty years (or longer.)
Especially when that legacy hardware has been as durable as...
How To Enable Legacy PLCs In Integrated Architecture Builder
So you've updated Rockwell's Integrated Architecture Builder to gain access to new devices like the 5580 and 5380 Controllers.
Then later you realize you can no longer create projects with older controllers like the ControlLogix 5560, CompactLogix L23 and L3x,...
Get A-B Programmable Controller data into Microsoft Excel using RSLinx
In Today's article I'll walk you through how you can bring Allen-Bradley Programmable Controller Data into Microsoft Excel 2016 using RSLinx Classic.
NOTE: The below procedure works with any licensed copy of RSLinx Classic, including Single Node, OEM, and Gateway shown...
How to get A-B PLC data values into MS Excel using RSLinx Classic (Video,...
In this episode I demonstrate how to use RSLinx Classic to get data from Allen-Bradley Programmable Controllers into Microsoft Excel (Episode 41 of The Automation Minute Season 4:)
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