New computers are not usually equipped with an RS232 port, so you can use a USB to Serial adapter. If you are using a Micrologix 1000, please use a 1761-CBL-PM02 cable. If you are connecting to a PLC-5, realize that the PLC-5 has a 25pin RS232 port, so you may need a 9 to 25 pin adapter. 1) Open RSLinx Communication server. Bulletin 1762 MicroLogix™ 1200 Programmable Logic Controller Systems are small enough to fit in tight spaces and powerful enough to accommodate a broad.
I apologize in advance if this question is very basic but I've been trying to get this to work for days. I've got a Panelview Plus 700 (2711P-RP1 Firmware 5.10) and a MicroLogix 1200 (1762-L24BXB One communication port) connected with a 2711-NC21 cable (8-pin to 9-pin straight through) between them. I've got a program running on the ML1200 and the PV+ connected. For some reason I can't properly set up the communications between the PV+ and the ML1200. I've gone into the RSLinx Enterprise Comm. Setup and tried to add the PV+ to the DF1 driver on the PV+ (I connect the PV+ to my computer through ethernet.). I would've thought this worked except that I am not able to browse tags on the ML1200.
What am I doing wrong? Is there a guide to setting this up that I haven't found? As you've seen, RSLinx Enterprise has a Design (Local) and a Runtime (Target) tab for driver and shortcut configuration. FactoryTalk View Studio uses the shortcut definition on the Design side, and the runtime (in this case the PV+) uses the configuration on the Runtime side. For your application, you need to manually create the DF1 driver on the Runtime side, and add the MicroLogix 1200 as Node 1.
You then associate the MicroLogix 1200 with the Shortcut that you've defined and are using in your project. When everything's on Ethernet, it's very easy because the Design and Runtime paths are the same. There's even a 'Copy' button.
In your case it sounds like you're not connecting FTView Studio directly to the controller for testing, so you will have to manually set up shortcut definitions. Thanks for the response. I understand how things need to be added manually on the Runtime side of things, but I'm having trouble setting up the Design (Local) side of things. As in it won't recognize that the MicroLogix 1200 is connected to the PV+. I'm confused whether I should be seeing the ML1200 under a DF1 driver I've added directly to the system or the one that is detected through the connection to the PV+.
See the attached screenshot to see what I mean. The DF1 on the Panelview seems like it would be the one to connect to but I could be wrong. Either way, my ML1200 doesn't show up automatically in either the PV+ DF1 driver nor the DF1 which preturbs me.
As an additional note, when I go in through the PV+ terminal settings - Networks and Communications - RSLinx Enterprise Communications I can see the MicroLogix 1200 at address 0 under the DF1 Point-to-Point under the Panelview Plus in the Ethernet heading. I have the option of editing the address of the device but that's it.
Ah, OK, I see what you were after. The RSLinx Enterprise browser's function when it hits a PanelView Plus is just enough to tantalize; it shows identities, and sometimes incorrect nodes, and in general it makes you think that it works like a ControlLogix backplane. Except it doesn't. This would be a neat feature, and maybe the 6.0 terminals would do it, but from 2003 until today you can't browse Ethernet through the onboard RSLinx Enterprise to RS232 Serial on the PanelView Plus. The only way to address MicroLogix 1200 data tables in your development project is to type them in manually after the shortcut, or import them all from an RSLogix 500 export file.
You can't browse a PLC/SLC offline file like you can a Logix 5000 offline file.
SLC 500 and Micrologix 1200 compatible software
SLC 500 and Micrologix 1200 compatible software
I have a SLC 500 and Micrologix 1200 at work.
Will Micrologix 500 upload,download and edit both of these PLC's programs even though they were probably written with RS Logix 500?
1. What cables do I need
2. Why or why dont I need RS Linx on my Laptop because I was told I do,but I though RS Linx was only for networking PLCs.
3. Is Micrologix 500 and RS Logix 500 Windows XP compatible?
4. I can program the MicroLogix 1200 with RS Logix 500,right? It has been a while.
5 Lastly, What is the average cost of RS Linx and Micrologix 500 and can I install it on as many PCs as I want?
Thankx
Will Micrologix 500 upload,download and edit both of these PLC's programs even though they were probably written with RS Logix 500?
1. What cables do I need
2. Why or why dont I need RS Linx on my Laptop because I was told I do,but I though RS Linx was only for networking PLCs.
3. Is Micrologix 500 and RS Logix 500 Windows XP compatible?
4. I can program the MicroLogix 1200 with RS Logix 500,right? It has been a while.
5 Lastly, What is the average cost of RS Linx and Micrologix 500 and can I install it on as many PCs as I want?
Thankx