Daily Archives: December 14, 2020


PLC-2 On Delay Timer

Introduction to the PLC-2 On Delay Timer. Despite being obsolete and out of date, I still love to program the PLC-2. In this post, we’ll discuss the PLC-2 On Delay Timer. We use the TON instruction to delay the DN bit from energizing. You will see this on conveyors, so Read More »

PLC-2 TON

PLC-5 to ControlLogix Conversion 3

Introduction to PLC-5 to ControlLogix Conversion RSLogix / Studio 5000 has a built in utility for PLC-5 to ControlLogix Conversion. Likewise, we can use the same procedure for converting an SLC-500 project. Because the PLC-5 is now obsolete, we will convert a PLC-5 project to use in a ControlLogix system. Read More »

PLC-5 Conversion

FactoryTalk View Bar Graph 1

Introduction to the FactoryTalk View Bar Graph Object The FactoryTalk View Bar Graph object provides you with a graphic indication of analog signals. In addition, we will set thresholds to change the color of the bar graph. By the same token, you could use a Gauge object. The object you Read More »

FactoryTalk View Bar Graph