Thank you Travis!

Check back later this year as I hope to add several more lessons, and if you have any ideas for new lessons I'd love to hear them!

Thanks again,

Shawn Tierney,
Instructor at The Automation School

Good morning Andy,

Thanks for your question!

In many cases, to share just the Analog Input Data values from one module owned by one Logix Controller with another Logix Controller, you would copy those values into an array and then message the array.

While this method requires a few instructions as well as an MSG, it's very efficient as…[Read more]

Good afternoon Greg,

Yes I do!

PAC Basics focuses on ControlLogix and RSlogix/Studio 5000
– https://theautomationschool.com/courses/pac-basics-standard/

Compact Basics focuses on CompactLogix and RSlogix/Studio 5000
– https://theautomationschool.com/courses/compact-basics-level-1/

You can also upgrade to the Mega Bundle to get all…[Read more]

Good morning Ricardo,

Thank you for your update and comments!

In my office I have a DHCP server, so new plcs connected to the network will show up in RSLinx's Ethernet IP driver with a random address assigned by the server.

To get around that, I also set my PC up with a static address, then connect directly to the PLC and use the bootp…[Read more]

Good morning RM,

Thanks for your question.

When you say you see your Micro820 in RSLinx, which driver in RSLinx are you seeing it in? Is it showing up under the Ethernet/IP Driver?

If it is, can you connect to it using CCW, and if you can, what do the settings show the Ethernet port setup for?

If the PLC is setup for BOOTP or DHCP it…[Read more]

Good morning Greg,

Thanks for your comments. I do think CompactLogix is a great next step after this course, and as you go through both courses you'll find several troubleshooting tips included in each.

I do pan to have a dedicated troubleshooting section in the new 2020/2021 edition of the course, which everyone enrolled in a standard or…[Read more]

Good afternoon Mike,

Two Micro800's can communicate with each other, however I don't have a lesson on that yet, but check out the below manual to see if it helps?
– https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/qs/2080-qs002_-en-e.pdf

Hope this helps,

Shawn Tierney,
Instructor at The Automation School

Good morning Eduardo,

Glad you got it worked out!

The redundacy firmware get's loaded into a pair of controllers when you have a redundant pair of them along with the 1756-RMx modules. See the below for more info:
– https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/um/1756-um535_-en-p.pdf

Sincerely,

Shawn…[Read more]

Good morning Jeff C,

I just pulled up the lesson and it played without issue, so it would appear to have been a temporary issue with our global video host.

Can you confirm it's play for you today?

Sincerely,

Shawn Tierney,
Instructor at The Automation School

Good afternoon D Gregory,

Sadly, the original PanelView Plus models only support up to version 5.1. You'll need a PanelView Plus 6 to support 6.0 or greater.

Check out the complete presentation download to see what versions each models support:
-…[Read more]

Good morning Eduardo,

Thanks for your question.

In most applications, especially in discrete manufacturing, a single Continuous Task is used since no one part of the code has a higher priority than the other.

However, in many process systems it's common to have no continuous task, and instead have multiple periodic tasks, split between…[Read more]