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Hello All, In Today's post i am going to tell you about series of AB PLC with their I/O capacity and supporting software's . AB PLC are categorized into 7 PLC series depending on their I/O capacity and memory and other functionality. So depending on the series it has various communication software's (like RSlinxGateway, RSlinxClassic), Programming software's (Like PicoSoft, RSlinx500 English Pro,RSlinx5 English Pro, RSlinx 5000 English Pro) and a Simulation Software(Like RSLogix Emulate500, RSLogix Emulate5 and RSLogixEmulate5000) 1) Pico Series:- The first series of AB PLC is a Pico series. This series of AB PLC comes with maximum 32 I/O capacity depending on the customer requirement. For communicating the programming devices to the PLC we need a RSLinx Gateway software , and for programming the ladder logic we need Pico soft . The Pico series does not provide support for simulation so it doesn't have a simulation software.  As the Pico ...

If you want to learn and practice your PLC ladder logic and don't have a Hardware of PLC.!!! So in this post I will show you, how to configure your programming software, that is I will show you how to Configure RSlogix500 english pro with RSLogix Emulate500 simulation software, So you can practice you ladder logic without PLC hardware.

In this post I am going to tell you the supporting communication protocols for SLC series of AB PLC. Before I will tell you about various supporting communication protocols, I want you to get familiar with what is communication protocols exactly?? So, Communication protocols is nothing but set of rules for data transmission over a communication network when PLC is connected to other PLC or communication network. There are various communication protocols available for PLC  like DH485, RS232, DH+(Data HighWay+), Ethernet, Universal Remote I/O's, Device Net, Control Net, etc. DH485 :- With this protocol we can connect up to 32 nodes to each other(means we can connect maximum 32 PLC stations to each other). This protocol supports to SLC 5/01, SLC 5/02, SLC 5/03 AB PLC series. This protocol supports 4000 feet of communication length with baud rate of 19200 bits/sec(19.2 Kb/s). RS232 :- It has the same baud rate as of DH485 that is of 19.2 Kb/s. This protocols s...

SR. NO. AB PLC series I/O Range Communication Software Programing Software Emulator Software 1. Pico Series <= 32 I/o’s RSlinx gateway Picosoft NA   2. Micrologix (<= 512 I/o’s ) Micrologix 1000 (<= 32 I/o’s) Rslinx gateway RSlinx500 English Pro Emulator 500   Micrologix  1100 (<= 64  I/o’s) Rslinx gateway   RSlinx500 English Pro Emulator 500   Micrologix 1200 (<=128  I/o’s) Rslinx gateway RSlinx500 English Pro Emulator 500   Micrologix 1400 (<=256 I/o’s) Rslinx gateway RSlinx500 English Pro Emulator 500   Micrologix 1500 (<= 512 I/o’s) Rslinx gat...