SLC 5/04 and TI-565 communication

[ADMIRALKEN]

Hi Folks,

I have an older TI-565 PLC and a newer Allen-Bradley Slc 5/04, that are physically located about 200 yards apart.

I need to be able to pass a few words from one machine to another. One possible solution would be to use Modbus as the
go between. I know AB has a PRO-Soft card for modbus and Siemens has a modbus card for the 565. My question is considering the distance, will I need some type of repeater/signal booster for this setup. If anyone has experience with this type of setup, or something similar. Please share your thoughts.

Ken Moore
NSCC-Wdrf Plant

 

[jepancake]

Thats a good solution if you dont want to mess around with protocols. Its been a few years but....
I used a TI Basic module with a RS422 converter to the serial port of the SLC504. I had to play around with pinouts and built my own cables which took longer than I wanted. I ran it at 9600baud.
Pretty slow, but it worked.

 

[kenlacey]

How much data do you really need to passs between the units? If its not too much, you coud do it iwth digital I/O quite easily!

 

[rubha]

AB has a "black box" that translates ti to ab. it is around $500 U.S. You would have to config both for 422. i have used this box with ti545 to a pv1000 but it was with rs232.

 

[ADMIRALKEN]

Can you give me any info on this "black box"?
Sounds like the cheapest option.

thanks,
Ken

 

[rubha]

prosoft makes this "black box" converter (it's actually white)for AB. check out their web site. if you do not find what your looking for, reply back and i will look up the info/part# that i used.

good luck
rubha