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Re: Field Electronics
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Originally Posted by Johnny_5 View Post
On the PLC I am not 100% about that. I believe that the I/O units are all based on TCP/IP comm protocol, so a PLC may or may not be required.
I am not too sure about that. I do believe that there is a fair amount of PLC programming that is loaded onto the I/O blocks. The type of I/O blocks that they are using typically are configured through the RSLogix Software. The reason for this is that using the PLC programming helps to manage any sort of sequence of events in a more reasonable fashion. Its a nice and easy way to take all the inputs and sort out the proper actions to take and report back to the FMS a clean, clear output.
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