PLC - programable logic controller - a high-cost, low-power embedded software machine for industrial scale automation using ladder logic. Notes made here from my experiences at #Riveer

software

• Connected Components Workbench – Developer Edition v23
  • This software is available free from Rockwell Automation
  • Make an account with your Riveer email
  • In your Rockwell account, add Riveer as your employer, then you'll be able to download the downloader. It's not a small program.
  • PROTIP: store your programs on your own hard drive. connected components has a character limit. The share drive will exceed that limit and then it will fail to load.
• FactoryTalk Optix Studio v1.7
• BootP DHCP tool
• RSLinx Classic

method

N.B. - start this after programing the HMI.

1. Connect the PLC via ethernet
   1. use the program RSLink
   2. make sure your PC and the PLC are on the same subnet
2. use the program bootP to set the PLC's IP address
   1. find the correct PLC using the MAC address this can also be found with RSLink
   2. disable bootp/DHPC to prevent the IP address from changing (sets it as static, even when connected to a new network)
3. Open Connected Components workbench
4. set the IP address of the PLC IAW the standard IP addresses used by Riveer
5. Set the PLC tags to reflect the HMI tags in software - download with project values.
6. go online and switch to run mode, then verify that the timers are running (they'll be visible as numbers incrementing in the ladder diagram view)