ACC Automation: PLC & Industrial Control Learning
Practical Tips and Techniques
We will now use Modbus RTU to connect a Click Master to a BRX Do-More Slave controller. Recently I was asked to demonstrate communication between a Click PLC and BRX Do-More PLC using Modbus RTU. Both PLCs are available from automation direct com. Modbus serial communication (Modbus RTU) is a standard protocol used in many … Read more
The BRX PLC uses the Do-More Designer software which can be downloaded free of charge and includes a simulator. The latest Do-More Designer software version is 2.0.3. This is the same software that we used in the Learn PLC Programming Fee Video Series. The Do-More Designer software can be used to program the whole series … Read more
The BRX Do-More series of programmable logic controllers is a stackable micro brick. This is sometimes also referred to as a shoebox PLC because of the shape and way in which expansion modules are added. This new BRX Do-More series PLC is the latest in the Do-More series of controllers that have hit the market. … Read more
Acc Automation We would like to take a few minutes and reflect on the past, current and future of ACC Automation. You have help us succeed in our best year yet. Starting off we learned how to: Create a PLC with HMI Training and Learning Environment Free – Utilized the Do-More Designer Software and the … Read more
We will now look at the Horner report generator. The Horner APG XL4 all in one controller has a feature to generate text reports. These reports can consist of text and data from memory locations in the controller. Reports can be printed using a serial interface printer through any of the serial ports of the … Read more
The Horner APG XL4 all in one controller has recipe instructions. Recipes allow you to send or update multiple registers in your program from the removable micro SD memory card. Each recipe can have 250 ingredients and 1024 products. The number of recipes will be limited to the size of the removable memory card. We … Read more
Math instructions in the Horner APG XL4 OCS all-in-one controller are broken down into Basic Math Operations and Advanced Math Operations. Basic Math Operations include the following: Math Equation Element, Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Modulo, Square Root, Absolute Value Advanced Math Operations include the following: Power of X, Base 10 Logarithm, Power of e, Natural … Read more
Compare and move instructions in the Horner XL4 OCS all-in-one controller can be very powerful. We will be looking at how to use these compare and move instructions. Combining these two instructions to build a sequencer, we will apply this to an application example. Our application will be a simple traffic light. The HMI screen … Read more
We will now look at the parts of a PLC system. When I was in school PLCs were just in their infancy. We were taught that the PLC consisted of the central processing unit (CPU), analog and digital inputs, and outputs. Everything was programmed with dedicated handheld devices and/or software devices on specialized hardware. We … Read more
The Horner XL4 OCS all-in-one controller is programmed using Cscape. Cscape (Control Station Central Application Programming Environment) We will now set up the Cscape software so we can easily communicate and program our controller.