There are many different PLC manufacturers with different hardware and software.
Since training is a common subject here is some information for PLC beginners. Start at the ‘Getting Started’ at the following URL: Factory IO provides a straight forward method of seeing your program in action before you wire your application.įactory IO Website is at the following URL:ĭocumentation is well done. Testing of the program is important and should be done in a variety of ways. I'd say be much easier learning to manage memory, then moving to un-managed memory than the other way around.įactory IO provides a 3D simulation of the process. That said CX is a really simple program to pick up, and at the end of the day it depends what you're trying to teach, which in this case sounds like just grasping ladder logic, inputs & outputs, memory and addressing etc, as opposed to specific user interface/syntax. Probably the fact that you have to manage memory in CX is beneficial in itself in that it will have the students thinking about where and how bits & words are placed in the PLC. Sysmac would have advantages to teach in that there is a much more modern approach with the Instructions, Functions & Function Blocks, gets you thinking in a much more object orientated manner than CX. My understanding is there is also a lite version of Sysmac Studio to lower the cost. CP1E programs like a legacy Omron device, which is not directly how most PLCs work anymore. So the knowledge would be useful with other IEC compliant controllers. It's far more expensive than CP1E, but it's also IEC compliant programming languages and current programming software. If you go for Omron, I would recommend NX1P2.
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