J
Looking at utilizing some de-commissioned equipment and discovered several moth-balled PM 5000's with MB+ cards installed.
Having never used MB+, I looked over Modicon's 'Planning Guide'. A couple of questions?
'Breadboarding' a test setup prior to production.. can I use standard 9 pin D-subs and wire to pins 1, 2, 3 as indicated in the 'Guide'?
Is the shield to be used on pin 2? I've seen comments in my web research indicating otherwise... but the Modicon 'Guide' says something like 'bare wire' to pin 2?
Is it overkill to consider MB+ on point-point over standard MB RTU? The Panelmate application is in excess of 50 pages with numerous alarms... and I thought response time might be improved with MB+.
Any other suggestions.. or if you have experience with the Panelmate Pro units on MB+.... any help would be appreciated.
Jake
Having never used MB+, I looked over Modicon's 'Planning Guide'. A couple of questions?
'Breadboarding' a test setup prior to production.. can I use standard 9 pin D-subs and wire to pins 1, 2, 3 as indicated in the 'Guide'?
Is the shield to be used on pin 2? I've seen comments in my web research indicating otherwise... but the Modicon 'Guide' says something like 'bare wire' to pin 2?
Is it overkill to consider MB+ on point-point over standard MB RTU? The Panelmate application is in excess of 50 pages with numerous alarms... and I thought response time might be improved with MB+.
Any other suggestions.. or if you have experience with the Panelmate Pro units on MB+.... any help would be appreciated.
Jake