SLC to GE FANUC COMM

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J Thiessen

Does anyone have any knowledge of how to have an AB SLC500 talk to some GE FANUC plc's? Specifically a GE 6TB, 10T, 15T, and a 21I.

I do not know specifically which SLC is presently existing at this time. Any preliminary info will be helpful.


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Steve Bailey

The models you referred to are CNCs, not PLCs. I'm not aware of any bridge for direct communication between them. Whatever you come up with is likely to involve adding an option to the CNC controller. You might check to see if there is an option card for both the Fanuc and the AB that supports SERCOS.

Probably your best bet will be a PC with drivers for both products and custom application software to act as traffic cop between them.

If there isn't much data to be transferred, the easiest method might be hard wiring I/O between the two.
 
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Geoff Nunan Advanced Integration Pty Ltd

Both GE Fanuc and AB SLC have Profi Bus coms Modules available.

Geoff Nunan
Advanced Integration
Bathurst
NSW
 
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