WDPF QLC to AB 1770KF2 Module

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Monrovian8

Has anyone successfully integrated a WDPF Grp1 QLC card to an Allen Bradley 1770 KF2 Module??

If So,

* what driver did you load onto the QLC card??

* what did the "configuration file" look like??

Any assistance will be much appreciated,
 
Yes we have. To start you would need an older laptop with a 9 pin serial port. You will need DOS 5.0 or lower. We used DOS500 to create a dos boot disk. You can't do it through windows. The best is a 16 bit machine. You will then need to get a copy of ABQLC.exe, BACFLASH.exe and EXTPC.exe. These files must be loaded on the QLC card.

The QLC card will nned to be formated as a system drive. Here is an example of the file you will need to create:

/FILE: title = "Centrifuges 1&3",
port = 1 ,
baud = 9600,
parity = N,
databits = 8,
stopbits = 1,
sourceaddr = 10,
looptime = 0.0,
timeout = 2.0,
numnaks = 3,
numenqs = 3,
watchdogtime = 5.0,
switch = 0,
recoveryerrs = 3,
quiettime = 5.0,
statusreg = 2000

/GROUP: name = "C1 DIGITAL INPUTS 1",
direction = IN,
type = PLC-5,
station = 1

/DATA: SAL-5044A, N10:0.0, D0100
SAH-5044A, N10:0.1, D0101
SADL-5045A, N10:0.2, D0102
XA-5047A, N10:0.3, D0103
XA-5048A, N10:0.4, D0104
TAH-5042A, N10:0.5, D0105
TAHH-5042A, N10:0.6, D0106
TAH-5042C, N10:0.7, D0107
TAHH-5042C, N10:0.8, D0108
TAHH-5048A, N10:0.9, D0109
TAH-5043A, N10:0.10, D0110
TAHH-5043A, N10:0.11, D0111
TAH-5043C, N10:0.12, D0112
TAHH-5043C, N10:0.13, D0113

/GROUP: name = "C1 ANALOG INPUTS 1",
direction = IN,
type = PLC-5,
station = 1

/DATA: SI-5044A, N10:4, A0300
SI-5045A, N10:5, A0302
II-5047A, N10:6, A0304
II-5048A, N10:7, A0306
EI-5047A, N10:8, A0308
EI-5048A, N10:9, A0310
TI-5040A, N10:10, A0312
TI-5040C, N10:11, A0314
TI-5041A, N10:12, A0316
TI-5042A, N10:13, A0318
TI-5042C, N10:14, A0320
TI-5043A, N10:15, A0322
VI-5038A, N10:16, A0324
VI-5038C, N10:17, A0326
VI-5039A, N10:18, A0328
VI-5039C, N10:19, A0330

Create an autoexec.bat file using the file name like: abqlc -f test.txt -a Save this to the flash drive by typing bakflash on the B: move switch 6 up and reset the card. When connecting to the QLC card with the laptop, if you boot up the laptop with a dos disk, it is much faster when you type extpc and then reset the qlc card. The QLC should be set up on the switches for 9600 baud and switch 6 should be down so you can program the unit. After you back flash the B: drive you should raise switch 6 so the QLC will run your autoexec file. The -a allows you to see the program run with the laptop. If there are any errors this will tell you where they are. It takes about 2 hours to do this process and test your program
 
I have set up the QLC to SLC5/04 interface using the ABQLC.exe driver.
I can get all of the inputs to work, both digital and analog, but I can't get the analog or digital outputs to work.

The inputs worked right from the start, but I have taken a day and a half and still can't get the outputs to work.

Any ideas??
 
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