Hi.
First of all, I haven't worked with Bradley PLCs for 7/8 years and when I have in the past Ive only used RS Logix500.
I have recently changed jobs and have 'inherited' a minefield of very old Allen Bradley PLCs and software.
Basically, I want to replace the 'engineering station' that is connected to the site PLC network via DH+ and is running PLC5 software through DOS.
I have been given a laptop with RS logix5000 on, so I plan to convert the 'projects' for all processors to files that can be opened in logix5000 and then I can get another licence and upgrade the engineering station to a more user friendly version.
To be able to use the translation tool, I need to create a .PC5 file from the project on the old engineering station. I have tried saving one of the processors code to a floppy disk, but it creates multiple files with .$xx extensions (or similar).
Is it possible to create the .PC5 file directly from the PLC5 program on the engineering station?
Is there another way of doing it that Im missing?
Obviously, I am up against a myriad of issues:
1. The engineering station only has floppy drive.
2. This PC Im typing at now doesnt have the Logix5000 software on it.
3. The laptop that has the Logix5000 has no internet connectivity, it does however have a virtual PC running XP and SLC500.
Any help on how to proceed is much appreciated, I feel like Im in a race against time because if the engineering station dies then we have no way to connect to the PLC network and interrogate the logic or IO.....
Thanks in advance
Mike