SLC-500

This PLC is the stalwart of the Allen-Bradley range – PLC5s have all but disappeared, but the SLC-500 remains, albeit now categorised as a ‘Active Mature’ product, and no doubt heading towards end of life with price increases, scarcity and resorting to eBay to find product of unknown reliability.

It is recommended that SLC-500 users start thinking about a migration, probably to CompactLogix.

Allen Bradley SLC 500 Family

There  are many issues to consider:

  • Network Integration
  • IO – Migrate or stay with 1746?
  • Code Conversion – verbatim or enhanced?
  • Factory Acceptance Testing
  • Changeover Schedule / Downtime
  • Preparing Documentation:
    • IO Lists
    • Device Lists
    • Electrical Drawings
    • Functional Descriptions
    • Process Descriptions

If you are looking for advice, call us on 0419 542 851.

SLC-500 CPUs

SLC500 Fixed Hardware Styles – 1747-L20, 1747-L30 and 1747-L40 (Now Discontinued)
SLC-5/01 – DH485 Slave (Now Discontinued)
SLC-5/02 – DH485 Port (Now Discontinued)
SLC-5/03 – DH485 & RS-232 (Now Discontinued)
SLC-5/04 – DH+ & RS-232
SLC-5/05 – Ethernet Port + RS232

Allen Bradley SLC500 Fixed Hardware