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Steve Banzai

Allen Bradley RSLogix Programming Books

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Hey guys. I've been in industrial automation for a little over 3 years now, I'm looking to learn more about Allen Bradley programming. I know the basics as I work with this product, and do light (and i say light) programming. Are there any books I could buy? I'm a text book kind of dude, so i'd rather read then bore myself to death watching videos. Also, any books on Bristol Babcock programming? I know most of you probably don't know what it is, but its big around here in the water/waste water world. Thanks -Steve Banzai

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You may also want to post at www.plctalk.net/qanda I believe at least one regular works in wastewater treatment. There are multiple hits to a search ther on 'Bristol Babcock '

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Hugh Jack has allowed his PLC Programming books for download on MrPLC. Have to seen these? http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=156

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Hi Steve, I amone of the regulars that work in the Waste Water industry. We don't use Bristol Babcock products in our facility. I believe that the programming of the Bristol Babcock is based on ladder, so it should be simular to Bradley programming. In our plant we have over 70 PLC's, for which over 95% are Bradley, of all flavours. I have found that most of the programs are ok to deal with except for an old PLC 5 that is written with indirect addressing and alot of JSR's to routines. We recently had an Allen Bradley engineer on site, for a seperate issue, but he was looking at this particular program. He has years of experience, and he even thought that the program was difficult to understand. This forum is a really good place to come to when you are a little bit stuck or need some advise. The guys here a very helpful. Also use the search function, as a lot of the things you might be looking for help with have been covered before. Conor

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Personally, I learned more about how to program, and how not to program, by looking through other people's work and then doing my own work. First offline, then diving in feet first and writing my own program (many times I've wished that I could go back and reorganize the first one but it works so I don't worry about it). There are any number of ways to accomplish what you need to do in a PLC and taking a look at other people's work is a great way to build a library that you can start from. I've had the opportunity to look over programs written for industries that are different from the one that I work in (oil and gas) and even those programs have been helpful. Ie we don't use stepper motors in my line of work however I have used the concept of a stepper motor to control pipeline valves in lieu of a PID loop. As far aas the PLC 5 example mentioned earlier goes, I know a guy that started his programmer life writing programs in assembly language. Following his programs will drive you nuts... but there's something to be learned from it.

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I work with this almost everyday. In fact I just installed an ML1500 w/ an AI module, and AO module today. So i'm constantly reading other programs, and like I said I know how to do light programming, i just wanted a book to learn a bit more. Also, Bristol is not ladder. It is structured text. Similar to basic.

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Manuals http://literature.ro...rm001_-en-p.pdf http://literature.ro...gr002_-en-e.pdf And books http://www.engineer-and-technician.com/tag/allen-bradley/ Edited by Mickey

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