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  1. ROM-DOS for some older CNC or Mills

    By Chris Elston in Tutorials and Guides

    Romdos OS that runs on some older CNC or Mills. Follow the instructions inside the TXT files to create a bootable floppy or prepare your hard drive to install the ROM DOS operating system.

    968 downloads

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  2. IAI E-Stop and Enable Parameter Wizard Program

    By Chris Elston in Robots and Servos

    Wizard EXE program that helps you change your X-SEL IAI robot parameters to resume recover from an e-stop or however you want to set up your program. This is a wizard that asks you some questions then tells you what parameters to change in the robot to

    512 downloads

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  3. CX-Programmer Ver.3 Introduction Guide R104-E1-01 (ZIP VERSION)

    By Chris Elston in PLC Sample Code

    CX-Programmer Ver.3 Introduction Guide R104-E1-01. Quick start for beginning a project in CX-Programmer. Could also be useful for earlier versions of CX Programmer.
    Same as this download:
    http://forum.mrplc.com/index.php?&act=Download

    5377 downloads

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  4. AutoCad 2000 Bolts Toolbar Menu Add-On FREE Version 1.0

    By Chris Elston in Free Utilities

    About a month ago someone asked me in the forums at MrPLC if I could make a menu or toolbar for MECHANICAL engineering folks. I mentioned that we had a toolbar that gives users quick access to bolt holes etc that would mainly be used for a mechanical eng

    2542 downloads

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  5. IAI IX Scara Additional Command Reference

    By Chris Elston in Robots and Servos

    This is a PDF that contains some new commands not in the older scara programming manual for the IX controller

    463 downloads

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  6. IAI X-Sel Controller Commands Manual

    By Chris Elston in Robots and Servos

    This is a manual for the new X-Sel Controller. Has all the commands defined in this manual.

    2648 downloads

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  7. IAI X-Sel Software Manual

    By Chris Elston in Robots and Servos

    This PDF is a manual for the new X-Sel software. Shows you how the new software works. Excellent improvement over the old software. You can now step through your program and insert programs "break" points.

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  8. Ascii Master Program

    By Chris Elston in Free Utilities

    Program that converts any character into Ascii or HEX codes.

    2472 downloads

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  9. Cognex Insight 3000 PatFind Blobs and OP Screen

    By Chris Elston in Vision Systems

    Here is an example Cognex Insight job file with a two point PatFind locator setup plotting a line between the two pattern finds. This gives a better accuracy when locking onto the part. Also is an example of blob tools with a very nice operator interface

    609 downloads

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  10. Cognex Insight 3000 Slick Image Compare and OP Screen

    By Chris Elston in Vision Systems

    Here is an example Cognex Insight job file with a two point PatFind locator setup plotting a line between the two pattern finds. This gives a better accuracy when locking onto the part. Also is an example of image compare tools with a very nice operator

    782 downloads

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  11. Fanuc LR Mate 200iB Teach Pendant Program

    By Chris Elston in Robots and Servos

    Here is a recent Fanuc robot program I did with LR Handling tool (teach pendant programming). This program contains several sub programs that do various tasks.
    Pick up the part
    Do a vision routine
    if pass palletize
    if fail reject part

    2386 downloads

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  12. Ascii Reference Table

    By Chris Elston in Tutorials and Guides

    If you just want a complete Ascii reference table check out this download.

    2187 downloads

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  13. JIC Electrical Drawing Set Example in AutoCad 2000

    By Chris Elston in Tutorials and Guides

    This is an electrical drawing set I did BEFORE we got VIA Wiring Diagram. These electrical drawings follow JIC drawing practices.
    Before we got VIA I used my own AutoCad Menus and blocks to draw this drawing set. You can download the menus here

    4409 downloads

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  14. JIC Electrical Drawing Set Example in VIA WD v17

    By Chris Elston in Tutorials and Guides

    This is an electrical drawing done with VIA Wiring Diagram version 17.0. These electrical drawings follow JIC drawing practices.
    All drawings should open for AutoCad 2000 and VIA Wiring Diagram software. All VIA attributes should be in place. The

    1965 downloads

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  15. Example Customer Quote for an Automation Job

    By Chris Elston in Tutorials and Guides

    Well I didn't know this example proposal would be so popular. I posted this originally at <a href='http://www.PLCs.net' target='_blank'>http://www.PLCs.net</a> in this thread:
    <a href='http://www.plctalk.net/qanda/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64

    2538 downloads

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  16. Introduction to PLC controllers - Omron Based - FREE Online

    By Chris Elston in Tutorials and Guides

    Free online Book by Nebojsa Matic:
    PLC are industrial microcontroller systems (in more recent times we meet processors instead of microcontrollers) where hardware and software are specifically adapted to industrial environment. The key to their su

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  17. GE 90-30 Walking Beam Test Machine with Bit Shift

    By Chris Elston in PLC Sample Code

    This is a complete program written in GE VersaPro 2.0. Features a walking beam testing machine with six stations. Bit shift tracking is used to track the product through the test machine.
    Station intergration includes:
    Station #1 = Neff Press D

    3251 downloads

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  18. Quick Panel Complete Test Machine Application

    By Chris Elston in HMI Sample Code

    HMI screen design to work with a GE 90-30 350 CPU.
    Download the PLC part of the code here:
    http://forum.mrplc.com/index.php?&act=Downloads&CODE=02&id=202' target='_blank'>http://forum.mrplc.com/index.php?&act=Down...&CODE=02&id=202

    3466 downloads

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  19. For Fun: Company Wide Nascar 2004 Pool Game in Excel

    By Chris Elston in Free Utilities

    I like to mess around in Excel VBA. This is one of those things that I made. This is another one of those fun things to do in Excel. This Excel sheet generates random numbers from a pool of 42 numbers. Everyone in the pool gets two numbers. This i

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  20. AB Power Supply Cross Reference Spreadsheet

    By Chris Elston in Manuals, Tutorials

    Now that Allen Bradley managed to purchase the manufacturing facility of SOLA SDN power supplies you might want to check out this cross-reference sheet if you are planning to switch from SOLA to Allen Bradley power supplies. Quite frankly they are cheap

    1475 downloads

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  21. Sliding Mode Control DL250

    By Chris Elston in PLC Sample Code

    Sliding mode control example DL250

    1162 downloads

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  22. How to Connect to a GE 90-30 Video using VersaPro

    By Chris Elston in Manuals, Tutorials

    Windows Media Player AVI clip of my desktop to walk you through how to connect to a GE 90-30 PLC using VersaPro 2.0 software.

    2242 downloads

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  23. MapleSystems and Allen Bradley Cheat Sheet

    By Chris Elston in Manuals, Tutorials

    This is a PDF sheet that explains all the tag formatting required to program a Maple System HMI with an Allen Bradley PLC.

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  24. MapleSystems HMI Program w/Allen Bradley Micrologix 1500

    By Chris Elston in HMI Sample Code

    This is the first HMI program I did with an Allen Bradley 1500 and a Maple System HMI. The ZIP file contains a compressed file. You'll need to use the MapleSystems "Decompress" utility to unpack and open this job in Easy Builder software. E

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  25. How to Convert GE LM90 to GE VersaPro Video Tutorial

    By Chris Elston in Manuals, Tutorials

    Windows Media Player AVI clip of my desktop to walk you through how to convert an LM90 program to a VersaPro program.
    There are several other consideration to consider. I'll cover these topics later in an article. But in the mean time you can

    2258 downloads

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