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Technical support / General Questions for the nano-10
« on: May 18, 2015, 08:31:10 PM »
I ran across this site while searching for an internet controlling relay for an idea we had at work. The nano10 looks totally awesome for the price, and being able to control 4 devices. I'm a bit of a PLC novice and wanted to learn a little more about it before jumping into it. My experience so far with PLCs is I've taken a couple of classes on it and worked with the AB Micrologix systems. I downloaded the education version of the software and wrote a small program for what I'd want it to do and it works for what I want out of it.
Does it come with the powersupply for the $120 price?
The two DOs that are not relay outs, are those powered via the powersupply from the unit? IE, do they output their own DC voltage?
When accessing the website to turn things on/off, does the point you command have to be an actual output? Could it be a virtual input to begin the program remotely?
What unit of time is the counter defaulting to? Is it .1 seconds? If I enter 200, is that 20 seconds?
I planned on looking for some web activated relays to remotely open a pnuematic door on our furnaces. I came across this, liked the PLC aspect of it, and made a program to open the door, wait a couple of hours, close the door, then stop the fan and acknowledge an alarm. I wanted to try this with as little impact or modification to the normal everyday manual processes of operating them. I figured it'd be used only to get one last run during the weekend and shut down automatically.
Does it come with the powersupply for the $120 price?
The two DOs that are not relay outs, are those powered via the powersupply from the unit? IE, do they output their own DC voltage?
When accessing the website to turn things on/off, does the point you command have to be an actual output? Could it be a virtual input to begin the program remotely?
What unit of time is the counter defaulting to? Is it .1 seconds? If I enter 200, is that 20 seconds?
I planned on looking for some web activated relays to remotely open a pnuematic door on our furnaces. I came across this, liked the PLC aspect of it, and made a program to open the door, wait a couple of hours, close the door, then stop the fan and acknowledge an alarm. I wanted to try this with as little impact or modification to the normal everyday manual processes of operating them. I figured it'd be used only to get one last run during the weekend and shut down automatically.