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General Category => DirectSOFT => Topic started by: dieseltwitch on January 30, 2010, 09:09:41 PM

Title: Two DL05.... how to program them to run as one?
Post by: dieseltwitch on January 30, 2010, 09:09:41 PM

I have an application where I need to hook together two DL05's or maybe one DL05 to a new DL06 (not sure yet). basically expand an existing install to put on more temps and and outputs. How does this programing work? How does it share variables back and forth?

Title: Re: Two DL05.... how to program them to run as one?
Post by: b_carlton on January 30, 2010, 10:38:20 PM

Or just step up to a 205

Title: Re: Two DL05.... how to program them to run as one?
Post by: dieseltwitch on January 30, 2010, 10:49:37 PM

My customer wants to expand his system but doesn't want to take down the old system he just want to expand it. I was thinking about a FieldI/O but i still thinking just adding an 05 or 06 would be less expensive then taking down and buying the original setup and enclosure.

Title: Re: Two DL05.... how to program them to run as one?
Post by: Controls Guy on January 30, 2010, 11:56:49 PM

I'm almost certain the 06 will act as a Modbus RTU master out the 15-pin port (Port 2).  If the 05 will act as a slave, you could host the entire app on the 06 and just use the 05 as remote I/O.  If you had to, you could also get H0-Ecoms for both, but they're $200 or so each.