Limitation of relays

It suffers from Contact wear & reliability problems.

Needs to be hard wired.

High cost , difficult to modify.

PLC Advantages
Deferred design The output may be mixture of conventional relays & solid state relays. Designed for electrically noisy environment , no filteration required. Smaller, faster acting & more reliable than hard wired system. They may be programmed using a high level , graphic display . Drum switches , timers, counters etc all are obtained using software . No physical device exist.

Basic PLC operation

Input devices PLC Output devices

Machine or process being controlled

Basic PLC sections

A Processor Input/ Output or I/O A programmer. Interface

Basic PLC Architecture

Indicator lamp , motor starter , solenoid valves etc.

Output interface
Programmer Keypad & Display

Processor

Memory

PLC Controller Input interface

Push buttons, limit switches, photo detectors

PLC Inputs
Opto isolated DC input Ac input ( first converted to dc )

PLC Outputs
Processor

Output Latch

Electrical Isolation

Output Terminal Block

Functions
AND OR NOT

SLC 150 Addresses

SLC 150 has 10 input address numbered 1 to 10 .They are called input addresses. SLC 150 has 12 outputs , numbered 11 to 16; and 11 to 116. They are called output addresses.

Input & Output wiring connections between PC45 & SLC 150
Inputs

Green Push Button (SWG) 001 Red Push Button (SWR) 002 Sensor 1 003 Sensor 2 004 Input Switch Module SW1 through SW5 005 ----009 Limit Switches on Cylinder R1 through R3 101..103
Green Lamp 012 Red Lamp 013 Conveyor Forward ( E ) 011 Conveyor Reverse ( R ) 111 Cylinders C1 ..C3 112,113,114

Outputs

Quick Reference SLC 150 Instructions

Internal Addresses : Relays 701 -----863 Timers 901------932(000.1 to 999.9 sec) Counters 901 ---- 932 Sequencers 901 --- 932