This may be a long shot but I'll ask anyway. Do any of you guys work with PLC programming, specifically on the Logix500 and Logix5000 platforms? Looking for any advice on switching over to Rockwell Studio for automation programming at work, trying to get a jump start on avoiding the incompatibility nightmare that is (rumored) to be upon us.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I started with computers in the 1960's. I've been a computer programmer on many, many platforms and languages. My 2 cents: no matter what platform you chose it will never meet 100% of you expectations. Do some research on 'Request for Proposal'; outline your needs both hardware, upgrades, software based upon your business -- get other people within your company to come up with needs. Then see what the computer sellers can do for you. It takes a while to do this, but in the end you should be relatively happy with the new system for 1 or 2 decades.
xyz123
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Dec 19, 2018
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Howdy neighbor (I'm over in West Tn). Sorry no. Looked a little into it during my grad studies in info sec (PLC virus that hit the Iran uranium centrafuges)...but nothing in depth enough to give you any insight. Most of my software dev has been Delphi, SQL, VB.Net, and C languages (C++, but mostly C# and a little with .Net Core). How much time you have? Stack Overflow, Pluralsight, or any the other common dev sites have anything that could help? PLC isn't as common a dev environment as the general business community (SQL, C#, Java, etc.)...so not sure how much luck you would have on those sites anyway.
jondspen
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Dec 18, 2018
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@eStop Well...if it's like every other project I've been on...you have two hands tied behind your back, one leg cut out from under you...the exec team keeps telling you it's just a flesh wound, and "it should be easy to fix" (although they don't understand the first thing about anything you are trying to do - just that their end of quarter bonus money is involved). 
If before you doubted whether I was a programmer, after that comment...there should be none at all as to my experience or credentials! LOL
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