Rockwell Automation 1747-L40 SLC 500 Fixed Hardware Style - Manual (Page 20)

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Chapter
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Selecting Your Hardware Components
This chapter provides general information on what your SLC 500 controller
can do for you and an overview of the fixed control system. It also explains
how to select:
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2–slot chassis
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discrete I/O modules
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specialty I/O modules
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enclosures
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operator interfaces
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memory modules
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isolation transformers
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suppressors
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output contact protection
There is also a section on special considerations for controller installations.
This chapter does not provide you with all the information that you need to
select a complete SLC 500 control system. To do this, we recommend that
you use the latest version of the system overview, SLC 500 Family of Small
Programmable Controllers, Publication Number 1747–2.30.
The SLC 500 programmable controller has features that previously could
only be found in large programmable controllers. It has the flexibility and
power of a large controller with the size and simplicity of a small controller.
The SLC 500 controller offers you more control options than any other
programmable controller in its class.
These programmable controllers make up a technologically advanced control
system having inherent flexibility and advantages characteristic of other
programmable controllers, but with one important difference — simplicity!
What Your SLC 500 Controller
Can Do for You