Hello again,
Thank you kwakisaki for the reply, after more reading of manuals and forum I found this post Buying a Kawasaki zx200s with missing cables where the idea seams to be the same so just wanted to make sure of a few things before I start buying stuff:
- with a 1GW card can I just plug it in and command output and receive inputs directly from the program? (or I need to update some configuration to be able to access the card?)
- if I buy a 1GW card from internet it is important to have a certain hw revision one or with a certain rom version? if its needed can the firmware be updated easy on the card?
As an option and just for my knowledge because I'm located in Europe the risk of buying a possible faulty 1GW card from US or Korea is not so appealing so how easy would be to connect (via rs232 or the ethernet port) and configure a small PLC to be able to command one digital output for the "weld" command?
In the C controller rack I have one 1HP card, one Phoenix contact card for the inter-bus (I asume) and one 1HA card with the lower serial port connected, so the ethernet port is free and functional (made one backup from it) and upper serial port is free.
Also for info I want to ask if this 1215 inter-bus error can be disabled and the interbus communication card removed as it has 3 of the 4 serial ports connected.
Thank you in advance.