<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV>Cliff,</DIV><DIV> Thanks for the info, looks like a really neat system, very modular. I looked at the ladder logic, looks very similar to basic but more sort of visual. I imagine you can tailor it to met your specific needs as far as how you want to control things and with what type of keyboard or joy stick. I'll probably get everything hands on working before I try to get any kind of computer control, but I can see it could have many other applications.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian <BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] R300 mods<BR>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:58:47 -0700<BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV><SPAN>Automationdirect <A href="http://www.automationdirect.com/adc/Shopping/Catalog/Programmable_Controllers/DirectLogic_Series_PLCs_(Micro_to_Small,_Brick_-a-_Modular)/DirectLogic_205_(Micro_Modular_PLC)">http://www.automationdirect.com/adc/Shopping/Catalog/Programmable_Controllers/DirectLogic_Series_PLCs_(Micro_to_Small,_Brick_-a-_Modular)/DirectLogic_205_(Micro_Modular_PLC)</A></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN><BR></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><SPAN>You use a laptop to write ladder logic that is downloaded to
PLC. This company has fantastic tech support that will bring you through specifying what modules to buys, pointing you to you tube tutorials and helping you debug the ladder logic if you get stuck.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><BR><SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><SPAN>There is a bit of a learning curve but if you can write basic, you can write ladder logic.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><BR><SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><SPAN>Cliff<BR></SPAN></DIV><DIV> </DIV><BR><DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV dir="ltr"> <HR size="1"> <FONT face="Arial" size="2"> <B><SPAN style="font-weight: bold;">From:</SPAN></B> Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight: bold;">To:</SPAN></B> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, October 27, 2014 5:43 PM<BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] R300 mods<BR> </FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR><DIV><DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><DIV>Cliff, What brand of PLC are you using? Can you program it in basic?</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian<BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: Clifford Redus via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] R300 mods<BR>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:26:49 -0500<BR><BR></DIV><DIV>Two aft thrusters that are fixed horizontally are used for forward, reverses and yaw control. To fixed vertical thrusters located in wings for vertical depth station keeping, pitch and roll control. Each will have a dedicated minn Kota motor controller. 0-5vdc analog output signal to each motor controller will come through PLC analog output module. A analog input module of the PLC will accept signals from a 3-axis joystick and a foot control. <BR><BR>Sent from my iPad</DIV><DIV><DIV><BR>On Oct 27, 2014, at 4:46 AM, via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE><DIV>
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</FONT><DIV><FONT size="3">Cliff,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size="3">Since you are replacing the jet drive with a pair of fixed
101's, what are you doing to achieve low/high speed maneuverability? Did I
misunderstand about your main thrusters being fixed? Are you incorporating
rudders, dive planes, additional maneuvering motors?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size="3">Best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size="3">Jim T.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size="3"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><I><FONT size="3">Cliff wrote:</FONT></I></DIV>
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<DIV style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><SPAN style="color: black;"><FONT size="3"><I>... I am simplifying the propulsion and maneuvering
system by going to fixed thrusters with Kort nozzles and Minn
Kota motors. While I do drop the boat speed dramatically, I get a simple
propulsion and maneuvering system that is quite and easy to maintain. In a
few months, I will let you know if I was
successful.</I></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><SPAN>_______________________________________________</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</SPAN><BR><SPAN><A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN><A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A></SPAN><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>_______________________________________________
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