Siemens

SLC 500 Controllers

Bulletin 1747 SLC™ 500 controllers provide a range of choices in memory, I/O slcpowersupply capacity, instruction set, and communication ports to let you tailor a control system to your exact application requirements. Our controllers have a strong reliability history covering hundreds of thousands of installations in a broad range of applications.

Features

Advanced instruction set based on PLC-5® controllers
DH-485 port on SLC™ 5/01 controllers receive processor-to-processor communications and support programming
Communication ports on SLC 5/02 through SLC 5/05 controllers can initiate messages
SLC 5/02 through SLC 5/05 controllers support Universal Remote I/O or DeviceNet™ I/O, using a scanner module
SLC BASIC (1747-BAS) module adds BASIC or C programming capability

Products

1747 SLC 500 Controllers

SLC 500 Controller Comparison

Controller Series	Instruction Memory Words	Max. I/O Points	I/O Options	Built-in Ports	Additional Features
SLC 5/01	1 K or 4 K	960	Local I/O	DH-485 (cannot initiate messages)	Basic set of 51 instructions
SLC 5/02	4 K	4096	Local I/O, remote I/O	DH-485	Expanded instruction set, faster scan times, extensive diagnostics for more complex applications
SLC 5/03	8 K, 16 K, or 32 K	4096	Local I/O, remote I/O	DH-485, RS-232-C (ASCII or DF1)	Connects to external intelligent devices using the RS-232 port, without additional modules
SLC 5/04	16 K, 32 K, or 64 K	4096	Local I/O, remote I/O	DH+, RS-232-C (ASCII or DF1)	High-speed peer-to-peer communications and direct connection to PLC-5 controllers
SLC 5/05	16 K, 32 K, or 64 K	4096	Local I/O, remote I/O	Ethernet (10BASE-T 10/100 Mbps), RS-232-C(ASCII or DF1)	Ethernet supports program upload and download, on-line editing, and peer-to-peer messaging

Certifications

UL, C-UL, CE, C-Tick

Frequently Viewed Publications

Title	Number	Language
SLC 500 System Brochure	1747-BR017	CS, DA, DE, EN, ES, FR, HU, IT, JA, NL, PL, PT,RU, SV, ZH
SLC 5/01, 5/02 Processors Installation Instructions	1747-IN011	EN
SLC 5/03, 5/04, 5/05 Processors Installation Instructions	1747-IN009	EN
SLC 500 Instruction Set Reference Manual	1747-RM001	EN
SLC 500 Modular Hardware Style User Manual	1747-UM011	EN
SLC 500 Fixed Hardware Style User Manual	1747-UM009	EN

Accessories

We offer a variety of accessories for your SLC™ 500 Control Systems, including:

Chassis, interconnect cables, and slot filler modules
Hand-held program storage devices
I/O module removable terminal blocks
I/O simulator modules
Program and data table memory devices
Replacement batteries
RS-232/DF1 port splitters

1746 SLC I/O

Bulletin 1746 SLC™ I/O provides a full range of digital, analog, and specialty I/O slcpowersupply for a wide variety of applications. You can use the I/O modules in a local I/O chassis of an SLC 500 controller. Or, use an I/O communication adapter module to place I/O in a chassis at a location remote from the controller.