Controller Probes, How do they work?

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I wondered if anyone knows exactly how controller probes work?

Specifically, what is being read by the controller. 0 to 24 volts? Ohms? something else?

I might want to try to make some work on a PLC if anyone knows what the signal I would be looking for was.

Thanks.
 

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I think most probes produce 0 to 10 V output.
 

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I wondered if anyone knows exactly how controller probes work?

Specifically, what is being read by the controller. 0 to 24 volts? Ohms? something else?

I might want to try to make some work on a PLC if anyone knows what the signal I would be looking for was.

Thanks.

What type of probe? And raw probe or something else?
 

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I wondered if anyone knows exactly how controller probes work?

Specifically, what is being read by the controller. 0 to 24 volts? Ohms? something else?

I might want to try to make some work on a PLC if anyone knows what the signal I would be looking for was.

Thanks.
pH probes provide millivolts reading which is then converted to 0-14 scale using calibration. Some of the temperature probes uses resistance (ohms) ...
 

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I might want to try to make some work on a PLC
what do you have to use? I used ab1771 and you set jumpers on the board for what you need then scale in the software. Some of the smaller/newer is straight software scaling.
 

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