Legacy Motion Controllers

While Delta does not recommend these controllers for new designs, Delta is committed to providing support for its legacy controllers. Delta's policy is to avoid obsoleting any product as long as there is demand.

All of Delta’s legacy products are still serviced and available for sale to support existing designs. Since many industrial machines have a working life of 20-30 years or more, being able to get service and buy spares many years after the original installation is very important.

Legacy controllers may also make sense when duplicating an existing machine or in retrofit/upgrade situations. Delta’s legacy controllers include:

TMC188/40 Series: Plugs into the Siemens Simatic 505 Series PLC
MMC188/4x Series: Plugs into the Schneider Modicon 800 Series PLC
VMC186/40: Plugs into VMEbus, including VMEbus-based PLCs
MC186/40: Delta’s oldest motion controller, plugs into Multibus I

All of these controllers share cables and setup and diagnostics programming. The software requires a PC capable of running DOS, so it is important that users requiring long-term support for these controllers make provisions for maintaining PCs capable of operating the DCSMon software.

If you have any questions regarding support requirements, please contact us.

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