Application Note AP070002EN Differences between ELC series and ELC2 series PLCs
Effective April 2014
Application Summary
The differences between ELC-PB and ELC2-PB; ELC-PC/PH and ELC2-PC; and ELC-PV and ELC2-PV.
Products and Revisions
Vendor Product Applicable Revision Tested Revision
Eaton ELC-PA/PB/PC/PH/PV
Eaton ELC2-PA/PB/PC/PE/PV
Supporting Documentation
Manual Name Reference Number
Operation Manual ELC MN05003006E
Programming Manual ELC MN05003003E
Introduction:
ELC2 is the newer version PLC in Eaton ELC series. There are some hardware differences between ELC
and ELC2 PLCs. This application note shows these differences in I/O terminals, wiring, memory maps
and other technical specifications. Other changes and differences between the ELC and ELC2 are
summarized below:
The ELC2 models are 32-bit CPUs vs the ELCs that are 16-bit CPUs so they are faster and more
powerful
The ELC-PC12NNAR has been obsoleted and there is no ELC2 replacement for this CPU
The ELC-PA10AADR and ELC-PA10AADT will remain as being available as 16-bit controllers be-
cause of their 37mm width
The ELC2-PA20 is a new addition which is 70mm wide and consisting of the ELC2-PA20AADR,
ELC2-PA20AADP and ELC2-PA20AADT
All of the ELC2-PC controllers include high-speed 100kHz inputs as standard
The ELC-PH will be replaced by an ELC2-PC model as there is no need to have separate high-
speed input models
The ELC2-PE is a new CPU model (37mm wide) with on-board Ethernet communications consisting
of the ELC2-PE12NNDR and ELC2-PE12NNDT
New PNP transistor output models for the ELC2-PB and ELC2-PV are available consisting of the
ELC2-PB12NNDP (12 vs 14 I/O - 8I/6O) and ELC2-PV28NNDP
1. The difference in output terminals between ELC and ELC2 models.
ELC2-PB ELC-PB
R T
POWER
RUN
ERROR
RUN
STOP
ELC2-PB14NNDR
s
s
X0
0
X1
1
X2
2
X3
3
X4
4
X5
5
X6
6
X7
7
C0
Y0
0
Y1
Y2
1
●
C1
2
Y3
3
Y4
4
Y5
5
S/ S
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
C0
Y0
Y1
Y2
C1
Y3
Y4
Y5
S/ S
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
UP
ZP
Y0
Y1
Y2
Y3
Y4
Y5
POWER
RUN
ERROR
RUN
STOP
ELC-PB14NNDR
ELC-PC ELC-PH
R/T
POWER
BAT.LOW
RUN
STOP
0
1
RUN
ERROR
ELC-PC12NNDR
s
s
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
C0
Y0
C1
Y1
C2
Y2
Y3
RS-232
RS-485
S/S
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
C0
Y0
C1
Y1
C2
Y2
Y3
POWER
RUN
ERROR
BAT.LOW
RUN
STOP
ELC-PH12NNDT
0
1
ELC2-PC
R T
POWER
s
s
RUN
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
C0
Y0
Y1
Y2
Y3
SG
COM1
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
Y0
Y1
Y2
Y3
COM3
COM2
S/S
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
C0
Y0
Y1
Y2
Y3
SG
COM3+
COM3-
ERROR
COM1
RUN
STO
COM3+
COM3-
S/S
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
Y0
Y1
Y2
Y3
UP
ZP
SG
COM3+
COM3-
R/T
S/S
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
C0
Y0
C1
Y1
C2
Y2
Y3
Y4
Y5
T
s
s
s
s
X0
X0
X0
X1
X1
X1
X2
X2
X2
X3
X3
X3
X4
X4
X4
X5
X5
X5
X10
X10
X10
X11
X11
X11
C0
C0
Y0
Y0
Y0
C1
C1
Y1
Y1
Y1
C2
C2
Y10
Y10
Y10
C3
C3
Y11
Y11
Y11
●
●
RS-232
RS-485
S/S
X0
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
X6
X7
C0
Y0
C1
Y1
C2
Y10
C3
Y11