00:00If you've ever been stuck on a factory floor at 2 in the morning, laptop balanced on a
00:04control panel, only to realize your programming cable won't talk to the PLC, yeah, I've been
00:09there, and it's not fun. So I went digging and rounded up the top 5 PLC programming cables
00:14that people are actually buying and actually rating well, plus I found some genuinely good
00:19deals on all of them. Let's get into it. First up is the ISO USB SC09FX Isolation
00:26programming cable for Mitsubishi FX series, and the keyword here is isolation. This thing has
00:32optical isolation built in, which basically means if something goes wrong on the PLC side,
00:36a ground loop, a voltage spike, whatever, your laptop doesn't get fried. And if you've ever
00:42killed a USB port on a machine, you know that's worth its weight in gold. It works across the
00:48whole FX family, FX2N, FX3U, FX1N, all of it. At around $18 with over $4,900 sold and a
00:56solid 4.6 rating, it's cheap insurance for a very expensive laptop.
01:01Number 2 is the isolated USB to logo programming cable for Siemens logo.
01:07Controllers, and this one has the highest rating of the whole group at 4.9 stars.
01:12That's not an accident. It's built for the 6ED1057 series, covers the 1AA010BA0,
01:19the 1MD08, 1HB08, the 0BA6, so most of the logo. Modules you'll run into out in the field.
01:28It's also isolated, which again, protects your machine. It's about $18 and change,
01:34nearly $5,000 sold, and honestly if you work with Siemens logo.
01:38At all, this is kind of a no-brainer to have in the bag.
01:42Third on the list is the budget hero, the USB SC09FX-FX USB-AW cable for Mitsubishi FX1S,
01:50FX1N, FX2N, and FX3U. This one's only about $10.65, which makes it the cheapest cable here by a mile.
01:59No, it's not isolated like the first one, but for bench work, for a spare that lives permanently in
02:05your toolbox, or if you just need something that plugs in and works, it's hard to argue with.
02:10Nearly 4,800 sold and a 4.7 rating tells me people are getting exactly what they expect from it.
02:16Number 4 is a little more specialized, the USB-RS232-RJ116P6C cable with the PL2303 chipset,
02:24made for Unitronics PLCs. If you run Unitronics, you already know finding a cable that just works
02:30can be a headache, because that RJ11 connector isn't something you can just grab off a shelf.
02:36This one handles program downloads without drama, and the PL2303 chipset has driver support going
02:42back years, so it plays nice with older laptops too. It's around 1774, 4.7 stars, and honestly it's
02:50a niche cable that saves you a very specific kind of frustration. And rounding out the list,
02:55is the RS232-DB9 female-to-mini DIN 8-pin serial cable for Delta DVP-series PLCs.
03:02This is the one you want if you're connecting a Delta to a PC or an HMI for downloading and
03:07programming. It's a proper serial cable, no chipset, no drivers, nothing to go wrong,
03:12so if you've got a machine with a real COM port or you're pairing it with a serial adapter you
03:16already trust, this is about as reliable as it gets. It's the priciest here at just over $19,
03:22dollars, but with a 4.8 rating and over 4,000 sold, the build quality is clearly holding up.
03:29Alright, that's my top 5. I've dropped links to every single one of these down in the description,
03:35so go check the current prices, they move around a lot. If this saved you some time or some
03:39troubleshooting, hit that like button, and subscribe if you want more industrial gear breakdowns like
03:44this. Catch you in the next one.
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