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Open Discussion / SOFTWARE UPGRADES ADHMI & VISUAL BASIC
« on: December 29, 2022, 07:42:04 AM »
My PLC is an Allen Bradley 1785 L20E  (PLC 5/20 E) Only one I develop for now ..    I generally do not upgrade software unless there are compelling reasons to do so, - don't  fix what isn't broke ----

There are some non serious quirks in the version of ADHMI I use that the latest version has not resolved so I have not bothered to upgrade.  I am still running 399y BETA 33 because I have not seen a need to upgrade based on what changes have been made (nothing for PLC 5s or the actual HMI ) but I would like to know if there is some reason I should.  I notice there has been no upgrades to ADHMI for nearly 2 years now.  Archie is obviously very busy with his new business projects. Good for Him.


AND ...Although I have occasionally used the latest version of VB,  my development machine defaults to VB 2017.   I have not seen any fixes for the many quirks in 2017 when I use the latest version.

So... are there any critical or notable reasons to upgrade either of these besides the "Stay current mentality for security issues ? Are there any functions in the latest VB that would aid in the development of ADHMI?


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Open Discussion / PLC ADDRESS VISIBLE
« on: March 29, 2022, 07:08:06 AM »
Can this code or something else be added to the Chart with Logging to hide the chart while still allowing it to function?
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'*****************************************
    '* Property - Address in PLC to Link to
    '*****************************************
    Private InvertVisible As Boolean
    Private m_PLCAddressVisible As String = ""
    <Browsable(True), Category("PLC Properties"), Description("PLCAddress to control the LED visibility."), DefaultValue("")> _
    Public Property PLCAddressVisible() As String
        Get
            Return m_PLCAddressVisible
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            If m_PLCAddressVisible <> value Then
                m_PLCAddressVisible = value

                '* When address is changed, re-subscribe to new address
                SubscribeToCommDriver()
            End If
        End Set
    End Property

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Open Discussion / Live video still supported?
« on: March 25, 2022, 09:52:58 PM »
Is this information still relevant? Any updates before I try to implement it or is there something better???

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Open Discussion / Pop Up Screens
« on: March 23, 2022, 10:47:34 PM »
Hello all,

This forum has been super dead so I hope one of you former regulars visits from time to time...

I looked through the forum but don't think what I found is what I want - but maybe so I would like some guidance.
I would like to know if there is a way to have a new form/page open as a pop up screen in the middle of the main form when activated by a PLC bit. It will be used to show more information about a particular item such as motor detail, Run time, current etc. rather than putting it all on the motor start stop panel. then have a control to reset the bit.

I currently use bits to display panels and gauges on top of the main form so maybe that is the best or at least sufficient way of doing it. Adding a PLC VISIBLE to a Group BOX like for the Group Panel would help.  Would that be your recommendation to keep doing it that way? Rather not go to a different page, a Pop up would be perfect. I wish I had time to learn VB but I really don't but I don't mind editing and testing.
Thank you.

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Open Discussion / Chart with Logging, Cannot set MIN/MAX to AUTO . . . .
« on: January 17, 2022, 11:37:09 AM »
Chart with logging properties: Grow / Shrink will not work because:

   Cannot set MIN/MAX to AUTO with data in logging directory.
  Have to clear files or temporarily re-name directory.

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Open Discussion / MOBILE APP DEV
« on: December 07, 2021, 11:48:32 AM »
Have any of you seen this?
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/features/mobile-app-development/
What are your thoughts about it for AHMI ?
David

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Support Questions / Replace all ComComponents
« on: July 07, 2020, 07:09:25 PM »
Is there a way to change all the comcompontes for all items from serial to ethernet in a project  without doing one at a time?

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Support Questions / Main Menu Creation Errors
« on: May 30, 2020, 10:29:01 AM »
Archie I have been trying to create a main menu page for days and I am completely lost.
I am getting errors that I have not been able to figure out how to fix.  So,, I deleted the main menu form pages but and started over but no joy. :-(  So I have included an image of the errors.

Can you at least guide me where to figure this out?



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Support Questions / Wireless over Ethernet or Bluetooth
« on: May 18, 2020, 08:46:29 AM »
Hello Archie,


Hope you are doing well.


Have you experimented connecting An HMI wirelessly over Ethernet or Bluetooth?

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Feature Request / Chart With Logging Naming conventions
« on: January 11, 2020, 09:14:03 AM »
Archie,

A couple requests for the chart with logging,
Anyway to allow us to name the files instead of having them all named   "DataLog2019XXXX.csv"

Have the directory custom named instead of  DATALOG/12019  CustomName/2019 and files such as   customname2019XXX.csv     

     In the current naming convention are the last 4 digits supposed to indicate the time?

  My preference would be a shorter tree with the path as:
C:\DATA\HMI_LOGS\my_custom_name\
Thank you!

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Support Questions / PLC Enable Logging - No control
« on: December 02, 2019, 07:05:57 PM »
I have a FAST LINE chart with logging 2 items and am trying to start / stop logging with a bit in the PLC entered in the properties "PLC ENABLE LOGGING" The chart logs regardless of the state of the bit.
BETA 33
 If you need more info let me know. Am I missing something?  Does enable logging need to be set to FALSE?  See properties image

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Feature Request / Custom Labels Chart with Logging
« on: November 22, 2019, 08:49:49 AM »
Hello Archie, a while back we discussed the possibility of adding custom labels to the chart with logging. Just wondered if that is in the future some time.

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Support Questions / CHARTING BASED ON DATA CHANGE
« on: October 06, 2019, 08:27:10 AM »
I want to chart two values but only when one or both changes in value in order to do some fine tuning of a system.
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I don't want a time based chart. I am using a basicdatalogger2, but I would like to have an on-screen display. Since the chart with logging is not designed to record on data change do that, Is there a way to display portions of the basicdatalogger2 log file created for on screen display?

Is there another simple way to display the data and store it?
Thank you.

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Support Questions / Getting Invalid SLC/Micro Address Again
« on: October 04, 2019, 03:24:55 AM »
BETA 33 -

PLC 5/20  Using Serial DF1 protocol for HMI


Archie I have two compact gauges reading N22:134 and N22:135 respectively They are working fine but I decided to put an analog value display to the gauge front reading the same words.
The Analog display toggles between the correct value, then to the error message "Invalid SLC/Micro Address - 0"  about every 5 seconds.

Click on gauge image to see error displayed at 1 sec interval

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Support Questions / Compact Gauge Band Colors
« on: September 25, 2019, 06:08:17 AM »
I was looking at the code for the Compact Gauge and I see the code for band colors is not in there so I am guessing it is in another file??? a dll?

Anyway I was going to try to add another band. If anyone has the time Can you direct me somewhere to find out how to do that? I would like to add a 4th band.
Thank you!

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