Hey All,
complete newb here, bear with me.....
got the software set up and working.
built a quick little project as referenced
set a com driver = EthernetIPforSLCMicroCom1 - set to IP in PLC
added 3 DigitalPanelMeter - set them to read "N" values in PLC
that all seems straight forward
I can run the project and the values I want pop in the displays.
So far, so good...
I'm starting off with baby steps and made my first two, now I want to take bigger steps.
My Objective here is to make a project that will read values from the PLC and write them to an Excel file, adding a row for each read, each minute, and creating a new file each day.
I would like to accomplish this without modifying the PLC program if possible.
Not asking too much am I?
I've been looking at examples for writing Excel files on the forum (found what looks like a good thread, 1875, kinda close to what I want, although it looks like it's for compactlogix using tags). I'm not sure if tailoring the OPs code for Datasubscriber would work for me, or if should I start from scratch?
In his example, it looks like the OP is triggering his read/write call from a bit in the PLC, as I said, would rather not have to modify the PLC program, is there a clock function in AHMI that would allow me to trigger from the project?
Or is there another way to go about this?
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Regards,
JohnR