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Open Discussion / Re: What Industrial monitors have you used AHMI on

« on: June 10, 2015, 06:22:58 PM »

Well since a "monitor" is just a display, it can really be run on any monitor.  The question I think you are after is more along the lines of what industrial touch screen PCs.  I suppose the answer is any that runs Windows and full .NET 4.5 (maybe 4.0) framework.  You can also use ones that run Linux via the mono project (Archie has talked about this with respect to the Raspberry Pi).

PanelView Plus terminals are out because they are CE based and run the Compact version of the .NET framework.  For the AB line, it's probably the VersaView if they still make those since they are PC's.

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Open Discussion / Re: writing to excel

« on: June 03, 2015, 01:32:48 PM »

Archie posted this at PLC talk.  I think it's more towards writing from excel to the PLC, but it should get you started.

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Open Discussion / Re: New with RSLogix. Does anybody know about RSLogix soft installation??

« on: May 07, 2015, 01:12:17 AM »

Archie, I don't think he was talking about Softlogix, he just didn't spell out "software".  So I think he was saying "what order to install the software"

deivid, since you are new to Logix, one important thing you should know is that in order to connect to a PLC, you must have the software major revision that matches the controller firmware major revision.   You can install multiple revisions on the same machine.  So for example if you need to program a PLC that has firmware V17 and one that is v19, you must install RSLogix5000 V17 and V19.  The only weird caveat with minor revisions can be explained here

Now another odd thing you will find is that they renamed RSLogix5000 to Studio5000 starting at V21.  You can install Studio5000 along side RSLogix5000 like I described above.

So as to your original question, I'd start with the oldest revision first and the newest version last.  There is a point in the newer versions that will install Linx for you.  Then just install Logix500 last. 

Mentioning Studio5000 may not be necessary since it won't run on XP, but at least you know!

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Tips & Tricks / Re: AdvancedHMI on a Raspberry Pi

« on: March 23, 2015, 03:00:14 PM »

Wow! Now this is some cool stuff! I've got my new Pi already, and I'll be getting one of those touchscreens as well. Thanks guys!!

if/when you do pick up one of those screens, I'll be curious on what your thoughts are.  I had thought about it myself.

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Support Questions / Re: CLogix Tag Format

« on: March 19, 2015, 03:04:20 PM »

Jeez, is it really 20gb of hard drive space for Community Edition?  I was sad about 2013 for desktop's 5gb of hard drive space.

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Tips & Tricks / Re: AdvancedHMI on a Raspberry Pi

« on: March 17, 2015, 08:01:27 PM »

Check out Chalkboard Electronics]http://www.chalk-elec.com/]Chalkboard Electronics.  Maybe I'll pick a screen up from here one of these days.  It's funny, the touch enabled screens are only a few dollars more.

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Tips & Tricks / Re: AdvancedHMI on a Raspberry Pi

« on: March 17, 2015, 05:11:35 PM »

Cool, I like that idea.  I was kind of looking for the same thing.

I understand that these types of monitors are more specialized (and not in the same demand) than the run-of-the-mill monitors we typically but but I can pick up a 50" tv as a display for half the price of some of them!

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Tips & Tricks / Re: AdvancedHMI on a Raspberry Pi

« on: March 17, 2015, 03:47:51 PM »

Good to know, thanks.

I've was hunting around earlier for a panel mount display to pair with this.  I'm going to try to find something that does not have touch for an inexpensive information display.  I notice that anything panel mount is pretty much the cost of those IVC touch PC's.  Some are more expensive for just a display!

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Tips & Tricks / Re: AdvancedHMI on a Raspberry Pi

« on: March 17, 2015, 02:29:46 PM »

Holy moly, I had heard of mono, but didn't realize that this was possible.  I have actually been tinkering with some python code that will read/write so that I could log some data from Linux.  I have a Pi at home too, I'll have to give this a go.

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Support Questions / Re: ARGH!!! Frustrated with HMI setup

« on: June 11, 2014, 11:29:53 AM »

Also the latest version is 3.61

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Application Showcase / Re: Reading/Writing Tags

« on: June 02, 2014, 10:04:16 AM »

Hey guys sorry for not replying earlier.

Dropbox was banned at my work so I'll try to remember to do it this afternoon (and leave it there this time).  It really is pretty easy though, there is nothing fancy you have to do to talk to a CLX.  Just add the driver, assign it an IP address.  Add a digital panel meter to your form (or whatever control you want), put the PLC tag name in "PLCAddressValue" property and run it.

Try it out and if you have any problems post back.

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Open Discussion / Re: Best way to select a drink for an automated bar

« on: May 29, 2014, 11:03:17 AM »

You're probably going to want to do something like this:

Code: [Select]

        Select Case DrinkName
            Case "Tequila"
                DriverName.Write("B3:1/0", 1)
            Case "Gin"
                DriverName.Write("B3:1/1", 1)


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Support Questions / Re: No numeric readout for bar level

« on: May 21, 2014, 03:07:33 PM »

One way you could do it is to set the FillStyle property to solid, then change the "ForeColor" property to match the "HilightColor" property.  The text would still be shown, but it would be the same color as the fill so you wouldn't see it.

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Support Questions / Re: Saving Multiple HMI Programs to ONE computer

« on: May 20, 2014, 02:02:16 PM »

I think "make single instance" is checked by default which would only allow you to run one instance at a time.  Try un-checking it:

Go to Project > AdvancedHMI Properties > Uncheck "Make single instance application". 

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Open Discussion / Re: Advanced HMI tested on Control Logix L7 or L7S processors

« on: May 08, 2014, 04:01:12 PM »

Seems to work fine with the L73S that I have on my desk.  I don't have anything in my safety task yet.  It does not have V21 in it as my customer has a specific firmware they want to work with but I don't see why it would not work with that firmware revision.  If you are reading program scoped tags you would have to address them accordingly in AdvancedHMI.  I'll give it another go when I get farther along and try to read program scoped tags in the safety task.

I also tested a L71 with V21 and it worked just fine.