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Application Showcase / Re: Reading/Writing Tags

« on: June 26, 2013, 11:41:21 AM »

Justin, I don't mind sharing it, but by reading this and your other post, I'm guessing you don't want to look at it.  There are a lot of things going on in my program that go beyond just getting an object to link to your PLC.

How about this, I'll create a simple project that talks to a tag in the PLC.  I'll send it over and you can take a look.  If you have questions, post back.

Edit: Here is a basic example of linking digital panel meters to a controller scope and program scope tag.  I was using a V20 1769-L32E.  My IP address was 192.168.1.42.  Like I said, if you have any questions about it, let me know.

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Open Discussion / Re: Where is the Numeric Input?

« on: June 12, 2013, 07:24:42 PM »

Not that there is any kind of vote here, but 7zip is superior!

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Support Questions / Re: RS Emulate 5000

« on: May 23, 2013, 10:34:46 AM »

So I haven't had a chance to test anything yet and it might be a little while.  If you feel adventurous, give it a shot:

Since Emulate doesn't support Ethernet modules, DF1 is most likely the only way it is going to work.   You will need a virtual COM port and will probably have to use the DF1 driver.  Then in your program you will have to use SLC mapping to the tags you want to read/write.

An example would be to map file "7" to "MyTag[0]"  Then in the DF1 driver you would point to tag "N7:0" and it would get the value from "MyTag[0]". 

If you have Softlogix available, it is a much cleaner solution.  Since it supports Ethernet adapters, you can use the EthernetIPforCLX driver.

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Support Questions / Re: RS Emulate 5000

« on: May 22, 2013, 07:06:59 PM »

This isn't being ignored, I'm looking into this.

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Application Showcase / Reading/Writing Tags

« on: May 14, 2013, 02:22:36 PM »

I made a little program that we can send to our customers to read/write tags in the event that they are having trouble.  We can use it to help them troubleshoot, or make adjustments without having to send service techs out.

A while back a customer started running a different product on their machine which exposed an issue with timer based filter we had on a sensor.  We had nobody available to send out to help them at the time, so we sent them this tool and they could adjust the timer preset.

I also added the ability to read multiple tags at once (the lower text box).  If we need to know the values of multiple tags, we just send them a text file that lists the tags.  They drag and drop it into the text box and it will read them and display the tag read and their values. 

Not the prettiest, but gets the job done.  There are other things that it does, but I figure this is the only thing that anymore might care about.

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Support Questions / Re: Connections to a SLC 5/01 DH485

« on: April 02, 2013, 06:14:43 PM »

I was trying this with a UIC today and was not successful.  I tinkered around with the baud rate and error checking.

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Feature Request / Writing arrays of more data types with the CLX driver

« on: March 13, 2013, 02:19:36 PM »

I think it would be nice to be able to write arrays of more data types using the EthernetIPforCLX driver.  Right now array writing is limited to integer formats only.  String and Real data types would be handy if it is possible. 

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Support Questions / Re: Win 7 VS 2012 Express

« on: March 09, 2013, 04:54:18 PM »

Intelect, you should share your solution with the forum just in case other users run into the same problem.