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Hi All, I need to start PLC Data Logging using an SD card in the CPU module for an iQ-R PLC.  I have not attempted this kind of logging before and I was wondering about any restrictions on the type of SD cards that can be used. The documentation I have found says "SD/SDHC memory card: 32Gb maximum". Does anyone know why can't I use a 64 GB SD card ? (maybe due to addressing limitations?) Also, when I look for SD cards, I see different speeds of data transfer such as 120 MB/s or 100 MB/s and I was wondering if there is any difference as far as the logging is concerned.  Does anyone know if there are any other restrictions, brands that don't work? Useful tips? Cheers    

I am working on resolving issue in Press Machine where previous engineer has developed logic as per attached file. the atatched screen of HMI can only access by Engineer and only Engineer can set value of SPM (Stroke per minute). Once switch is set on the SPM of any job can not go beyond set value. The issue I am facing it when we power cycle, the switch get off and the register D2842 get SPM back to normal (set as per the die data) not by eng. How I can hold that data after Cycle power?  

Hello everyone, I am studying Mitsubishi R-Series PLC with GXwork3. I don't really understand communication using CC-Link. Below I have the module configuration that I use. My hope is that the Digital operation value of the AI module is stored at addresses D0-D32. and I sent AO to address D100-D132.  can someone guide me to give me an example of how to set parameters and create a program. thanks you

 I've always had this Allen-Bradley memory map taped on my wall in my office. It used to be handy to use, until I remembered al of the prefix letters for each data type. Now I am using Emerson (GE) the old proficy software now called PAC ME machine edition. Now I'm finding it's about impossible to find the data type list amongst the thousands of help files, videos, ect... it seems like a simple thing to find, but I'm not having any luck. They use I and Q for regular inputs & Outputs, but there are R files, M files, S files, N files, G files, ect.... this is old-school PLC software that doesn't use tag names.   Is there a steadfast rule for each type, or can they be used for any type of data? Dazed and confused...  

Hi All, I need access to a the Safety function blocks within a safety CPU using sysmac studio on a machine we are upgrading.. Is there a generic password available to gain access? Best Regards, Paul  

Hello. What is the best option using TCP/UDP communication to use CP1L-EM40 as SLAVE / IO Expansion? For MASTER I’m using CJ2M-CPU31. Since now I’ve used FINS _CPU010_SendData and _CPU011_ReceiveData function blocks. The problem is, that I’m communicating with 6 slave IO units and to read/write all 6 units it takes up to 1 – 2 seconds. I’ve tried Ethernet/IP protocol but CP1L units doesn’t support this protocol. Is there some kind of different TCP/UDP protocol which is faster than FINS?  In older days you could use PC Link but this protocol is for RS232 / RS485 comm. I know I could use CP1W-EIP61 but I don't have this adapter and I can't afford to buy one Thanks. 

Dear reader, I am writing a C# program using the library  ‘EasyModbus’ that needs to communicate with Siemens WinCC via the connection type ‘Modicon modbus’ I have written a version using the ‘float’ data type in WinCC and that works perfectly. Here my code fragment: Method to convert ‘double’ to bytes in C#: public static byte[] DoubleToModbusFloat(double value) {     byte[] bytes = new byte[4];     float floatValue = (float)value;     int intValue = BitConverter.ToInt32(BitConverter.GetBytes(floatValue), 0);     bytes[0] = (byte)(intValue >> 24);     bytes[1] = (byte)(intValue >> 16);     bytes[2] = (byte)(intValue >> 8);     bytes[3] = (byte)intValue;     return bytes; } Call of the method and loading of the modbus registers in EasyModbus: Bytes = PublicCode.DoubleToModbusFloat(TmpDbl); int n = (int)ModbusStartAddress + ((i - 1) * 2); mb.ModServer.holdingRegisters[n + 1] = (short)((Bytes[0] << 8) + Bytes[1]); mb.ModServer.holdingRegisters[n + 2] = (short)((Bytes[2] << 8) + Bytes[3]); So far so good – this works fine. But I also want to be able to use the ‘Double’ data type in WinCC because I sometimes need more precision than the 7 figures of the ‘float’. I thought it would simply be a case of doubling up the code so I wrote: Method to convert ‘double’ to bytes in C#: public static byte[] DoubleToModbusDouble(double value) {     byte[] bytes = new byte[8];     long intValue = BitConverter.ToInt64(BitConverter.GetBytes(value), 0);     bytes[0] = (byte)((intValue >> 56) & 0xff);     bytes[1] = (byte)((intValue >> 48) & 0xff);     bytes[2] = (byte)((intValue >> 40) & 0xff);     bytes[3] = (byte)((intValue >> 32) & 0xff);     bytes[4] = (byte)((intValue >> 24) & 0xff);     bytes[5] = (byte)((intValue >> 16) & 0xff);     bytes[6] = (byte)((intValue >> 8) & 0xff);     bytes[7] = (byte)(intValue & 0xff);     return bytes; } Call of method and loading of the modbus registers in EasyModbus: Bytes = PublicCode.DoubleToModbusDouble(TmpDbl); int n = (int)ModbusStartAddress + ((i - 1) * 4); mb.ModServer.holdingRegisters[n + 1] = (short)((Bytes[0] << 8) + Bytes[1]); mb.ModServer.holdingRegisters[n + 2] = (short)((Bytes[2] << 8) + Bytes[3]); mb.ModServer.holdingRegisters[n + 3] = (short)((Bytes[4] << 8) + Bytes[5]); mb.ModServer.holdingRegisters[n + 4] = (short)((Bytes[6] << 8) + Bytes[7]); However, this code does not work correctly. I have tried all combinations of byte and word reversal, and whatever I do WinCC either displays nonsensical values or ‘####’ showing that it cannot display the value. I have tried reading as much documentation as I can but it still looks to me as if I am doing the right thing. Also, I have downloaded a number of ‘modbus master’ code examples, and they seem to be able to read the ‘Double’ from my program without any issues. In WinCC I also see that there are two types of double – ‘Double’ and ‘+/- Double’ – I am also unsure as to why this is – there is no ‘+/- Float’ data type, which seems inconsistent to me. I am obviously missing something, but cannot seem to discover what exactly. I hope that someone can point me in the right direction as to what I am doing wrong. Please see attached word file for a picture of the configuration of the connection in WinCC.   Thanks in advance for any help !, Dave Long Double trouble.docx

Hi everyone, I have a question for you all, Is possible to configure CJ2M-CPU11 with tags trough network configurator to connect Control Logix PLC using EthernetIP? I did a configuration with CJ2M-CPU31 and Control Logix PLC with no problem, but now I need to communicate CJ2M-CPU11 with Control Logix PLC using EthernetIP. Some of you did this configuration between this two PLC before? Regards!

I am trying to setup a CC Link between two machines. I have done this before without issue, but for some reason this is not going well.. I added a second CC link card to CPU2 and set it as ST 24 for the CPU1 network.  CPU 1 : Master.   cc0.jpg.   The original machine was setup using TO/From for each station, so i couldn't add this new link through the GUI.  CPU 2: Local cc1.jpg  When i try to use the GUI to setup this side the buffer stops working. but if i activate any TO/From instruction here i get a system fault with a 2110 SP. Unit Error CPU2 buffer cc2.jpg. But when i block the TO/From you can see the buffer is working at that exact same location specified.    2110 error says I am addressing the wrong card but the buffer proves that I am not. 

Hi, data registers are getting full, because of extremely high speed pulsing is there any way , if the data value in register goes above the capacity of 32 bit register, it automatically attaches itself to next set of data registers so lets say if data was written in D10,D11 Upon reaching the limit, it goes to D10, D11, D12, D13 please share if there is an alternate way to do this

Hi, data registers are getting full, because of extremely high speed pulsing is there any way , if the data value in register goes above the capacity of 32 bit register, it automatically attaches itself to next set of data registers so lets say if data was written in D10,D11 Upon reaching the limit, it goes to D10, D11, D12, D13 please share if there is an alternate way to do this

Hi, I'm Jovel, I'm new to learning how to program PLC. Just want to learn how to use Omron Sysmac Studio . I have a question about the Data Type Data Type - Structure ( Offset Type - Offset Byte )  / Union   I Don't Understand this 2 Data types and how going to use them, can anyone teach me and have a sample program? Thank you

Hello, There seem to be a lot of different CC-Link IE protocols: CC-Link IE Field Basic CC-Link IE Field CC-Link IE Field Motion CC-Link IE Field Safety CC-Link IE Control CC-Link IE TSN This causes me some confusion. Are there as many variations of Ethernet/IP and PROFINET? Can you point me to a good comparison of the different CC-Link IE protocols? My understanding is that: CC-Link IE Field Basic: 100 Mb/s Non-deterministic? Good for non-time-critical communications (e.g., setting a drive speed) Implemented in software Traffic can co-exist with other TCP/IP traffic Max 64 stations Addressed by IP address Star topology I believe the other protocols are all 1 Gb/s, are deterministic, are addressed by station number, are implemented in hardware and each needs its own isolated network. CC-Link IE Control is used for communications between PLCs and robots. CC-Link IE Field is used for remote I/O and CC-Link IE TSN is used for even faster remote I/O communications. Please let me know if any of this is inaccurate. Thanks,

Hi All I am trying to connect Cognex OPC Server with Mircrosoft SQL Server (SMSS). Do you have any idea how to do that? I couldn't find relevant information online.

Hello, I currently have a PLC in a machine that is a CP1H. A newly developed machine uses a CP2E PLC. The newly developed machine is supposed to communicate with the CP1H where the CP2E is a slave. I am not able to find much documentation on this specific set-up. I was wondering how to set this up. As the shared words of each PLC are on different adresses. I can't really find any documentation or any examples on how to do this. Can somebody help me with where to start with this?   kind regards, Ralf

I have an old Panelview 800 in a system that consists of the PV, a Micro 850 and 10 Powerflex VFd's running conveyor motors. My problems started when one of the motors would not run. It seemed that the PLC was not sending the Run command or the Speed. The problem got worse as I was working on it when two others did the same thing. The current situation is that 8 of the VFD's are getting a Run command and 2 are getting a flickering command. All 10 are getting a 0.0Hz speed command. I connected to the equipment with my laptop and looked at the PLC program and the PV program. I found that in the PV program that all of the user input data, which consists of Motor Speed (Hz), Accel and Decel times and some other timer values for the timing of some conveyor starts and stops, where all gone, set at '0'. this equipment is several years old and predates my presence here. The PLC program seems to be running and passing the commands that it receives to the VFD's. The data is passed to the PLC via Global Variables. I've never encountered this particular problem before. Any ideas?

Hi, I have a problem with Omron PLC and Beckhoff IO. The IO just disconnects in a few minutes and comes back! I received different errors: Link off error, Illegal slave disconnection, process data reception timeout. When I also check "Display Diagnosis/Statistics information" I see errors on all ports A and B of all nodes.  I have called and talked to both Beckhoff and Omron.  I have two NX1 and one NJ101 to test. And I have three EP2318-0001. I have the same problem with all the PLCs and EP boxes. It does not matter if I have one, two, or three nodes. I have tried different revisions of the EP2xxx from the XML file, different settings for the slave, different task periods, and the error still is persisting.

Hello friends I have worked with other series of omron plc but this is the first time I am working with cqm1h cpu51 series. In a factory, 4 of these PLCs exchange data with each other with a clk21 card. After a problem with one of the CPUs and replacement, I was never able to download the datalink settings. I did all the steps in the manuals step by step but I did not succeed. In cx-net software, after selecting online, I selected the data link menu, but as you can see in the attached image, the setup button is never activated. Thanks for guiding me

Currently have NX PLC setup as an OPC UA server and an OPC client setup and communicating.  The issue is only tags that do not have a Data Type are showing up in the OPC client.  I have 2 separate OPC softwares connected to this plc through OPC UA and both are having same issue.  If I setup the OPC as a polling service, then all the tags show up as expected.  Does anyone know if this is a known issue with Omron and their OPC UA server, or is there something that I am doing incorrectly (possibly a setting within Omron that I am not aware of)?

Does anyone have experience with the NE1A-SCUP02-EIP safety PLC? We had a machine shutdown yesterday with a L9n4 error on the NE1A unit. The manual says this is a tag data link error. Does this cause the safety PLC itself to shutdown? I always thought the EIP portion of the safety PLC was only used for status reporting to the PLC. The safety portion is strictly on DeviceNet and is independent of the EIP network.  The CJ2 PLC's error log tells me it had problems communicating with the safety PLC, the VFD, and NX I/O's which were all in the same panel going through an Ethernet switch. 

Hi, I have quite a noobie question. I want to create a function block to do some simple operations on 2 variables. Both variables are In/Outs (see picture attached). How can I make this function accept variables regardless of the data type? Given these is just simple math I am able to use the same instructions in REAL, INT, UINT, etc. But, the function block only lets me assign one Data Type to the In/Out variables.

Hello, What would be the best data logger for Backhoff automation based automation? Idea is to record some analog and digital tags at certain time intervals. Present them in tabular as well as graphical form and print some reports based on selected time window. I have looked up TwinCAT Analytics and that seems to be one option. But want to check others before making decision.

Hi gents, I need to build up a communication between nx1p2 to another omron plc (any type with sql support). This is due to the fact that I have finaly to prepare the plc communication with the sql database, and nx1p2 doesnt support this.  Sorry, i know it's probably a noob question, but I'm a beginner. What type of technology i shoud use to make this connection between NX1P2 and another Omron PLC? Or might be some share some project?  

can i cc link  Fx3U-64CCL  with FX2-32CCL without any problem

Hey guys,   I know this is a topic that has been discussed before, but I am having trouble finding exactly what I am looking for.. I want to know the most efficient way to record data from my PLC to an Excel file on my PC. I want this to be done without the use of the PLC's webserver.  Specifically I am trying to record vfd speed every 10seconds with a time and date stamp. How can I do this?   Thanks, James