Posted 15 May 2007 Hi, I am not very familar with Direct plc's. We have 4 DL205 plc's with d2-240 cpu's in our plant. The software I have is DirectSoft version 1.1. I have added sensors and made program changes on 2 of them. When I went to make changes on the other 2, I could not communicate. The plc's are the same, but on these two machines there is a direct view 1000 interface connected to one of the ports. I have only been with the company 6 months now, but the operators say the interface has not worked any since it was installed 8 years ago. It is giving a fault which is a communication time out according to the manual. I also have checked the cpu manual and direct soft manual and still no luck. I have used every address with protocol K Sequence and several adresses with direct net protocol. I don't think the ports are deffective because it is the same on 2 seperate plc's. Is there a way someone could have locked these ports? It does not ask for a password though. I have tried to cycle the power with the hmi unplugged also. If anyone has any information or ideas please let me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 16 May 2007 I assume the DV1000 is plugged into the top port. Did you unplug it and connect your laptop to the top port for programming? I have limited experience with the DV1000 so i can't help much with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 19 May 2007 Version 1.1 (?). I started in 1996 with PLCDirect PLC's but already with version 2. I think you need to upgrade to at least version 4. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites