RSview Studio Question

[sancocho2001 0]

Hi. I have Four ( A, B, C, D) generators sets, that will be starting automaticly one by one, using a PLC AB Micrologix 1100 depending of the load. The operator will have the option to change the starting order for each one. I will like to know how I can make a Menu using the RSview Studio, for a panel view Plus, where the operator can change the starting order, for example. A B C D to B C D A or C D A B or D A C A .... all the posible combination. Is a lot of combination posible and i dont know how to make it happen using a Panel View Plus, Somebody can put me on the way to do it? Thanks.

[b_carlton 61]

First of all - there's only 24 combinations. Its a few but not astronomical. One would be a list control with all 24 shown as possibilities.

[Gerry 13]

In the dim dark past, we used to accomplish this sort of thing with patch cords... i.e. you would have a cord and olug for each gen set and 4 sockets for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. You should be able to translate that to a PV display plus some ladder logic.

[Ken Roach 194]

Use Interlocked Pushbuttons for each step in the sequence. "First Generator" will have four buttons to select A, B, C, or D unit, and assign a value to "First Generator" for each step. Use a fifth button to set the value to zero. Similarly, "Second Generator" and so on will have its own set of interlocked pushbuttons.

[Ken Roach 194]

Here's an example using HMI internal tags only, with Interlocked Pushbuttons and some Visibility Animation to make the selections mutually exclusive. sequence_selector.zip

[sancocho2001 0]

Ken, Thank you very much, that was really good job, it was really helpfull for my project.