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customer has an old (and I mean old) QuickPanel Jr QPJ-1D100L2P.. my oldest Procify is version 5.6 and appears only to support the QPJ-2xxxxx series. I tried to connect to the existing unit but I receive an error that the Uploader Failed To Start. Does anyone know which version of PME (if any) supports the QPJ-1xxxxxx? I only want to pull the existing program out if possible. Any info appreciated.  Thanks, Bob

are you still looking for the s/w.. i have a copy I can send you a link as long as the moderators allow it. I haven't used it in years and years.. I only use it for reference for one customer who amazingly still has an operational DTAM.. 

yes.. I know this is for plc's but I'm running out of options and figured I'd give this a try... customer has an older  BALDOR MicroFlex FMH2A06TR-EN23 that is giving them problems and I'm looking to replace the unit. Most of the one's I can locate (w/o going to a different or newer model) have a 'Z' at the end of the pn.. none of the manuals indicate what this stands for.. any help appreciated. Thanks, Bob 

comm port and cable seem correct.. when I try to connect at 9600 I get a message that the baud is set properly and then receive the message that the uploader failed to start. If I set the comm's to 19200 I don't receive any messages and the program hangs. Its not a big issue. I was originally told that the screen wasn't 'on'.. and I thought it might be the backlight.. figured I could pull the program and reload into something else. Turned out the screen did function and its not a big program.. I was able to log into the plc (AB SLC5/03) and basically watch which bits went on/off when I pressed buttons, and likewise I was able to figure out what all the numeric entries were tied too.  My guess is there is a failing component on the QuickPanel and if they leave it on it will heat up and start failing again. I have all the connections in any case.  I was just making sure I wasn't missing something really stupid (not setting the Comm port # would fall into that category since I'm using a USB cable). Thanks for the quick reply. Bob

customer has a machine with a kunlun hmi... its from China and thats all the information we can get...nothing from the machine mfg...we're looking to get the programming s/w (yes, we are willing to pay)... and any manuals that are available. Anyone ever heard of this thing? Thanks, Bob

thanks....not sure why I missed the links in my search. I'm just the integrator...I would change the unit out in a heartbeat... customer's not quite ready to do that as yet. Thanks For the Response Have a Happy Holiday!!!!

really simple and stupid question.......how the heck do you set the modes for the HSC's for a Micrologix 1400.......manual simply states its set by the programming device.......where might this mystery setting reside? Its not in the function file(s)....and I can't locate it anywhere else. thanks, bob

thanks.....I think I got it

ok......the 'FUNCTION FILES' tab? And then what.....I can open the file for the HSC:0 but how or where is the MODE setting set? You can't set it in the Function File as far as I can determine.  It (HSC:0,MOD) is READ ONLY.

since everything Siemens sucks (TIA actually stands for Totally Idiotic Application) your website is a waste.

Does anyone know if there is a method to set limits on a numeric entry when using a Simatic HMI? Doesn't seem to be any properties regarding this on the button. Additionally, is there any way to remove the Hexadecimal buttons on the popup keyboard? None of customers actually use hex.....in fact....in 35+ years no one has ever requested to enter or display hex numbers. Thanks, Bob

Have an FX3G......GX Developer 8.114U.......tried connecting using a USP-SC09 cable. Sometimes it would say connected and know which processor it was connected to (tranfer setup), but I could never go online (read/monitor).....if in tranfer setup if I used Connection Test, it would say connected 2 or 3 times and the say can't communicate or data error. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Bob NO ITS NOT A NOISE ISSUE SO DON'T GO THERE. I used the SC09 several months ago with an FX0 and no I don't have a spare Mitsubishi plc (I don't use them)

Hoping someone can help me on this. I'm trying to address a tag array in a CompactLogix processor using Wonderware Intouch. The address in the plc is AlarmFlags[0] but this is not a valid Wonderware address. I've done this in the past but I don't remember the syntax. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Bob

sorry newbie....it isn't that simple.....the '[' character is not valid for addressing in Intouch.

Customer has a 2711 keypad unit with a suufix 'x' at the end.....does anyone know what the 'x' designates? I can't find any reference on the AB knowledgebase or in the manuals. thanks

the ENI is strickly a communication module. It does not do any internal mapping

thanks.......thats what I needed.

Siemens S7-300........I can convert from INT to DI.....and from DI to REAL. I don't see any standard method of going backwards from REAL to DI and from DI to INT My actual application needs to go from REAL to INT (DI to INT is kinda dumb) Thanks, Bob

should be an easy question.......have a machine with several AB Kinetix 350 servos......no problem gearing them together or gearing them to an Ether/IP encoder. can't seem to find any method to gear them to a local io encoder channel. any suggestions? thanks, bob

have a very old FX2-32MT........battery went south (after 23 years!!!) and processor lost program. Connecting using FX-Win.....I can read or write plc, but I'm unable to place the unit into run mode. The selection from the plc menu is grayed out as well as the Option menu plc mode setting. If a do a plc diagnostics I see a communication fault being indicated? I also tried GX Developer with similar results. Could be I'm using Windows-7 (with a physical serial port)......I'll be trying Windows-XP (also with a physical serial port) and I also have a very old Windows-98 laptop available. Yup.....it has an actual physical serial port too!!!! Any other suggestions or help appreciated. Thanks, Bob

Really simple question. FX2 (not an FX2n). My documentation doesn't indicate....does this need a 422/232 convert cable or is it simply a 232 interface, Thanks, bob

that link simply indicates which company is larger overall.......when was the last time (in the USA) that you encountered an ABB plc? Yet, they are 2nd in the list.......lots of companies sell a lot of equipment that AB doesn't.....there are no Rockwell robots but lots of ABB units..........years ago I had a client that guaranteed me that the only plc that would work for his project was a TI !!! Supposedly he had tried everything else and only a TI worked (application was simply controlling a VFD). So we used a TI (frightening!!!).......when deciding what devices or equipment to use or specify, function and cost (h/w and development) are my deciding factors. When I have used Siemens in the past I was also struck by not only the high h/w cost, but how unfriendly the documentation and s/w was when compared to competitive products. This directly goes to how I would price projects. I can develope about twice as fast on a Rockwell platform as opposed to a Siemens. And I've been to Germany and watched 'Siemens' programmers and they're no faster.

I've used Mitsubishi, Fuji, ABB, Omron, AutomationDirect, GE, Modicon, Siemens, and Allen-Bradley. When someone uses a Siemens I just smile and wonder.....'WHY?' are you an imbecile? bizzare software.....incredibly difficult documentation and tech support that wonders why I haven't moved to Frankfurt, read 10 millions pages of nearly useless reference material, and studied the input module electronics for a minimum of 3 years before I ask a question. Only thing worse was Modicons 'dim awareness'......

Actually I am not a freelance programmer......I have no idea where or what the GURU stuff is......I own my own Integration and Automation company....been in business for 14 years.....been doing this for close to 30...... SIEMENS is not 'above' or 'below' me.....its simply problematic to work with.....I've also been to several plants in Germany....and remarkably the German engineers I worked with had similar issues.....bad documentation.....strange instructions....nasty technical support...if I wanted to do things the same as we did 20 years ago (think BCD math and no Floating point numbers) I'd go to EBAY and buy an old Allen-Bradley PLC2.....or buy a SIEMENS S7 since the programming hasn't changed in at least that long. and I don't use LEGO's....or LOGO's.....

this thread definitely qualifies for a good chuckle..............