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Morning, How many rack do you have ? the supply give power to the cards that's why they are lighted but that does not mean it's running. You should have a processor somewhere to be functionnal if not I don't understand how it could work. Do you have a computer on the machine ? cause Schneider had pc processor called "atrium" or PCX57 ("normal" processors are TSX57) : If you have a card like this, the program is inside, if you have neither processor in the rack nor in a pc, so I'm afraid you have no program at all... JC

Yes this is the power supply. If it's the only rack you got, processor is missing. The processor looks like this one : JC

Hi, CTY2A and CTY4A are fast counting modules, there's no program inside, everything is in the plc. JC

Morning, It is hard to see on the pictures but it seems all the leds are lighted, This is not good at all... usually it means the plc is out of service and you will not be able to go online. The good news is that you have a memory cartridge and the program should be inside so normaly all you have to do is to plug the new base plc with all modules and the cartridge. JC

Write a message just to say that the users of Siemens plcs are just idiots is not what I call "express an opinion" and I understand the reaction of Groo, but seriously there's nothing to answer to such an "opinion", it's like talking with a wall as we say here... JC

Morning, The executive program is not stored in the eeprom, it's in the RAM memory. The transfer from the eeprom to the ram is performed only if the RAM is empty. That's why I asked you how you checked the eeprom cause in your case with the indications you gave, it seems you didn't loose your program so the swap of the memories is useless. The flashing run/stop led means your plc is in stop so now you have to connect the plc to switch it in run mode. JC

Hi, How did you check that the eeprom is ok ??? it seems your plc is in stop for one reason or another. With a TSX17 you had the possibilty to configure the first input (I0,0) as a STOP/RUN condition but I doubt it's configured like this so the only solution to switch the plc in run mode is to connect the plc with PL7-2 software or the plc control tool in XTEL. JC

Morning, You have forgot the "+" between B800 and [X0,8,V>2], "+" means "or", so your transition from the step 8 to the step OUT in the macro 0 is : not B800 or step time > 200 ms. "V" is the current time value of the step in 100 ms base time. JC

Hi, Sorry for the delay but I've been busy. So as I said before, if the mem led is lighted that means your processor is empty so there's no need to erase the memory. Here are the steps to create a project with a TSX 4712, I assume you work with XTEL V6 under OS/2 Warp. 1 Create a project 2 Open this project and create a new station by chosing tsx27-47 as type 3 Open PL7-2, go to 1-Configuration, the software must tell you the memory is not executable 4 Go to 0-Initialization memory, in 0 choose 47 processor by F2 key in 1 choose your processor version with F1 key, this version should be on the processor label in 2 choose your memory size, this point is very important cause you must have a cartridge memory into the processor. This cartridge must be labelled 8-8, 16-8 or 32-8 the first figure is the one you select in the software (memory size), the second figure (8) means you work with a 8 bits processor (TSX 27, 47 or 47-20). you can not use 32 bits memory cartridge with this range of plcs. in 4 select is you want to use sfc language or just ladder language Once you've done this choices the software will ask you have to validate your configuration by pressing F9 key Then you can go out this menu and go to 1-Application, in this menu all you have to do is to give a name to your program. More important is the 3-Inputs/outputs menu. In this one you have to describe the cards you have in your rack. You have to enter a code number at every position you have a card. The F9 key allows you to visualize the hardware catalog with the associated code for each card type. It's seems complicated but once you have done one the rest is easy. The menus number 3, 4 and 5 are not critic for a very basic configuration. That's enough to work with the plc. You have to valid the entire configuration by F9. If it's correct you won't get any error and your're ready to write a small program and send it to the plc. This procedure is for 27, 47, 47-20 plcs only. For V4 and V5 plcs the hardware configuration is not done in PL7-3 but in the station tools. The names of the diffrents menus could be different in your version, I use a french version and I have no idea what are the names in english or even in dutch if it exist. JC

Hi, If your cpu is really a 47-12, you must use PL7-2 software not PL7-3. If MEM led is lighted, that means there's no program inside it... JC

Morning, I have made a mistake (The Telemecanique 7 serie is quite old now) and the fact is that the RKE rack is the direct rack extension. The RKS type is the one you need to use a LES20 so you just have to swap your processor in the RKN rack. JC

Morning, The processor must be placed in the RKN rack not in the RKS wich is a direct extension rack. I think you need an RKE type rack to use a LES 20, I will check this. JC

Moning, If the original programmer had set a password, there is a chance he did not download the source code into the panel so you can not upload the application even with this password. So you're completely stuck if they don't want to give you that password and source code. People should always ask for backup programs when they buy a machine, if the constructor don't want it do not buy it... just my opinion of course :) JC

Morning; It's just an alarm which informs you it does not remain much any more of free memory, less than 3% if I remember well. JC

Morning, The PBY100 is master only. Maybe you could use a DP/DP gateway but i'm not sure it could work. Maybe you could try a Communication in Modbus RTU or Modbus TCP/IP, on the Schneider side it will be easy, more tough on the Siemens side but they have some solutions. JC

Hi, Telemecanique was a brand like Modicon and as Modicon did in the usa, they have built the very first french plc in 1972. Schneider bought them in the 90's exactly as Modicon. Your plc is a TSX Nano sometimes called TSX 07, in reality it's an IDEC plc but the OS and the software (PL707) are specific an you can't use the IDEC software. The cable you need is the same than the one used for Twido, TSX Micro and TSX Premium plcs and there's an usb version. The software is supposed to run only under Windows 95 or 98 but if you have PL7 Pro installed with the Unitelway driver it can work under Windows XP. I've heard about a chinese version of PL707 that could run under xp without any other software but I never used it. JC

It will be the same with the Ethernet connection. There's an utility software called Unity Dif that allows to compare two offline programs but I think you can't compare online/offline programs. JC

Morning, The answer is in your question, you have no upload informations in the plc. With Unity, the program is compiled and you transfer a binary file to the plc, it's enough to work. But in order to upload the program from another computer you need to transfer in addition what Schneider call the upload informations, the source file if you prefer. Without it there's absolutely no way to upload something, so you have to ask the backup of the program to the person or company that made it, it's the only solution. JC

Well this company is not different from other german, italian, spanish or any european companies that build machines, they don't like to give informations, programs or tips for free. It's a part of their business and french are not different. What is surprising for me is that you have such machine in the usa, I didn't think that a small one like Secomat was able to sell machines outside Europe. JC

Morning, If the program is really lost the best solution is to change the plc indeed. The TSX17 was a good one but it's obsolete now an Schneider has stopped to sell it in the late 90's. In addition the software to program it works under DOS or OS/2 so it's not convenient. A very funny thing I didn't say earlier is that SECOMAT company is located near a french city called Angouleme and it's about 5 kilometers (let's say 5 miles) from my own company :) unfortunately it's not one of our customers and I never worked with them so I don't have the programs of their machines :( Anyway one of my friend has changed one, probably the same kind of paintig cabine you have and he did the job with a very small plc and very quickly cause there's not a lot of things to control. Basically you just have to start the equipements one after one and control a few pressures and motors feedback. I probably could get the original TSX 17 program but it could take a long time and probably not so useful, so once again I recommend you to change it with a common plc in your country. JC

Hi, If the LED "IO MEM" is blinking that means you have lost the program... JC

Hi, Serial cable ? if you're talking about the connection cable to S5 plcs it's not a simple serial cable, it's an rS232/TTY converter. You'll find drawings to do it yourself on Internet but it's very easy to find ready made cheap ones. link JC

Morning, One of my customer have a 9/440 cnc with an "XYZ SERVO AMPLIFIER FAULT" displayed. We have contacted AB France and they told us this product is not supported anymore so they can't help us. We thought that the problem was on the controller itself so we have replaced it with a spare part and we have downloaded AMP and PAL wit ODS software.Unfortunately we still get the error message. The hardware manual say in description column about this error : "This indicates that a fault signal has been received from a servo amplifier.It can usually be corrected by turning off power to the amplifier, and then back on". We did it and we still have the message. The problem is we don't have any servo amplifier option like 3AX-D on the machine so wich servo amplifier is it ??? we have cheked all voltages and connections and everything is ok so we don't know what to do now. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. JC

Hi, Step 7 lite is free. You can get it on the Siemens Website ( http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/llisapi.dll?func=cslib.csinfo〈=fr&siteid=CSEUS ), you just have to register first. There's no networks functions with it but it can help. For S5 I don't think there's a free software. JC

Morning, I don't understand very well what function or package you use on Siemens side but here is a link with an open source solution to do what you want : https://sites.google.com/site/logicielsdelphietcbuilder/modbus-tcp-siemens-s7-schneider-tsx57 With this solution the Siemens PLC is server and the Premium is client. On the Premium side you just have to configure the IO scanning service, absolutely no program at all. On the Siemens side you have to use the AG_SEND and AG_RECEIVE blocks to read and write the datas. This solution works very well ( I needed just an afternoon to test it) and it's completely free. The only "small" problem is that the webpage is in french so you have to translate first . At the end of the page you have the link to download the Siemens program. JC