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Hi, First of all, who is the master and who's the slave ? if the Premium is the slave you have nothing to do on this side cause this plc "speaks" Modbus natively. JC

Morning, I don't know exactely which is the latest version, maybe 2.0 or something but It's not really important, an older version will probably work, the version is only important to be compatible with the OS. The last version of PL7-Pro is availaible at any Schneider dealer or by direct download on the website for subscribers with an update contract. JC

Morning, If the plc was programmed with Unity the transfer could not start, in additon your cpu reference ended by a 3 and not a 4. You should try with the very last version of PL7-Pro wich is V4.5 SP5. JC

Morning and happy new year, Here is the typical mapping : With a Twido I don't think you can read/write inputs and/or outputs, usually these functions are not supported in most Schneider plcs. JC

Hi, Forget the DOS version of the PL7-2 software, we're in 2013 not in the eighties ! I sent you a pm with a link to download a virtual image including PL7-2 under OS/2. You can install it on any computer that can run Virtual PC. Of course a serial port will be more convenient but and usb adaptor can work too. JC

Hi, sudhirkotwal, send me by pm a copy of your backup application program and I will integrate it into an OS/2 virtual image with XTEL and the PL7-2 software that I will send you eventually. First, download and install Virtual PC, so you'll be ready to use my virtual image with your program. JC

It was working when I posted, I always chek links. Anyway, go to http://www.schneider-electric.fr/sites/france/fr/support/faq/faq_main.page and look for faq ID : FA16911 It's very simple and as the others people said it's just a question of IP adress. JC

Morning, Here is a FAQ (in french) that explain how to do it : http://www.schneider-electric.fr/support/index?page=answerlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schneider-electric.com%2Fsupport%2Findex%3Fpage%3Dcontent%26id%3DFA16911%26actp%3Dsearch%26viewlocale%3Dfr_FR&searchid=1385810962504&answerid=16777216 JC

Hi, Sorry for the delay to answer but I don"t work full time on this project. Tomorrow I go to my customer's plant to do some tests with the camera. I have a few questions about your files. I can change online/offline mode on the camera with the implicit communication. I just have to change the job with explicit message so I guess "Cognex SJ02 Works.smn" is the file I have to use, right ? I have understood how to change the IP adress to match my hardware but I don't understand where I change the job number ? is it the field highlighted in green in the Color Coded FINS messaging tool ? Thanks for your help. JC

Morning, I guess you mean XBTGT2110 ? if yes, there's no possibility to upload the program from this panel cause it doesn't have a CF card wich is one of the two conditions to be able to do an upload. The other condition is that the programmer had to include the project source before the download. JC

Morning, You need PL707 software that can be found here : http://www.global-download.schneider-electric.com/85257689000007EE/all/0B0ACF3469549D12852576A4006DF668 The soft is free now. The cable you need is TSXPCX1031 for a serial com port or USB TSXPCX3030 but in this case plc firmware must be >= 3.0. This cables are the same used for Twido/TSX37/TSX57 plcs. PL707 works under Windows 2000 but not XP and other more recent Windows versions. JC

Morning, If you have a copy of the program that's fine. I have a virtual image of OS/2 including PL7-2 software. So you just have to install Virtual PC on a a computer and get a RS232/RS485 transfer cable. I will explain you eventually how to execute the transfer. JC

Morning, You have to check how is the micro switch behind the eeprom cartridge. It should be pushed on the left on the "master" position. In this position, at startup if the program in the RAM is different from the EEPROM, the one in the EEPROM is automatically transfered into the RAM. If you do it and plc remain in stop mode I'm afraid you have definitively lost your program JC

Morning, It would be great ! You already helped me a lot with the Omron program with the insight micro camera. In France Omron plcs are most of the time small ones without networks so when we have have to deal with it it's a little bit tough. Especially with EtherNet/IP network wich is not so common here. JC

Morning, I went to my customer's plant on friday to do some communications tests with the Cognex guy. It worked very well and quite quickly. It was the first time I worked with EtherNet/IP network so I'm rather happy of my work The only problem we have had is when we have tried to change the job ID. After many tries we have realized that the documentation I had printed came frome insight explorer 4.8.1 and the output mapping looks like this : Output assemblies.bmp As you can see, it's a little bit different from the picture you posted that probably comes from an earlier version. Guess what ? our camera is 4.7.something, so we don't have the possibility to change the job ID by the ouputs. We have spent two hours on it for nothing Anyway, the Cognex man needs as many jobs as we have products. Don't ask me why, I didn't understand his reasons but as he has a brand new Cognex tee shirt I think he knows what he does So I have to understand how to change the job with an explicit message, I have looked some samples programs about it here and it seems it's not so easy. To be continued... JC

OK I found it into an iso image of the insight explorer installation dvd. Thanks again. JC

Morning, Thank you for all this advices, I will talk to the camera man to see what we could do to avoid explicit messages. By the way, do you know where could I find the documentation about the implicit communication I/O ? I have browsed the cognex website for hours (it's a real jungle !) but without success. JC

The problem is we have potentially several hundreds of products. So the guy that provides the camera told me the only solution is to create all the job files into the camera and then to change the current job with a native command. I don't know Cognex products so maybe there's another solution but the fact is I found a technical note on the Cognex website on how to change jobs with a Rockwell plc and they use native command with explicit messages on an EtherNet/IP network. So I guess I have to do the same with my CJ2M. The key is I don't know (yet) how to do it. Here is the link about the communications between Rockwell plc and Cognex insight camera : http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDMQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.advancedcontrolinc.com%2Fpdf%2FCommunicatingWithControlLogix1.pdf&ei=gChUUs-FKeuc0wWrsYDQBg&usg=AFQjCNFTLIdZy5hroECKDGs2qZEU-Fp95A&bvm=bv.53537100,d.d2k&cad=rja JC

That's it. The product type should be read in a barcode or manually entered by the operators on a panel as a string field. Then from what I understood, I have to add ".job" to this string and then execute a loadfile native command into the camera with this filename. That's what we did previously using ascii send/receive functions on an Ethernet UDP connection with an Unitronics plc. It works but it's really complicated, as always when you have to deal with raw ascii communications. I've seen today that it's possible to do what I want with a Rockwell plc using explicit messages on an EtherNet/IP network. I guess I can do the same (yes I know I can ) with an Omron CJ2M plc but I'm not familiar with this protocol, I'm rather a Modbus/TCP or Profibus guy. With the zip file of PMCR I have more or less understood how to configure my Network with the Omron Network configurator software. Now I have to find how to use the explicit messages in the plc program. Of course if someone had a sample program it will be great help JC

Hi, I need to establish a communication between a 7000 insight camera and an Omron CJ2. Basically I just have to change the job file in the camera by reading first a product reference into a barcode. Eventually the camera will tell me by a digital output that something is wrong on the product. The provider of the camera told me that I can't do that with protocols like Ethernet/IP or Modbus/TCP just by writing datas into a polled table. He said that I need to use "native commands" by sending ASCII characters to the camera. So we have done some tests with a small Unitronics plc by sending characters with and UDP connection and it works. But it's really fastidious, we have to open a session into the camera with an username, then a login, then stop the camera, then send the name of the job file and at least run the camera, each time by sending characters and testing the answer of the camera. It's a pain in the booty... Is it really the only solution or is there a possibility to do it more easily by using Ethernet/IP protocol ? I watched your sample program but I didn't see what I want to do. I hope my request is clear enough cause it's not so easy to explain it even in my french mother language so I let you imagine in english JC

Hi, Another option, depending of the panel you have is to use the Prosave software that allow to upload a binary backup of the application that you can eventually downlowad to the same panel type. Be aware that not all panels allow it and once again the file you get is just a backup file that can't be modified or converted. JC

Hi, The stu file is the one used by unity for Premium or M340 plcs. It's a specific version file, that means you need the same version of the software than the one used to create the application. Vijeo designer lite is only for small hmi like xbt R and xbt N. If you have an XBT G or GT you need Vijeo designer. I have no idea about the swxcf file. JC

Hi, You can use as well S5 for Windows of IBHsoftec : http://www.ibhsoftec.com/epages/63444704.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/63444704/Products/10018 maybe more expensive than others alternative software but this one is really complete. JC

Morning, I reply to myself as it seems CS31 ABB plcs are virtually unknown on this planet I have successeded to upload from another plc, a KT93, so my cable is ok and I have used the right software. Now I have to find why it didn't work with the first plc, this is another story JC

Hi, Here is a pdf document wiht the cable you need. You can as well manage the XBT-F PCMCIA card with XBT-L1000 software. It's easier and faster. Of course you need to have a computer with a PCMCIA port. JC 140836501a55.pdf