tstevic

Request...When manually building datalinks, after the framework is complete and the addresses are to be modified, the Datalink Component replys with a window called "Area Specify". In the window one can change the datalink address to what is desired, but you need to select area 1 or area 2. It would be handy to have both areas come up at the same time instead of having to click on one or the other.

I had never seen this problem before updating the software. Anyone know of a way to revert back to an earlier version short of reinstalling? Attached is a screen shot showing the disabled options. T. Compare_1.bmp

When adding more than one PLC into a project, allow the visual location of the plc to be moved up and down on the project tree.

I have recently updated my CX-P installation and have been experiencing an increasingly annoying error. CX-P states it is Version 7.30, CX-Server is Version 3.2.2.1. The Error: I go online to a PLC (I have C200H Alphas, various sizes, CS1s, various sizes, and CJ1s, various sizes). My connection methods are: Toolbus, Sysmac way, Bluetooth to tool bus, direct Ethernet, controller link bridges through Ethernet and tool bus. After I am online, I can click PLC and then transfer. About 30% - 40% of the time, (It seems to be getting worse over time) the options to "Transfer from the PLC", and the option to "Compare with PLC" are grayed out. I can sometimes get the options to be enabled by toggling 'Run' and 'Monitor' modes, toggling on-line and off-line, or toggling (Protection) Release Access Rights. If none of these methods work, I must shut down and restart the computer. I am running XP Professional V 5.1.2600. Other engineers here have experienced the same error. I can find nothing here or on the internet refering to this error. Questions: Why does this happen? How can I stop it from happening? Is there a failsafe workaround? Thanks In Advance Tom Stevic Controls Engineering DMAX, Ltd.

Just had an occasion where it would have been very helpful to have been able to print the results of a ladder compare. Maybe print the whole set of sections, or just the differences, or either one.

I opened up a PLC program today and CXP(v6.0) complained about needing to extract a file called "CPS_CS1W-SCB41-V1_Ver1_3.XML". I realize this is a file that has to do with the serial inner board, but where would one find this file and what is it used for? Tom

The C200Hs do not routing tables in them. Why must the CS1?

I have the following network set up: Eathernet To CS1, Network 1, Unit 5 CS1 Controller Link to 6 C200HGs and 1 CS1G, Network 11, Unit 3 I have a routing table in the CS1 The problem: From my desk I can connect to all C200HGs but not the CS1G. Does the CS1G need to have a routing table telling it how to get back to network 1? The C200HGs do not have routing tables. If not, any ideas why the CS1G will not communicate? Tom

Many years ago, if someone would take a memory module out of an Omron plc and put it in a new processor, the plc would generate a memory error. The way this was fixed was to place the plc in program mode and read the first entry of the program memory, then enter was pressed on the programming console. Error fixed. We were told that this would cause the processor to generate a new program checksum based upon the program code stored in the memory module. I am wondering if this program checksum is still generated and if there is a Fins command to read it? T

OK, found that one, but why is that option not on the right mouse button menu? Thanks, T

#11, second time I ran into this. Code in the CX Programmer project: LD 0.00 OR 0.01 LD 0.02 OR 0.03 ANDLD LD 0.04 OR 0.05 ANDLD OUT 1.00 Code in PLC LD 0.00 OR 0.01 LD 0.02 OR 0.03 LD 0.04 OR 0.05 ANDLD ANDLD OUT 1.00 Program compare fails. Uploading the code from the PLC and program compare fails. The only way to do an online edit is to manually modify the mnemonics in the project. #12 Let me change I/O names online. If I screwup (that rarely happens :) and name a symbol with the wrong address, I can not correct the error online. Error about the name already existing. #13 give me a way to view unused I/O addresses. Even if they have names and comments. Give me a way to flush the unused stuff. I work on machines the have been modified by dozens of people over the last 5 years and the only way I have found to fined out what has not been used in the program is to open the address reference window and cursor through the symbol table. Didn't Syswin have this? DITTO!!! DITTO!!! DITTO!!! ( But make the symbols editable ) T.

Improvements.... #1 The ability to use MY.opt file instead of the one the last programmer saved. #2 Free form comments that can be dropped anywhere on a ladder diagram (like a sticky note) #3 Free floating bookmark windows where one can drag and drop an address or program location so one could jump around a large program without having to try and remember every area of interest. There should be the ability to set up several different sets of bookmarks to aid in troubleshooting different sections of code. #4 The ability to directly enter and display i/o names everywhere, i.e. in data trace. #5 Each open window should have a 'tab' that is always visible so one could move easily between them. #6 The ability to disable functionality. Allow maintenance personnel to monitor programs and force i/o but not to make program changes. This could be setup using a password. All unenabled function icons should disappear so the interface does not look so busy. #7 Optionally, compare PC program with the one in the PLC in the background as soon as one connects to the machine. #8 When using the address reference tool, if a PLC is not selected from the program tree, automatically uses the PLC that is being monitored in the top window. #9 When connecting to a PLC that is different from the one defined in the project, offer a "Connect Anyway" option. #10 Provide a "backup and restore" everything option. This would create a single file that has the program, HR, DM, and EM data, special i/o setup info, special i/o programming (if available from the com of peripheral port, or across a network). A technician could then backup and restore a PLC into at least some sort of runable condition without have an intimate knowledge of the machine. That's all for the moment. T

I would like to use Omron's bluetooth adapter to communicate with a C200HX. I built an adapter cable to make the Promi SD202-OA match the pinout of a PC. I have verified the operation of the adapter cable by plugging into a CS1W-CN226 and connecting to a CJ1. All is good. When I change to a CQM1-CIF02 connected to a C200HX, CX-One gives me an error that the selected port is in use by another application. (yes, I have the Promi powered by an external power supply) I suspect that CX-Server is being invoked differently when selecting a CS/CJ and a C series. Is there a method to force CX-Server to connect to the C200HX without the error? TIA Tom

Actually, it's a throwback to the days of the handheld programmer. It could be put into run and the key removed so someone could do things like look at data or timers, but they could not change anything. As for powering up in program mode, when ever a peripheral cable is pluged in the cpu thinks it has a programming console with the switch turned to program plugged in. This started around the time the CQM1 was introduced. I too, wish Omron would fix that....( Wish they would ship controllers with an end statement in memory too, but hey, who am I?)

Never heard of what? From what I have read about the socket servces, you have to open a port and point the to a data area where the data will be sent/received. Page 132 of manual W343-E1-05 has an example, but it saies to do a TCP Passive Open, then do a TCP close, then a TCP Send then a TCP Receive. Is this the correct sequence? The drives are Yaskawa drive with built in ethernet. You can connect to them using hyper-terminal and issue commands that sets them up or makes them operate.