KEDA

Hi WOW, that's quite some project! I think creating all 1.3 million elements is maybe not so efficient and is increasing complexity. Is there any way you reduce this down and re-populate based on type/colour is there common data between the moulds or to put it another way would a design of data for one mould be re-usable for the other 49? For storage I would recommend you use a database for the data and not the built in recipe functionality. For this quantity of data I think it would be much easier. Also designing the database with different tables may also help with the data design for the application so it might even be a good idea to start with the database design and make that nice and efficient. Once the database is designed you can map the database into arrays in CX-Supervisor. Have you considered mapping CX-Supervisor onto its own Sysmac Gateway node and using that as a collector for the data? CX-Supervisor installs Sysmac Gateway and you are able to connect to this as if it were a controller, this may again help reduce complexity and load on the network. I hope this helps get you started, and Good luck! Keda

Hi I'm trying to get a noddy. "hello world" (or pre written demo) Type application onto the CP6207 Beckhoff Panel. I've got my PC communicating with the device with Twincat but have no clue how to get my 'Vizualization' to appear on the device itself. Is there an idiots guide somewhere on the net and maybe an application demo that I can download? I can get it to appear with a button I added on my PC screen but not on the panel... I'm wondering what 'create bootproject' does. I'm normally an Omron user so this is all new to me! Thanks for your help Keda

CX-Supervisor and the DLV use UTC for all logging... UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) is a more international term for GMT and guarantees that all logs are comparable wherever they are logged. So the DLV is expecting input data in UTC not in local time, you'll have to ensure that the time data in the CSV file is in UTC not in local time.

Are all the COM ports still the same, sometimes unplugging the converters change the COM ports although I don't know the device you are using. Check in Device Manager (Control Panel) which ports are being used.

Excel really isn't a database, its a spreadsheet, so its not very good at being a database, most people who I've worked with trying to use Excel as a 'database' hit many problems. As BB said, the new DLV does not support Excel 'databases'.

Hi Yes, CX-Supervisor V3 will automatically update any project loaded into developer. Be warned though it won't revert a project back to an old version, so once you've loaded into Developer V3 and saved, you can no longer develop in V2 - you can create a V2 runtime though if you need to for your other machines. You can run V2 runtimes in V3 without recompiling. I hope this helps Keda

Hi I've installed v3. It comes with some configuration web pages which allow you to remote control CX-Supervisor - a nice feature. In addition to this, the source code for this web application is also delivered with CX-Supervisor and the .NET interface definition PDF is also installed. I found you could load and run the web page application using Visual Studio Express Web Edition - for free!!! Enjoy! Keda

Hi I found a myOMRON article that answers this: myOMRON: How Do I Install Windows Forms Controls? So it seems you can install a Microsoft Freebie to get the controls you want! Regards Keda

You need to make sure the runtime machine has the same ActiveX components installed as the developer machine... Sometimes if you have Microsoft Office installed you get a load of ActiveX components... If this is a clean machine you may not have any of these. Keda

Hi I had this problem with 2.1, try installing the 2.11 patch from the Omron downloads website, this has a fix it. Keda

Hi I've had this issue and was given a workaround.... This workaround makes CX-Supervisor write the whole array in the PLC rather than just the element of an array.... Basically set the following in registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OMRON\CX-Supervisor\Settings] Write Whole Array = 1 Hope this helps Keda

Hi When you display the value, in the Expression you can put any kind of formula - e.g. integervalue/10 When you want to set the value, set a memory point and have an on-change script which sets the PLC point to the scaled value. Hope this helps Keda PS Happy New Year!!

Have you checked CX-Supervisor or CX-Server performance monitor? Sometimes this happens when you try to push to much through your network. In CX-Server performance monitor you may see the number of Active Messages or Open Points increasing - this would explain the increased memory use and would point to your application in CX-Supervisor needing some extra work.... Hope this helps Keda

Is CX-Server installed?

Thanks Bertie, I've just installed it and I notice that a number of issues I was having with Data Log Viewer have now been solved. Keda