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Hi everyone, I have a question regarding the DataLogSnapshot command from RSView32 (im using the lastest version but i dont think this matters). I would like to know if the command forces a read (for every tag in the model) before logging them? I need to do snapshots for a relatively fast and recursive process and want to make sure that the data im logging are always updated before saving them. Thanks in advance

Hi, i have this very strange error in my RSView32 application (7.4 CPR9). I have some vba code in my project and the msgboxes fail to show up and code is continuing through. First time i see this. The fix is simply by restarting RSView but this is very annoying and very dangerous since msgboxes of type vbYesNo are getting "1 (vbOk)" automatically then continue on. After a restart, rsview32 seems good for a while (msgboxes are popping) and then you dont see them at all as long you dont restart the project. I tried RS tech support but they never saw this. I have two types of msgboxes in my code and both does this: 1. Msgbox "test" 2. Response = MsgBox(Msg, Style, Title, Help, Ctxt) Anyone already saw/expericned this? HELP...i need to solve this

thx BobLfoot, can you help me on this?

I just read the RSLinx help documentation about the manual mode and it says "You must use the Start/Stop buttons on the Configure Drivers dialog box to control the running state of the driver". This is not an option if you need to do that everytime. Are you sure you guys arent talking about "On Demand Mode"? "The driver starts when an application attempts to use it and stops when no longer in use." ???

What do I do when i have let's say 10 PLCs spreaded everywhere in the plant (some are very far from the PC)? USB to serial isnt an valid option right? Or am I missing something? btw thanks everyone for this preciosu help best regards

Big thanks for the help. Can you please elaborate more the reason of this?

Hi everyone, im experiencing a problem that constantly occurs and cant solve it: I have RSLinx communicating with a MicroLogix 1500 (DF1/Full Duplex) but not using the RS232 port since PCs nowadays dont have any, so to be able to do it and be scalable without being ridiculously costly, I use a Serial to Ethernet converter device (and virtual COM port software). The main reason why I dont use a NET-ENI is because of the cost (it is not wise solution when I have several of those PLCS to communicate to). Everthing seems to work fine until the PC reboot and no communication is available at system startup (PLC down). It creates a PORT CONFLICT error in RSLinx (configure driver section) and only way to fix this is to delete the driver and recreate it. I tested various S2E devices (Lantronix,Moxa,B&B...all saying that they support comm failure,etc), same thing everytime. I called Rockwell/mentioned brands tech support couple of times without luck. I very doubt the port conflict is the REAL reason since i tried several 'safe' ports (like COM8). I use Windows XP/RSLinx CPR9 but same thing happen on Windows2000/RSLinx CPR7... No firewall enabled. I also never had any problem when I used the RS232 wired method (and a PC having the physical port. Please any advice/recommendation regards

Hi, i have a CSV tag file generated by RSLogix500 and i want to import that file into KepServerEx. Is there a converter or macro i can download to to this automatically? regards