Veganic

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  1. Posted · Edited by Veganic

    Not sure if I understand but .... We have a counter C0 counting from 0-49. The timer just gives a nice interval. It copies these values to the index Z. It the uses this index to copy the values to D220 - D269. It also copies D220 + C0 to D0 And uses that value as the preset count for C1. PS. Some of my comments are full of typos. PPS. Are you sure you want the Mitsubishi forum?

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    I use this... http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking...redirector.html It was free, and still seems to be. I can follow up with setting details later but I don't have them with me at the moment. I don't think there is anything too difficult, just choose the com port, IP address and port of the HMI. It works with the default setting but changing a few things seems to improve performance.

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    I was attempting to monitor the recipe registers on the same page as the data I was hoping to use as a recipe. I misunderstood the way recipes work and assumed it was akin to a block move command. Result : chaos and overlapping data. I'd do a sample to upload as penance but when you finally get 'it' it is really simple.

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    Possibly solved the problem. The recipe copies data from all tags on the recipe page. I thought it was from the register set in control word 6 for a length of control word 7. I've just looked at the .skv files via ftp. D10;0;;1 D11;0;;1 D15;20;;1 D16;20;;1 D17;3;;1 D18;3;;1 D20;REST APP;ST;8 D21;21587;;1 D22;16672;;1 D23;20560;;1 D24;17740;;1 D25;8224;;1 D26;8224;;1 D27;8224;;1 D28;8224;;1 D22;16672;+;1 D22; A;ST;2 D103;16;;1

  12. Posted · Edited by Veganic

    Specifically, the part that I'm stuck on is: I can save and load recipes ok. When I load the recipe name is copied over. The actual data doesn't seem to be copied though. The data appears in the destination address but then disappears. It is overwritten by what looks like the recipe name. I'm obviously doing something wrong in the recipe set up in the HMI or control words 6 and 7?

  14. Posted · Edited by Veganic

    All heartfelt and agreed but it's not me you have to convice. But on the other hand if you client is set up for AB you'll always be the idiot that supplied the wrong unit and whatever goes wrong will be because of that, right or wrong. Your friend must have the software in this case though? Mitsu can do devicenet on FX2s I think. Let us know how it goes. Edit : The quickest dirtiest and cheapest solution that would at least buy some time would be as follows? You want to send integer values, say 16 bit? use a 16 point output and 16 bit input on each PLC. Add additional points as required to inform the other PLC of what the "data register" is. Send the info as a 16 bit binary, convert to integer, calculate and send the result back. Depending on the total number of values to be sent you might be able to think of some 'protocol' that gets the number of bits right down. And Easily 'do-able' in your time frame. What do you think?

  15. Posted · Edited by Veganic

    I'd stick with the CLX as well. I be a pretty angry client if I'd asked for AB and received a Mitsu. Do you have a HMI on this project? One solution would be to use an E series HMI. Connect one PLC to the RS232, the other to the RS422 and use Controller Data Exchange. (edit - just noticed Crossbow has already suggested this.) But stick with the CLX.

  16. Posted · Edited by Veganic

    When I do this I connect the Q -> RS422 port -> E1101 with a CAB16 I think. Transparent mode is dragged to Ethernet in E-designer. I then use a port redirector to use GX dev. to access the PLC via a COM port redirected to the network address of theE1101. ( eg. http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking...edirector.html) Plug the E1101 into the LAN and I can access both the HMI and PLC from the comfort of my desk with only the occasional hangup. This is brief as it may be not what you want, just letting you know you can do it without the E71. Hope my first post is of some help.