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I have two stations (I'll call them C2 and C3). They are sharing memory areas outside the ranges specified by the Controller Link network and within part of the DeviceNet area (CIO 3200/3300) and other CIO areas 3925. An example of this is C3's DeviceNet I/O 3307.04 and 3307.05 is actually seeing C2's I/O of the same address and if I force on bit 3925.05 in C3 it comes on in C2. The setup is the same on all 9 nodes (Area 1 is CIO 5000 for 20 words)(Area 2 is E2 0 for 300 words) but only C2 and C3 have the problem. More info: -These stations are nearly identical in design and programming. -9 nodes (1-9) exist on the Controller Link network and there are no duplicates. -Every station has its own PLC (CS1H-CPU65H). -Each PLC has 3 communications cards (CS1W-CLK23: Unit 10) (CS1W-DRM21: Unit 14) (CS1W-ETN21: Unit 15). -There are no routing tables in the PLCs on this line. Did transfer from PLC within Integrator and received no table back. -Network number is checked as being "not used" on Controller Link and DeviceNet in the network setup area of Integrator. I was thinking of setting the network numbers but I only have problems on these two stations. -Controller Link cards setup for "automatic setting" in I/O table and Integrator. -No errors on PLCs or cards. -Line came over from Japan and has been working correctly for years and the only reason this came about was the addition of some sensors and error handling (no changes were made to DeviceNet/Controller Link settings). I've checked everything I can think of and my experience with Controller Link is somewhat limited. If anyone has another idea of where to check, it would be greatly appreciated.

I figured it out. There was a low level message repeating that filled up the ring buffer and overwrote all the other error messages in the history. It wasn't showing up in the alarm/event summary object but it was showing up in the setup screens under the special screens for alarm history. The other issue where it keeps deleting my history when I download is because my firmware revision isn't high enough to take advantage of the option to not intialize the alarm/event memory on downloads (I have 6.2, I think it said 6.6 or higher is needed).

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Hello All, I am using an Alarm/Event Summary & History object on a NS10 to display/log Alarms and Model Changeovers on a machine. The Alarm/Events always show up on the Alarm/Event Display whenever they occur but don't always show up on the Summary/History. Also, the NS seems to clear the history without being initialized. The initialize History box is unchecked when I go to upload/download and in the $SB allocation addressing Initialize Alarm/Event History the $SB +32 (w442.00 with my setup) is OFF. I do not want to save it to a CF card. I just want to log it in the Alarm/Event Summary & History object. Am I missing something? I have another NS that works the way I want but I can't seem to find the difference between the two.

Sorry, I meant to get back here earlier to respond but yeah we decided to upgrade the firmware to v8.

Hello, We have an NS5 and an NS10 that need to have similar programs in them. We installed the NS10 first because it was a higher priority we then converted the program to an NS5 and resized everything. Now when we try to download to the NS5 is says the version is incorrect but it won't give us the option to return to a lower version (NS10 is Version8 and the NS5 is Version7). It won't let us copy and paste anything from Version8 to Version7 and says it can't because the project is new. Any way around this or do we just have to rewrite it all in Version7?

Does anybody have the pinout for a C200H-CN521 cable? It is the cable used for connecting the Main PLC rack to expansion racks. I tried searching but came up with nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It already has a COM4-V1 installed for Controller Link and the other two ports are used by a Keyence Laser and a Microscan CCD Barcode Reader. So I think I'm stuck with the ASC card...

I also have a C200HE that is on the Link Relay network with the CVM1. I could read into the c200HE, do my compare, and then link relay the results to the CVM1. The comm. ports are all used up but I have some open slots on the rack. What ASCII card would I need for this? Would a C200H-ASC02 work? I can get those used for $400. The C500-ASC04 is about $1050 used. P.S. In case anyone is looking for older OMRON PLC's & parts www.PLCCenter.com has a lot of them.

I found a way to free up the CPU's comm. port. Since I just installed an LK201 card I'm going to move the HMI that is taking up that comm. port to the LK201 and then plug the reader into the CPU's comm. port. Then I should be able to use an RXD command to bring in that information right? Thank you for all your help!

Would it be better to just add an ASCII card to the PLC and read it in that way?

Would it still keep the focus on that string? Also, would it allow me to write that string directly to the PLC address or would I have to use the HMI's internal memory and then transfer it to the PLC?

Jay, How do you specify where the Reader will input the information or does that just depend on what string display has the focus? Will this only work if the HMI is on the screen with the string display and has the focus?

Hello All, I have a NS10TV01BV2 communicating with a CVM1 PLC through serial port A on the HMI. All my serial ports are used up on the PLC but I need to add a barcode reader. Has anyone wrote a macro in an NS to read in the barcode information from serial port B on the HMI and then wrote it into the PLC memory? This is the first time I've had to use a macro and I'm not sure where to start. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Found it under I/O Table --> SIOU Units --> Right Click on the Host Link Unit --> Select "CPU Bus Unit Setup" --> Make Changes and send to PLC ***Do this in program mode***