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I allways use CJ1 structured text function blocks. This is easy and if you have calculations you use on a regular basis this makes it easy to reuse. As far as I know FP instructions do not exist in macro's at NS side.

my mistake, I thought the PLC activated it at startup

you can with the command FUN(49) (also known as SYS(49)) in the first rung of the program activated by the bit AR10.01 It is a 3 argument command 1st: 0000 2nd: 0000 3rd: #"password"

On NS5 it would be great to have the possibility to choose for a numeric password only, so you don't have to switch left-right all the time, and you'd see how many **** you have entered. in the same area: it would be great to have the possibility to see what you are typing when you are using recipes (you cannot change anything about that keyboard such as add the temp input field)

Has anyone used Junma Servos on a system? The problem is you have a Estop input, but there is no info whether it is consistent with any safety class. If you just cut the power (what we used to do with a Sigma II) the controller of the servo looses power too. So you loose your position at E-stop. This is in certain case not that interesting taking into account that in my applications different axes can interfere, so startup/origin search has to be done with help of the operator (step by step). If I keep my positions in the controller I only have to do this after a power up. anyone any suggestions/experience how to solve this? Beegee

dependson the colours you use... (red on a black background is bad for instance)

What you're telling is true but the price implication of changing over to Sigma-II are quite big for a machine builder. The additional problem you have by cutting power between Junma drive and motor are that you have to take special precautions for power interruptions during operation. You could cut the current before the drive goes into base block

hi all, I've been off-line for some time... :( to clarify: The NSJ with built in ethernet does NOT have the same possibilities as the ETN21 boards on CS1 and CJ1. This is the normal ethernet port from the NS that has been routed to the PLC. You can't access it with the I/O table, settings are only done through CX designer. There is no wab server running in the NSJ. I've been working for two years with NSJ now and I don't miss the possibilities you have through IE on the ETN21 (I do miss the possibility to send E-mails and to sync the clock) If you really want to address the PLC (FINS) you'll need to set up a routing table in the PLC regards

1. addresses are not linked so you can have node 1 on the frist nework (with the wireless master) and node 1 on each slve network. 2. you're right about that.... (you can do direct messaging but this is not supported by CX-integrator as far as I know)

you'll have to setup a routing table in the plc. right now you have not declared network 1 in the PLC. If you create the network+routing table it should be no problem. regards

Something I had to when I had the same problem with CX-Server: Check if you have a process rundll32 running. If so kill it before you start CX-Supervisor. I have had the problem with the NVIDIA drivers on my la^ptop (DELL). If thisworks you can diable the service with th command MSCONFIG Beegee

only if your NS5 has ethernet...

I hav edone something like that with Macros to be able to access any memory in the PLC on an administrative screen. (ReadhostW command) you could put numeral displays on the screen with internal words and use readhostw to fill them with the words you want each time you scroll. (you will have to sroll anyway)

I think you should be able to download the drivers into CXP 6.1 but I don't know if they are available from Omron, . BTW. CXP 7.1 is very stable too

Hi Sleepy Wombat hope you have fun Down Under ...

you could also make a PSWITCH just before the end of your movement and use it to use movemodify. Then you will not decelerate to standstill to accelerate again. another possibility is making a continuous move on a virtual axis and do the movements with movelinks. Then you can eliminate the decelerations and accelerations and create continuous movements on X and Y. (I did this already on single axis machines for the replacemment of clutch-brake systems and it works fine) you could get something like this( but you'll probably have to improve to get good results) base(3) forward [i][color="#009900"]'acceleration for the first move [/color][/i]movelink(Table(0),Virt_dist,accel_dist,0,3) axis(0) movelink(Table(1),Virt_dist,accel_dist,0,3) axis(1) [i][color="#009900"]'continuous move[/color] [/i]for i=2 to (Max_number_of_pos-2) step 2 movelink(Table(i),Virt_dist,0,0,3) axis(0) movelink(Table(i+1),Virt_dist,0,0,3) axis(1) next i [i][color="#009900"]'deceleration for the last move[/color] [/i]movelink(Table(Max_number_of_pos-1),Virt_dist,0,decel_dist,3) axis(0) movelink(Table(Max_number_of_pos),,Virt_dist,0,decel_dist,3) axis(1) where Virt_dist is the step of your movement, all postions are in the table and you have max_number_of_pos divided by two positions of X and Y

What kind of servos are you using and what is the control method? I have allways used units (MC402/MCW151/TJ1) and only had problems when the units were negative. I noticed the MAC in Barcelona of possible bugs in the firmware, they should be looking into this now.... maybe there are big differences in gains or (I had it once) you could be using 1500RPM and 3000RPM motors mixed and they have different default encoder pulses per revolution beegee

You cannot reach the ethernet parameters of the NSJ through CX-Programmer. This is a part of the NS, so you have to use CX-Designer or the setup screens of the NS.

Are you using a laptop? I had to disable my wireless ethernet port to connect in a decent way. Microsoft seems to give priority to wireless I even have problems when I am connected by wireless on 192.168.1.xxx and wired to the PLC 10.0.0.xxx. and I have no problems when I am connected to both by wire ..

Why aren't you using the movecirc command? You say the speed is being cut off at a certain level. What is that speed in RPM of the servo motor? I see it are quite small movements. You are probably moving using a trapezoidal movement, but by raising the speed, at a certain moment it becomes a triangle. So raising the speed even higher will not make any difference. This is why movecirc commands have been conceived. You get a decel and standstill after every small movement.... I would not change the values of the gearboxes in the drives but use the units of the trajexia instead. You only have problems with connect functions (which actually works in encoder pulses) Beegee

I'd like to have a mapping tool to map the colurs to gray values when converting from a colour screen to a grayscale screen (NS5-MQ). Now you have to open all the objects to change the colours

Main Rack are the option boards you can plug into the NSJ like the ethernet and controller link cards(NSJW-CLK21-V1 and NSJW-ETN21)

just use CTRL-C CTRL-V (it works between CX-Programmer and CX-Designer all the time)

In the alarm/event Details window you in the bottom the possibility to switch the screen when pressed.

there are lots of analog i/o (see GRT2 and Devicenet manuals) Or you can use K3** series with devicenet Also check devicnet manual for calculating the speeds