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  2. Posted

    Hi,

    Does anyone know how to save the Memory location when transferring programs.

    By this I mean we normally send the Symbolic Information to the Memory (SD) card.

    I have one project that does this automatically and selects the SD card when transferring programs.

    The other always defaults to the Program Memory in the PLC.

    Any hints as to how I achieved this...

     

    Thanks

     

    Ian

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  5. Posted

    Hi All,

     

    Just wanted some advice. Has anyone done any OEE measurement / calculations. I'm leaning to using MES then maybe using Excel to gather and process the numbers.

    I'd guess we have 20-30 systems to monitor all using L or Q series PLC's with either GT25 or GT27 HMI's

     

    Cheers

     

     

  8. Posted

    Hi Folks,

     

    Has anyone found a neat way to playback video or any form of animation. We mostly have GT2000 running on L-Series PLCs

    Or maybe experience of the multimedia card, the last time we looked at it you couldn't show selected videos in a window  ?

     

    Cheers

     

     

  14. Posted

    Thanks, GX Developer if possible ?

    I can see how it will work if the system is running as DST occurs, but the issue I have is if the system is switched off, then on again after DST has occurred. So you miss the actual change point.

     

  16. Posted

    Hi,

    Has anyone got a good work-around for the UK daylight saving hours. Our SNTP server updates but doesn't adjust for daylight saving.

    It's an L Series so we use the Time Setting in the PLC parameters.

    I just wondered if anyone had a neat way of automatically adjusting for this.

     

    Thanks

     

    Ian

     

     

  17. Posted

    Hi, Does anyone have much experience with the MES function on the GT2000 series HMI's I'm no expert but we can get the unit to connect to our server, but I would like to run what would be a fairly normal SQL Query. This is the actual Query I need to run... SELECT A.Operation, A.Material, CASE WHEN (B.[skill Level] IS NOTNULL) THEN B.[skill Level] ELSE 0 END AS 'Skill' FROM rvxCurrentMaterials A LEFT OUTER JOINrvxCurrentMaterialsWithEmpSkills B ON A.Item = B.Item AND A.Operation = B.Operation AND A.Material = B.Material AND B.[Employee ID] ='user' AND B.[skill Status] ='Pending' WHERE A.Operation IN ( SELECT Operation FROM rvxCurrentMaterials WHERE Item = 'PARTXYZ' AND Material = 'RIGID' ) AND A.Item Obviously the items in Red will be variables based on my criteria. Just wondered if any one had any experience of using it. Cheers Ian

  19. Posted

    HI, does anyone have any hints for using the GT1055-QSBD with a RS232 barcode scanner. I've set it up on channel 8 in GT Designer and to write to Buffer D1000. The scanner settings are correct and it works on a PC set the same as the GOT ( 9600,8,N,1.) I've used the scanners before on other GOT units with no issue. I do note the 1055 has a lot of missing options, I assume to use a ASCII input assigned to the correct D register, but unlike the better panels it's missing the Barcode or RFID options in the extended tab. The system signals are all disabled so not set to disable the scanner. Any hints please :) Thanks Ian
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  21. Posted

    Hi, Does anyone know if it's possible to display text at a defined X & Y position depending on a couple of Data Registers ? It's a standard item of text, I'd just like to move it around the screen. I'm using a GT1030 screen and GT Designer 3 v1.106L Thanks

  22. Posted

    Yes, nothing. The register remains empty. The odd thing is, if I set it up, power cycle the put the correct values in the register ( power cycle ). Then remove the comms setting, I get the message that all values will be set to zero. Power cycle again and they are zero... Must be an issue somewhere, I'll see if my GX Dev is upto date at some point. Have sorted it by putting it in the code, but just wondered. Cheers Ian

  23. Posted · Edited by ianreeves

    Hi, has anyone come across the plc parameter values not working. I added an RS232 module to an FX1s unit . Popped the setup values in the communication setting the PLC parameters, but the register isn't populated with the values. Not a huge issue, as just put it in the code. Has always worked on the FX3 series, so I "assumed" the same. Cheers Ian

  24. Posted

    Hi, I wonder if anyone has come across this problem before. I have a iQ works project using Labels. GT Designer 3 recognises them and allows me to assign them to objects without issues. It will also identify and allow me to reflect back to the database. The problem occurs if I use an object with a label, it does not appear at all on the GOT screen. If I swap back to defined M,D etc codes it is all fine. Any hints or tips ? Cheers Ian