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Any joy with this?  We have started to see it occur on L series PLC's around V1.591x and up.  Looks like it will go down without the symbolic but still testing

You need a time reference to store the data, like once a second while it's running and then somewhere to move it to when finished. Index registers are fine or you could use an array to store the data and increment the array position once a second whilst the cylinder is moving using the incremented second counter as the array position. That way the last populated position in the array is your overall runtime and the division number for average flow rate, just dimension the array larger than your longest cycle time!

Depends on where you are putting it but I used 4 core SY 0.75 mm on a job 7 years ago and it is still fine today. I don't know where Omron get their cable specifications from as I have never been able to buy what they suggest!

Hi Convert your Ascii 25.00 to floating point, multiply in by 100, convert to Integer then use that as the reference in a 10ms timer. Also depending on the size of your program you may not be able to convert and display that value quick enough for the HMI/ Ascii displays to keep up, maybe use the 100ms timer and 1 decimal place instead as it seems a big leap for a system that only needed 1 second accuracy to suddenly need 10ms timings.

Assuming you are using GX Works and only looking for numbers you can use the WTOB instruction to split the two characters into two locations and subtract 30 HEX from each register to give you the number in decimal.

In GX Works2 and writing in structured ladder you can also use the DATERD instruction and use a 7 word array as the destination as it splits it up nicely for you.

Might be worth taking a video of it working before you start messing in case you loose the program. Also use GX Dev or Works as they have help files which will help you understand the software instructions.

Use the import image to get the two pictures you want (off and on) onto a screen. Right click each image when sized and click Register to my Favourites and this will store the images in the library. Click Bit Lamp, then Shape, Click the Library button then select the favourite folder and you can choose your OFF and ON state pictures from there

Hi All the buffer information is in section 6 of the manual (flimsy sheet of paper in the box!) You need to send H3000 to Buffer 0 to switch off the last channel and set the others as K For basic whole number temperatures read BFM# 1,2,3 Section 8 sample program shows you the FROM instruction on the M1 contact reading from buffer 5 to D0 for 2 channels eg BFM #5 and #6 will go to D0 and D1. Note in the Mitsi example on the sheet FROM K2 is the third block so change that to the position yours is in. Hope that helps