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  3. Posted

    It's connected to a 90-30 series plc, I think it uses an ADC 311 COPROC in the rack.

    Looks like I need to recreate it all on a modern HMI.

  4. Posted

    Hi

    Can anyone tell me what programming software is required to extract a program from this GE Fanuc HMI?

    Any manuals available for it?

    Thanks in advance

    hmi.jpg

  5. Posted

    Hi

    Does anyone know anything about the attached panel PC which communicates with a GE 90/30 PLC.  Any information about how it was programmed would be useful.  It seems to be a SCADA type application that runs on Windows 3.11 and is way past its replacement date!

    Thanks in advance

    PC front (2).jpg

  6. Posted

    Hi

    I'm using TIA 16 and S7 1200 and have a DB block set up with 20 bytes of data which I want to move to QB100 for 20 bytes.

    I've done it with individual MOVE instructions e.g MOVE DB3.DBB0 -> QB100, MOVE DB3.DBB1 -> QB101 etc which is working OK but feel there must be a better way with MOVE_BLK or MOVE_BLK_VARIANT.

    I can only find examples where data is moved from DB to DB and can't seem to get anything to compile with MOVE_BK or MOVE_BLK_VARIANT.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks in advance

  7. Posted

    Hi, I have the following STL code in an old S5 processor, can someone tell me if I've transcribed it to ladder correctly please?

    :O    F11.0
    :O    F11.1
    :(    I81.6
    :AN    F11.2
    :AN    F11.2
    :O    I81.6
    :A    Q64.3
    :)
    :A    I64.6
    :A    I64.0
    :AN    F3.6
    :=    Q64.3


    F11.0    I81.6   F11.2   F11.3    I64.6    I64.0    F3.6                  Q64.3
    [ ]---------[ ]-----[/]---------[/]--------[ ]--------[ ]-------[/]-------------------( )
              |         |                         |
    F11.1 |         |  I81.6    Q64.3 |
    [ ]------          ---[ ]------[ ]-------

     

    Thanks in advance

  9. Posted · Edited by ratcliffe_ic

    Have a word with your local vendor about logic master 90, it's also bundled on the versapro and profiecy software disks I think.  Get a trial copy of either.

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  14. Posted

    Step 0 is set to a type N - non-stored which means the code in the step is continually scanned, so every time you set BACKWASH_START_PB to a 1 the code in step 0 sets it back to a zero. 

    If you click the square box next to the N you can set the Qualifier to Pulse (Rising Edge) which means the code in step 0 will only be scanned on the rising edge of the step becoming true.

     

  15. Posted

    Thanks for the info, I sorted it out this morning.

    The software is XBT L100 which runs on a windows 98 machine (in dos mode), its downloadable from the Schneider website.  The cable is:

    2-2, 3-3, 5-7 plus 6+4 linked, 7+8 linked at the 9 pin (pc) end.

    As you say its well obsolete but the client had purchased a spare from ebay and I needed to get the program from another unit to download into this one.

  19. Posted

    I need to catch an input changing state which has a very short duration and I'm currently missing it due to scan time.  Is there a way in Siemens to improve the chances of catching a change by programming e.g. using something similar to a Selectable timed interrupt (STI) from the Allen-Bradley world or maybe a FAST TASK?

    Thanks in advance for any suggestions

     

  21. Posted

    Hi, I'm replacing a system I did 10 years ago with Allen-Bradley with a new Mitsubishi system using a GOT hmi.  I'm basically recreating what I did previously so the operators don't have to learn something new.  In the old system I had a list selector where the operator would use arrow keys to scroll down the list of tanks (e.g. Tank A, Tank B etc etc) to select the destination tank, this would return a number to the PLC which would then open the appropriate valve for that tank.  I can't seem to find anything like that in the Mitsubishi software (GT Designer3), can it be done?

  24. Posted

    I've backed up two machines with Proficy ME 8.5 and both show a red X on the project name. I think this maybe due to the processors containing software written in LM90 can anyone shed some light on how to resolve this. Do I need to download from Proficy ME to resolve this?