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jamesfkelly

RSLinx OPC Data Logging

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Greetings all, I am fairly new to the PLC world, having doing most of my work before hand using DCS's in massive projects. I am currently working with AB compactlogix for a small enough project, designing a test/simulation rig. I am trying to find a simple way to log streaming data into a flat file (i.e. a .csv file) at a rate of 100Hz. I know technically I can do so using trending, but that method will not really suit my needs. I have looked into OPC Data Logger, but cannot get it to connect to the RSLinx OPC server. (I am running RSLinx Classic Pro - Single node) I have been banging my head against the wall now for a weeks and am getting almost nowhere, and basically I am looking for suggestions as to the best way to get data logging capabilities for roughly 200 points with out over doing it (i.e. having to by way more software then i need). Thanks much, James

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The simplest (and cheapest) solution I found this summer was from these guys: http://www.opclogger.com/products.php The non-Pro version is only 70 bucks or so and does .csv data recording. The next version up supports MySQL and MS-SQL as well. Skeet

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Have you tried Matrikon Analytics? it's easy and connects to RSlinx perfectly... it won't hurt to try it. it's free for 30 days: http://www.matrikonanalytics.com/products/excelreporter.aspx Wassim Daoud Global Solutions Architect MatrikonOPC

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Thanks lads, I am going to go ahead and try out both and see which works better for myself. Cheers, James

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James - have you looked in the downloads section at the RSlinx Excel DDE example I posted there. With RSlinx Pro and Excel VBA you should be able to gather the data you are looking for to an excel spreadsheet and the save as a csv file. I'l plan on packing 32 or 64 Ints of data at a time and transferring the packet rather than trying real time transfer. network latency will kill you otherwise.

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Hello we are using RBSReport www.robosoft.com.tr/dataloggeren.htm it is very cheap program.

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