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Open Discussion / Re: Problems with Chartwithlogging

« on: May 03, 2020, 01:49:08 PM »

THank you for taking the time out to reply.
Yes... I need to spend more time reading through the forum... there is indeed a lot of information to be gained from that.

I sometimes struggle to find specific answers to what I am looking for - eg How to communicate with Siemens S7-1200 PLCs from AHMI - I have seen the comments about Snap7 and some other comments about libnodave, but I'm afraid my knowledge and experience with VB is pitiful, and I am trying to "swat up" and get on top of that. But occasionally I might post a question which has been asked (and answered) already - for that, I apologise.
But overall, I think AHMI is awesome ! - and I appreciate the time taken by everyone involved - including those posting answers to questions from noobs like myself..
Thanks,
Steve

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Open Discussion / Re: Problems with Chartwithlogging

« on: April 30, 2020, 02:37:49 PM »

Hello !
I have had some success with Chartwithlogging - I like it ! I was hoping to get a chart/trend which shows the date/time along the x-axis with the ability to pan and zoom - great !
I have a couple of questions please:
How and where is the data stored... I saw the property "data directory" with ./ in the box. Should I be entering a folder location and file name in there to store the relevant data ? I am currently logging 2 tags from the same PLC using the same driver in my "collection".
Oh what is the "File Header" property for ?
AND... is it possible to change the colour of the pens on the trend ?
I have been successful in using Datalogger2 and am storing 2 tags values on the PC in the log file - which I can then present in excel - it would be nice if there are charts in AHMI which can simply display the data from those log files (for historic trending).(or is that exactly what this can do !?) 
I'm not great with VB but seem to be getting by and understanding some of the basics - such as hiding the form when not in use, and the comments about closing the main form as discussed earlier - I think I got that now and have 5 forms which appear to work OK - I was worried that the chartwithlogging would STOP logging if it was not visible...
I think I had an issue whereby if I CLOSED the runtime, it would appear to have closed but the advancedHMI process would stay running in memory thus preventing me from being able to compile any more - I had to keep killing the process in task manager (I think that may have been due to not CLOSING the pages correctly as discussed earlier !)
Thanks,
Steve

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Open Discussion / Re: Profinet project/driver with similar ease as Advanced HMI?

« on: April 28, 2020, 11:16:37 AM »

Hello again ! - sorry.. I meant to ask this:
I would really like to connect AdvancedHMI to a shedload of Siemens s7-1214 plcs which I have on the network (ethernet).
I was reading about the Snap7 drivers and have downloaded what was posted - but I am not very good with VB and I do not know how to integrate the Snap7 stuff into AdvancedHMI project... I wasnt sure if it was simply a case of ADDING NEW item to the project and selecting the "SiemensCom.vb" file and copying the 2 dll files into a certain folder.
I do not know if the Snap7 and SiemensCom stuff add any new objects to the toolbox, or a new comms driver to the list of choices, or if I have to copy paste some code into the project itself (using IMPORT or INHERIT function code ?)
Apologies ! - I wish I knew more about VB programming - but any advice about getting AdvancedHMI connected to Siemens S7-1200 plcs would be great !
THanks,
Steve

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Open Discussion / Re: Profinet project/driver with similar ease as Advanced HMI?

« on: April 28, 2020, 11:11:57 AM »

Hello all !
I am running the recently released Beta of AdvancedHMI, I struggled at first by "adding" the .vb forms etc as they resulted in lots of broken links. My favoured method which seems to have worked OK, was to simply re-create the CLXCOM driver links in the new empty project, and renamed them exactly as my original was (adding the correct IP address etc) - then I simply opened my old project inside a new instance of Visual Studio, and simply selected ALL on the page, copied and pasted into the new project... all the links were OK and its working OK (but I think - for me - it was important to have the COMMS drivers installed and setup first )
Steve