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Support Questions / Re: EthernetIPforCLXCom problem

« on: May 14, 2015, 05:04:05 PM »

Ahhh. I see.

Thanks for the speedy response.

Peter.

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Support Questions / Re: EthernetIPforCLXCom problem

« on: May 14, 2015, 04:02:39 PM »

Thanks Archie, I'll do that.

What about the other problem of copying/pasting forms?

Peter

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Support Questions / EthernetIPforCLXCom problem

« on: May 14, 2015, 01:30:58 PM »

Hello Archie,

I'm creating a full application which will be very large and a good test of your system. I love it. So much better than using Factorytalk.

I'm having problems with the forms creating new instances of Drivers. Here is my problem.

I create a form , create a Datasubscriber with no addresses, The form adds a EthernetIPforCLXCom1. I set the IP address to mine.

I save the form close it and open it again. and the form has added another driver called EthernetIPforCLXCom2 with the default IP.

I delete it but it keeps coming back when i close and open it.

Any ideas?

Also while i'm here. When i copy and paste a form it creates all sorts of errors about duplication. The copied form has a filename of "Copy of oldfom" but the name of the form is the same as the old form. Even changing the name does not help. So i'm stuck creating new form each one from scratch.

Any ideas on that too?

Thanks

Peter

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Support Questions / Re: new features

« on: March 18, 2015, 02:38:28 PM »

Hello Archie. I've just started using this and find it very good so far. I'm coming from Factorytalk and was looking for an alternative that actually worked. I'm on the learning curve though with AdvancedHMI and VBA.

I have a rather complicated project that uses contrologix and a PC attached to a machine with a lot of tags ( about 200 I/O and 1500 tags so far ) to monitor control and act on. I have a similar one running on Omron CJ2M and Programmer/Supervisor.

Anyway to get down to specifics I have a form with displays for 75 round wafers in 3 cassettes. The wafers are contiguous and the tags are
WAFER[0].STATUS,WAFER[1].STATUS  to WAFER[74].STATUS. I am representing these on the display as a line with variable colors. I used the M.VB.Powerpacks.Lineshape for this as I don't see anything in the AdvancedHMI control lineup.

I have tried to access these in a beginread loop and substitute a loop variable in the name to access the tag and change the display Line control. but it did not accept what i did as a control name.

I would like to use the DataSubscription to get the data as it changes and i see some of how it works. I put 4 addresses in the DS to test it. Does the DS only return one item at a time as the data changes? What happens if 2 change? Does it take 2 passes to handle it?

Any help would be appreciated.