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Hi Gary,

We have found out that a bug was inadvertently introduced into the TRiLOGI version 7.1x simulator (your program actually worked correctly in the older version 7.0). This however does not affect the program if it is run in the PLC. So the issue was only with the simulator.

This bug has been fixed and will be included in the next release of i-TRiLOGI software. Meanwhile we have communicated with you via email to provide you with an interim software version that allows you to simulate your program.

Thank you.

Sorry that is not supported on Nano-10 or FMD.  The phase-cut is supported in firmware of Fx CPU but there is not enough resources on the Nano-10 and FMD PLCs to support this function.

Here is the .PC6 program

Thanks for your report!

Starting from TRiLOGI 7.12 and 6.52 if your PC has internet connection, the help files will be loaded from the web site. But if you have no internet connection then the help files will be loaded from the local installed copy. This permits us to update the documentation (such as your reported issue) without requiring the user to re-install the program in order to get the corrected help files.

The TL7 Reference Addendum issue and the SAVE_EEP# that you have reported have been fixed. You will be able to get these help files from your current 7.12 and 6.52.

Sorry I should have explained it better.
I have the PLC connected to a wireless router and I transfer and monitor the PLC using the wireless network
Thats how I discovered that everything will lock up if you click on used Turbo Mode

Is your PC connected to the same Wi-Fi network on the Wi-Fi router that the PLC is attached to?

If so, then most likely the failure is caused by Windows blocking incoming connection through the Wi-Fi.

First thing to check is to make sure that your Wi-Fi is setup as being connected to a private network. If your Wi-Fi is marked as public network then the Windows Firewall blocks all the incoming connection that Turbo Transfer mode need to make so it prevented the transfer. See this video if you have question:

https://tinkertry.com/how-to-change-windows-10-network-type-from-public-to-private

After changing the network to private you will need to add Javaw.exe to the firewall exception list. One way to trigger it is to first turn off the Windows fire wall on your private network. Then try to do a turbo transfer again and if it succeed you know it is the firewall issue.

When you manage to successfully transfer over Wi-Fi, then you can turn the firewall back on and then try again. This time Windows may warn you about the incoming connection by jawaw.exe and you should allow it as shown in the following screen capture:

If the exception rule is properly added you should be able to perform turbo transfer over the Wi-Fi.

(Note you may need to restart the PLC during your testing if the connection failed because a previous TCP connection may have been left half-open and preventing TRiLOGI from making another turbo transfer connection.)

What do you mean by "wireless" mode?

Note that Turbo Transfer mode in TL7 will not work if the PC running i-TRiLOGI is on different network from the PLC as it requires the server (PLC) to make a TCP connection back to the client (the PC) and this is usually blocked by the client side firewall if they are on a different network.

The regular transfer mode uses only the single TCP connection that the client makes to the server and would work even if the two are on separate networks.

If the client PC can make a VPN connection with the server so that the client join the server network then Turbo Transfer mode would work.

Unfortunately it is not possible to use PWM to control the firing angle.

To properly control the firing angle you need a zero crossing detection and then compute the time lag until the SCR/TRIAC is fired.

The Fx2424 and Fx1616-BA and any SmartTILE-Fx based custom-made PLC support such built-in capability.

Please refer Chapter 18 (light Dimmer Control) of the Fx2424 User Manual for details.

You can download any user manuals from: http://www.triplc.com/documentations.htm

Thank you.

Thanks again for the feedback. There is CAN bus hardware on the SmartTILE but no firmware support was developed for it. We are aware that CAN bus is widely used in car industry (as in in car entertainment, power windows etc) In Europe CANopen and CiA are widely used, but protocols that runs on CAN bus appear not too often mentioned for industrial automation in North America.

In any case today Ethernet support has become the most important communication interface, for which all our Super PLCs can handle very well. Unlike some PLCs that deploy Ethernet to serial interface that convert high performance Ethernet into low performance serial interface and therefore inherently limited, the Ethernet port on the TRi Super PLCs is tightly integrated into the hardware and firmware and therefore it is able to handle connections by multiple clients at the same time and support both Modbus TCP and Ethernet Hostlink command protocols simultaneously. It can even connect to a remote server to upload data to the cloud while simultaneously handle communication requests from all the connected clients.