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Messages - Lorne Van Dusen

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Technical support / Dip Switch 2
« on: October 31, 2017, 07:55:18 AM »
I have another crazy question for tech support
I noticed that on the new FX series PLC & Smart Tile that dip switch 2 is no longer used.
If this is true then is there any way possible to access the status of dip switch 2 to be able to access it as a user defined setting?
A user dip switch is a great feature to have on any PLC

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Technical support / Re:Device ID
« on: October 31, 2017, 06:33:09 AM »
Gary you are amazing you seem to either always know the answers or know a way to find out the answers.
My main complaint with the product as good as it is is the lack of documentation but after reading your response I found the info in the TL6 reference manual as there was nothing in the FX2424 manual
However I must admit their technical support whether through this forum of directly with their "Tech Support" is great.

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Technical support / Device ID
« on: October 30, 2017, 11:02:04 AM »
I am working on a Remote I/O setup on a FX2424 and have been searching through the manuals but I have been unable to find how to set the Device ID within the program.
I want to make sure that the Master is always 01 and that the slave PL is always 02
Is there a way during the first scan to set this value in software?

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Technical support / Re:Protecting the TRiLOGI program
« on: October 26, 2017, 08:10:15 AM »
Wow I never thought about the scenario that I could delete the program and the customer could then view all the I/O
I will definitely look into that solution.
I was already aware of the settings in TL server for password setting.
Thanks for the suggestions

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Technical support / Protecting the TRiLOGI program
« on: October 25, 2017, 12:02:31 PM »
I have been playing around and have now got the TRiLOGI software into a new Windows 10 tablet
The PLC is plugged into a wireless router
I set up the view protect so that all the custom functions are hidden
However I still have full access to all the other features.
Is there anyway in which to have the software on the tablet as well as the program and make it so that it only has viewing rights and not have the ability to make any changes?
This then would allow me to give the tablet to someone that only needs to monitor the program but not be able to change/print or save to any where.
The final result is that I need the tablet solely for viewing and nothing else

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Technical support / Re:Using a Tablet on the FX series
« on: October 20, 2017, 06:37:03 AM »
I appreciate they very descriptive reply.
I am guessing that I will have to use option 2 as not all PLC'S will be connected to a router however all of the PLC'S have their IP address set to 0.0.0.0 to allow them to accept an IP address from the router.
Looks like I have a lot of work ahead of me.

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Technical support / Using a Tablet on the FX series
« on: October 18, 2017, 09:42:07 AM »
I have a general question and I am open to any suggestions either from tech support or any other users.
My company wants to start using tablets in place of hand held text displays to be able to change value in the DM'S as well as to view the I/O online.
At this point I have chosen a Windows based tablet over an Android one as I felt it would be better for some things and it comes with Windows 10.
What way would someone suggest it be connected to the PLC? Some of the PLC'S will be connected to a router and therefor can be connected either via the web or by the wireless on the router. However a lot of them will not be connected to the outside world.
So I am guessing that the over all best way is to connect it to the serial port then have TLserver running on the tablet.
Open to any suggestions.

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Technical support / Re:When t use delimiter
« on: September 26, 2017, 01:47:12 PM »
Gary
As usual your reply is very well explanatory
The first example I used actually came right out of the TL6 reverence manual chapter 11
IF A>B  THEN
    THEN C=D*5
ELSE
    C=D/5
ENDIF
I guess they really should update the manual so that people that actually read it don't get confused.  

Oh and sorry the "IS" instead of the "IF" was just a typo error  

Again thank you very much for the very informative explanation.
I did not have any issues with my actual programming it was just that today was one of those days I had decided to read through one of the manuals and came across chapter 11 that only gave a brief description of how to use a delimiter and I was hoping someone on tech support could give a better explanation of which you did.

P.S Also Gary in one of your previous replies to me you suggested that I should indent my code code for better readability and you are absolutely correct. When I looked at your example you can clearly see directly below the last IF you have an ENDIF then directly below the previous IF you have an ENDIF then directly below the For you have the next then the final ENDIF you can tell at a glance that you have inserted the correct number of ENDIF statements as well as the NEXT

Lorne

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Technical support / When t use delimiter
« on: September 26, 2017, 07:06:46 AM »
I have a quick question on when you need to use a delimiter in TBasic

I understand that if I want to shorten a section of program such as
IF A>B  THEN
    THEN C=D*5
ELSE
    C=D/5
ENDIF

Can be shortened to IS A>B: C=D*5:ELSE:C=D/5:ENDIF

However if you only have one IF statement and it is used to either SET or Clear I/O is the delimiter needed.
IF SUMCV >= 27
  SETIO SUCT27
ELSE CLRIO SUCT27
  ENDIF

IF SUMCV >= 27 SETIO SUCT27 ELSE CLRIO SUCT27 ENDIF ' Is a delimiter needed in this case

Lorne



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Technical support / Re:Unlocking a FX Plc
« on: September 21, 2017, 11:54:15 AM »
Thank you for the reply as well as the full explanation.
I understood how to transfer the various password setting via the software as I had already used that method
However after re reading the manuals I had come across the description to embed a password within the software and figured that that was a better way to go to insure that one of our people that actually down loads the program would not need to know the master password.
After reading your response I realized that the best way for us is to use i-TRiLOGI software and setup the Ethernet as we do not need to secure the serial port.

As always you reply's are very descriptive and always provide the help that has been requested

Lorne

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Technical support / Unlocking a FX Plc
« on: September 20, 2017, 06:40:45 AM »
I have been experimenting with embedding a password in the PLC so that once it is connected to a router unauthorized people will not be able to access it. I used as an example U$ = "LOCKPLC" then SETPASSWORD U$
This works perfect however we also use a FP4030MR text display to change setting in the PLC which of course will no longer work when plugged in due to the PLC having the password turned on.
Is there anyway possible to have the text display send out the string to unlock the PLC during power up.
Or is there any way t unlock the PLC if a specific bit is turned on.
Don't worry I have a function that automatically resets the password every day.  

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Technical support / Re:IF THEN
« on: June 15, 2017, 08:48:03 AM »
Gary
Thanks again for your expert help. I will try each of your suggestions.

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Technical support / IF THEN
« on: June 14, 2017, 01:33:19 PM »
I am still a little confused on the proper use of a IF or a THEN statement
Below is an example of what I wanted to accomplish but failed
I only want the FOR  and TESTBIT function to work if DM[535] is greater than 0 and I was trying to avoid using a GOTO statement to bypass it.

CLRIO CBP 'First Clear CBP
   IF DM[535] > 0 THEN
FOR N = 0 TO 7
   IF TESTBIT (DM[541], N)
IF TESTBIT(DM[537],N) =0
   SETIO CBP
ENDIF
      ENDIF
NEXT

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Technical support / Re:Turbo Mode
« on: May 26, 2017, 12:59:01 PM »
Thanks for the answer
I did think it was strange that I could transfer the program as well as monitor it over the wireless yet it only had a problem if I tried to download using turbo mode. The turbo mode works great via the Ethernet connection
I will definitely try your suggestions.

If not it only takes a short time t do the transfer without the Turbo Mode

Lorne

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Technical support / Re:Turbo Mode
« on: May 26, 2017, 11:26:11 AM »
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

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