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- Windows, real time
- PID loops
- PCs vs. PLCs
- Replacing people
- MS 'monopoly'?
- Software quality
- Where do we go from here?
- Why pay?
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I would like to discover all Ethernet/IP enabled devices from the current network.
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By Zohar on 9 September, 2009 - 7:28 pm -
So where can I get The EtherNet/IP Specification by ODVA for evaluation?
Can anyone send me a...
Implemention of MODBUS application protocol specification
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By M Griffin on 9 September, 2009 - 12:50 pm -
Your question is a bit ambiguous so I may not have interpreted your question correctly. However,...
How to establish communication with PLC TSX MICRO and Scada Intouch
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Of course you will get a communication error if the Micro PLC is connected by its TER Port using...
By Schneider Italy on 8 September, 2009 - 6:11 pm -
If you are trying to connect the SCADA to the TER Port, you'll have problem because it doesn't...
Hello. We have one PLC TSX Micro 3721 version 2.0 and one plc tsx micro version 2.0 too.
The...
Licensed-FREQ Ethernet Radio for USA SCADA application.
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One other thing...
The MDS SD9 is, I believe, backwards-compatible with the 9710's that you are...
I have experience with the GE/MDS SD9, and it does exactly what you are asking for. IP over...
I need to control a FC51 Danfoss VFD with LS PLC.
I need to start , stop & jog the drives.
I need to start , stop & jog the drives.
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I recommend you write the entire 16 bit control word versus only the start bit. This would satisfy...
By Derik on 8 September, 2009 - 1:05 am -
Thank you I will try it & post the result
...
By Harvard on 7 September, 2009 - 5:34 pm -
Your poll should like like this:
02 05 00 06 FF 00 6C 08 ...
I want to understand whether it makes sense to convert to a report by exception basis in PLCs and whether it is even possible?
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By M Griffin on 7 September, 2009 - 1:07 pm -
From what I remember about DF1, if you get rid of the AQ/NAQ then you have the same cycle as...
Mcafone,
This doesn't really answer your question, but FWIW... If your AB processors and RsLinx...
By M Griffin on 6 September, 2009 - 11:19 pm -
Yes, it is possible to use one bit as a flag to indicate that data has changed since the last poll....
I am also originally from an industry where update times are a little more critical (industrial...
You are welcomed G Brown,
I only wish that I could be of more help to you.
But Industrial...
I just wanted to thank you Ashraf and M Griffin for your responses. ...
By M Griffin on 4 September, 2009 - 12:37 am -
As another person has mentioned, there is only so much performance you can squeeze out of a 1200...
There is nothing much which you can squeeze out of 1200bps. This is a very low bandwidth, and it is...
Ok, Maybe I come from an environment of complexity, because we would never send back all the analog...
I know everyone has their personal preferences, but I think it would be more interesting to discover which software is the worst...
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By Harry on 7 September, 2009 - 11:00 am -
I have over 8 years experience with PARAGON. I am specialized in Fermentation and Bioreactor...
Is Modicom 140NOE211 Quantum Ethernet TCP/IP Module i full duplex or half duplex
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By chud on 7 September, 2009 - 10:49 am -
I'm speaking under correction but I'm sure it is both. It automatically detects half or full...
I'm trying to access a microcontroller connected to a PC via a serial port
I need to send this message from ladder program to this slave and receive the answer message to PLC or PC
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By M Griffin on 5 September, 2009 - 1:41 pm -
All you've told us is that you have successfully sent a Modbus request from some sort of PC or PLC...
yes,
I need to send this message to Slave Device ( Digital Multimeter )
08 04 00 0F 00 02 41...
By M Griffin on 3 September, 2009 - 12:49 pm -
You have provided quite a bit of detail. However, you have neglected to include an actual question....
Can anyone give an example of a program in which TWIDO acts as a master Modbus??
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Jorge,
The answer is straight forward. Use the EXCHx Block in TwidoSoft.
The Twido Manuals...
By JORGE LUIS TOVAR GOITIA on 4 September, 2009 - 5:56 pm -
Good afternoon!!
I hope you're doing well!!...I'm trying to set a comm among a Twido PLC used as...
How to communicate with PLC
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By Delta PLC Communication on 5 September, 2009 - 4:42 am -
Hi Shriram Pendse..
Can u give me some sample coding to connect delta plc dvp-10sx series using...
Does the Modbus TCP/IP Client Server model make master/slave configurations irrelevant?
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By M Griffin on 4 September, 2009 - 8:40 pm -
A client ("master") pushes data to a server ("slave"). When and how frequently...
By ts on 4 September, 2009 - 7:41 pm -
If I implement this slave functionality via software or hardware can I now receive data updates...
Can I access to the %SW via NModbus?
CANOpen technologies
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Beckhoff has wide range products for many popular field buses including of course CANopen one. ...
By Heinz-Jürgen Oertel on 3 September, 2009 - 9:54 am -
> I would assume that drivers normally come with the interface boards. <
Besides some...
By Heinz on 3 September, 2009 - 9:50 am -
Another source is :
http://www.can-wiki.info
at least for boards and drivers and higher layer...
Lost of Network Communication when using controllogix
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Hi All,
Thank you for the reply.
The Redundancy System PLC 1 and PLC 2 is our Anode...
By Ken Roach on 3 September, 2009 - 4:52 pm -
Can you explain exactly what device or software package is displaying the "Communication...
By Russ K on 3 September, 2009 - 4:45 pm -
Just a thought... I have found that RJ45 connectors in use for multiple years sometimes exhibit...
Serial interface between Allen Bradley's Control Logix and Emerson Ovation DCS
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Ann,
I have no specific experience with the problem as stated, but I suspect that the connection...
Hello MAKEVI
Can I use Ovation TCP/IP driver to get data from ovation DCS? Please any...
Need information on the Unity's connectivity
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The answer is NO. ONLY ONE USER AT A TIME!!
Also, I wonder how could somone be in 2 places at...
Hi, can anybody help me please..? I need to do a connection Step 7 to Excel.
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By Mustafa Al-mosawi on 3 September, 2009 - 11:01 am -
Firstly, I always ask - why are you interested in reading and writing from Excel? What is your...
If you are able to do some programming by your own you could use
...
Modbus Bit order: LSB to MSB (Left to Right Reading), or MSB to LSB (Right to Left Reading)?
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By Vhic Cruz on 3 September, 2009 - 1:31 am -
You don't need to type it back. You just need to use the special bit that flags the serial card to...
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