TimothyMoulder
Member
So, I'm using Plantmetrics and loving it. Great stuff. Now comes the time to hook up to another controller using Matrikon OPC Server for Modbus, and I'm having issues.
The Matrikon software is successfully browsing out to the PLC. I can use their OPC Explorer client and look right at live values, no issues.
Conversely, I am using Plantmetrics with RSLinx OEM as a driver to look a two machines, and again, no issues. Works like a charm.
The problem is, I can't get the two to marry up to each other. I can configure the data points in Plantmetrics without a hitch, even browse the server, but when I start the RSSQL configuration, I get "Connection Error. Last data received was out of time range."
Troubleshooting-wise, I monitored the server and it is indeed being polled by Plantmetrics (shows traffic). When I stop PM, the traffic counters stop, and vice versa, so I know it's PM doing the talking.
There's got to be one frickin' setting I've got out of synch here.
Incidentally, although this might not be relevant, I've seen this error once before. In that case, for reasons still unknown, the Plantmetrics began recording incoming messages with a time stamp of 00:00:00, January 1, 1899. I think it was a comms issue that time as well, since when we got the link working properly to that machine, that problem went away and stayed gone.
Any advice on synching drivers to historian software would be deeply appreciated.
Thanks!
TM
The Matrikon software is successfully browsing out to the PLC. I can use their OPC Explorer client and look right at live values, no issues.
Conversely, I am using Plantmetrics with RSLinx OEM as a driver to look a two machines, and again, no issues. Works like a charm.
The problem is, I can't get the two to marry up to each other. I can configure the data points in Plantmetrics without a hitch, even browse the server, but when I start the RSSQL configuration, I get "Connection Error. Last data received was out of time range."
Troubleshooting-wise, I monitored the server and it is indeed being polled by Plantmetrics (shows traffic). When I stop PM, the traffic counters stop, and vice versa, so I know it's PM doing the talking.
There's got to be one frickin' setting I've got out of synch here.
Incidentally, although this might not be relevant, I've seen this error once before. In that case, for reasons still unknown, the Plantmetrics began recording incoming messages with a time stamp of 00:00:00, January 1, 1899. I think it was a comms issue that time as well, since when we got the link working properly to that machine, that problem went away and stayed gone.
Any advice on synching drivers to historian software would be deeply appreciated.
Thanks!
TM