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• Sep 25, 2008

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Hello.

I ama a beginner and for experiment I have bought the Beckhoff's Twincat PLC HMI supplement for the hmi developement within the PLC Control software, but so far unable to create a single visualization.

I need help please.

Faisal

 

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I've created HMI's using the TwinCAT environment, but never used the supplement to make it a stand alone HMI. How far have you been able to get?

 

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hi Archie,

actually my head of the department have done the purchasing, I can ask him then let you know...

well by supplement I meant the visualization feature built in the PLC Control software.

can I have some tutorial of a qiuck guide for experimenting?

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Faisal

 

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please see attachment for the reference environent.

 

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First thing you need to do is to add a rectangle

Then double click to get to properties

In the content, it works just like C programming. A "%d" means an integer variable will go in place of it.

%s - string
%f - floating (REAL)

 

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OMG Archie....Thanks...

this is exactly what i was intending to know...

is it possible to get an online tutorial? which will teach step by step implementation for a sample program...?

 

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Now go to Variables, select Text Display and press F2. This will bring up a list of variables from your program. Select an integer variable if you used %d from above

If you login, you will now see the value of the variable you selected.

 

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is it possible to get an online tutorial? which will teach step by step implementation for a sample program...?

Click to expand...

The Beckhoff documentation is very limited, but once you know some basics, it is easy to figure out from there.

There is also a dedicated forum to the visualization section of TwinCAT (CodeSYS):

http://forum-en.3s-software.com/

 

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Thanks Archie once again......

You Americans are really helpful and good nation.... no wonder 3rd world happens to have such bad ideas for Americans... I am really thankful to you...

cheers...

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• Sep 26, 2008

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Thanks to PLCtalk.net and Archie I have been able to write and run my first HMI in the Beckhoff Visualization editor...

Cheers...

 

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• Sep 26, 2008

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Good news! You will have to post some screen shots when you get done. I like to see HMI's that other people build with TwinCAT.

 

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Being a beginner I just simply tried to take the inputs for an OR gate through Visu Button and displayed the output on an LED.

 

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