RSLinx Enterprise Device Shortcut Alarming

ras_roger · Jul 15, 2012

How do you configure a Alarm for a RSLinx Enterprise Device losing communication? Using ML 1400's just need a bit to monitor for a communicatin loss... Seems like it would be a simple thing but havn't found in any of the Rockwell Literature

jkerekes · Jul 15, 2012

ME or SE?

ras_roger · Jul 15, 2012

FactoryTalk View SE... Using the alarms and event server

jkerekes · Jul 15, 2012

Look in the diagnostics folder under your shortcut folder when you browse for tags. There's many tags there you could use for that status.

ras_roger · Jul 15, 2012

I have tried several of the @tags in the diagnostic folder. They all seem to be related to the PLC status not the link status..

jkerekes · Jul 15, 2012

How about @status tag? If it doesn't = 'OK', you have an issue.

ras_roger · Jul 15, 2012

I'm missing something here... It is a string value. If display it on a screen it wireframes like every other object. How do you alarm on a string?

jkerekes · Jul 15, 2012

You can create a derived tag and then use an expression: If @status = 'OK' then 0 else 1 for example.

ras_roger · Jul 15, 2012

I couldn't make that work but it got me to a point where I found something that would... If comm_err({[Plant_Lift]@Status}) Then 0 Else 1 Thanks for the help

jkerekes · Jul 15, 2012

Yes I forgot about using the comm error function. Glad it worked out.

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