Okay, so my boss made a joke bid at an auction and won a large amount of equipment and I get the pleasure of setting it up. Mechanically it is quite simple, but I had never worked with plcs before.
One machine is running RSLogix5000 and has an .rsv project file. This is running under RSView32 Runtime 1500. The program is easy enough to edit, but my boss wants to be able to change the graphics on the HMI. My question is, do I need RSView32 Works to change this program/project?
The real problem comes with the other machine which is running RSLogix500. The program seems like complete addressing and I cannot make heads or tails of it. This is running with a Panelview Plus 1000 unit. The laptop that came with the machine has Factorytalk Gateway and Activation and this lead me to think that they created the HMI with Factorytalk View Studio. Though I can't understand why they would run RSView32 Runtime on one machine and Factorytalk View on another.
My question is: How do I edit the HMI file on the Panelview Plus 1000? The machine is running an AB SLC 05/04. I can upload the plc program from the processor after configuring the drivers with RSLinx Classic and opening with RSLogix 500, but I don't know where the hmi file resides or how to access it.
Currently the laptop does not have Factorytalk View Studio or RSView32 Works.
One machine is running RSLogix5000 and has an .rsv project file. This is running under RSView32 Runtime 1500. The program is easy enough to edit, but my boss wants to be able to change the graphics on the HMI. My question is, do I need RSView32 Works to change this program/project?
The real problem comes with the other machine which is running RSLogix500. The program seems like complete addressing and I cannot make heads or tails of it. This is running with a Panelview Plus 1000 unit. The laptop that came with the machine has Factorytalk Gateway and Activation and this lead me to think that they created the HMI with Factorytalk View Studio. Though I can't understand why they would run RSView32 Runtime on one machine and Factorytalk View on another.
My question is: How do I edit the HMI file on the Panelview Plus 1000? The machine is running an AB SLC 05/04. I can upload the plc program from the processor after configuring the drivers with RSLinx Classic and opening with RSLogix 500, but I don't know where the hmi file resides or how to access it.
Currently the laptop does not have Factorytalk View Studio or RSView32 Works.
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