I have been directed to record analog data from a machine that was wired and programmed by a former employee. Does anyone know of a way to capture Koyo Click analog input values or data registers on a PC? Is there some sort of hack using the Koyo software or a way to write monitor data to a file? We also have a spare IDEC MicroSmart Pentra on another machine that could benefit from this same type of data recording.
Background:
We are trying to measure the amount of leakage in a product using a pressure transducer. Right now the PLC performs a pass/fail calculation by measuring the current pressure, subtracting 400psi to establish a threshold, then checking the pressure after a 4-second wait. We would like to record the actual leakage (all units, pass or fail) and generate a histogram of our results. This is for R&D so if it requires leaving a laptop in monitor mode for a week that's perfectly fine...the solution DOES NOT need to be scale-able or simple to perform.
Thanks in advance!
Background:
We are trying to measure the amount of leakage in a product using a pressure transducer. Right now the PLC performs a pass/fail calculation by measuring the current pressure, subtracting 400psi to establish a threshold, then checking the pressure after a 4-second wait. We would like to record the actual leakage (all units, pass or fail) and generate a histogram of our results. This is for R&D so if it requires leaving a laptop in monitor mode for a week that's perfectly fine...the solution DOES NOT need to be scale-able or simple to perform.
Thanks in advance!