Vijeo Citect IO Disk Device Variable Tag Addressing

So I have need to display volume and run times on my screens for some equpiment. I recently got some help from support but things are still not running as smoothly as I want them to. I set up a new I/O Device that has Port Name: DISKDRV, Protocol: GENERIC, and Address: [RUN]:IODevDis.CDK.

I tired to create a variable under this IO device so that I can use it in my Accumulator for the runtime or totaliser. The frist few variable tags that I create with this I/O Device has data type ULONG, and the address was I102, I104, I106, but as I continue to increase in address', like I108, or I110, the Accumulator does nothing. Well it might be trying to do something but when I display the tag with address I108 all that I get is a "0" displayed and nothing else. I am not sure if I have the addressing correct or not. Is there anyone that could possibly help me? The purpose of this was to have a tag that I can use in an Accumulator that the runtime would be stored in, this tag cannot be a local tag, it needs to be a variable tag and since my primary IO device is non accessable to add more tags to the code I have to just work with what I had.

Thanks!

Can you zip up the file (a project backup) and post it here? Which citect version?

Just trying to get my head around it. Are you trying to send these messages over a network ?
If you are, Have you configured your I/O by doing the mapping ?

I cannot paste a backup of my project on the internet, sorry. It is Citect version 7.10.

I am not sending these msg's over a network. I am not using msg'ing. I want to use the Citect Accumulators that they have. I want to count runtime and flow total etc. In order to use the Accumulator I need a variable tag so that it can write to it. I thought that I could use a local tag but I can't. I do not have access to the existing PLC therefore I need to create a DISK I/O Device so that I can create variable tags under that IO device and use them in the Accumulator to get what I want.

Citect Help is of no use in this regard. I am facing the same issue. Can somebody please detail steps to configure an accumulator in Citect 7.10 .
I am trying to count Run_Hours for a Pump. These are the tags I have created:
PUMP1A_RUN - Digital Variable Tag displaying Pump Run Status
PUMP1A_RUN_CNT - Local Variable Tag

Kindly explain how these can be cnfigured in the accumulator?

Did you set the accumulator Watchtime and Runtime or whatver it is in the citect.ini file ?
The default is 600 seconds , you need to change it to 1.

PLCKeef said:

Did you set the accumulator Watchtime and Runtime or whatver it is in the citect.ini file ?
The default is 600 seconds , you need to change it to 1.

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I am a newbie and am struggling through the manuals which is highly inadequate.
Kindly explain how do I set these parameters . I looked up in the citect.ini file but could not find the [ACCUMULATOR]watchtime and [ACCUMULATOR]updatetime functions. Kindly explain how these can be specified.
Thanks

grvtg82

Citect project Editor, drop down "system" and click "accumulators"
then click "Help" this gives you general info.

so set [ACCUMULATOR]watchtime and [ACCUMULATOR]updatetime functions, open "Computer setup Editor" under "CitectSCADA Parameter Help" click "Citect Parameter listing".

Section A shows "Accumulator Parameters" click it

Behold! there they are. click the one you want, set the value and hit generate. Voilà

Chris