OkiePC
Lifetime Supporting Member
Okay, I have my new program almost completed, tested comms (DH485 to SLC 5/05 Ch0), and have data going back and forth.
I have some bit triggered alarms for which I basically just dropped in an alarm ticker, and set the alarm property of some tags to "active on". I also added an alarm list page, and it left it at the default settings.
When I was testing comms, I noticed that there were three alarms in the list, and the time was based on the G304K clock which was not set.
I need to force the G3 clock to sync with the PLC time/date. I went ahead and added data tags for the SLC year, month, day, hour, minute, and second status registers, but I have not figured out how to get the G3 clock set to match those.
EDIT: Also, the alarm text came up "Untitled Event". The balloon pop-up help for the event name said "...If you do not enter any text, the system will choose a default label based upon the display name and the on/off text." What is the display name? I thought it would use the Tag Data Label, but apparently is is looking for something else.
I might have to break down and actually do some typing in these fields, while everything else about this software has been pretty much import, drag drop, copy, "smart duplicate" etc., so far. I am very pleased with C3 and the little Red Lion HMI so far.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
I have some bit triggered alarms for which I basically just dropped in an alarm ticker, and set the alarm property of some tags to "active on". I also added an alarm list page, and it left it at the default settings.
When I was testing comms, I noticed that there were three alarms in the list, and the time was based on the G304K clock which was not set.
I need to force the G3 clock to sync with the PLC time/date. I went ahead and added data tags for the SLC year, month, day, hour, minute, and second status registers, but I have not figured out how to get the G3 clock set to match those.
EDIT: Also, the alarm text came up "Untitled Event". The balloon pop-up help for the event name said "...If you do not enter any text, the system will choose a default label based upon the display name and the on/off text." What is the display name? I thought it would use the Tag Data Label, but apparently is is looking for something else.
I might have to break down and actually do some typing in these fields, while everything else about this software has been pretty much import, drag drop, copy, "smart duplicate" etc., so far. I am very pleased with C3 and the little Red Lion HMI so far.
Thanks in advance,
Paul
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