I'm converting a Micrologix 1400 (1766-L32BXB) PLC program with a PanelView Plus 6 (2711P-K6M5D8) HMI to a Compactlogix (1769-L30ER) PLC with a PanelView Plus 6 (2711P-K6M20D8) HMI.
The PLC conversion process is now complete and I'm hoping to use the HMI application program 'as is' and just change the 'hooks' into the PLC program.
The HMI tags don't seem to have been imported originally from the PLC as the tag names are not the same as their PLC counterparts.
The Address field of the Tags dialog in Factory Talk View Studio - View Machine Edition is currently populated with addresses like:
::[plc_15]N7:99
Do I have to go through and change the N7:99 portion to the new CompactLogix tag for the same data, in this case FILE_NUMBER so that it would now read
::[plc_15]FILE_NUMBER
This pre-supposes that I keep the existing device shortcut [plc_15] and point it to the IP address of the new terminal.
My boss has suggested expoting the HMI tags as a .csv file and editing it in Excel as it will be easier.
Is this the correct and best methodology? Is there a quicker way than manually editing (in Excel or elsewhere).
The PLC conversion process is now complete and I'm hoping to use the HMI application program 'as is' and just change the 'hooks' into the PLC program.
The HMI tags don't seem to have been imported originally from the PLC as the tag names are not the same as their PLC counterparts.
The Address field of the Tags dialog in Factory Talk View Studio - View Machine Edition is currently populated with addresses like:
::[plc_15]N7:99
Do I have to go through and change the N7:99 portion to the new CompactLogix tag for the same data, in this case FILE_NUMBER so that it would now read
::[plc_15]FILE_NUMBER
This pre-supposes that I keep the existing device shortcut [plc_15] and point it to the IP address of the new terminal.
My boss has suggested expoting the HMI tags as a .csv file and editing it in Excel as it will be easier.
Is this the correct and best methodology? Is there a quicker way than manually editing (in Excel or elsewhere).