Ok guys bear with me, only ever used Zelio's or Logo's, so a total newbie here both to real plc's and hmi's, but I wanna play.
Got a Siemens S7/200, cable and software. Installed the software, connected "PPI" cable to usb convertor on pc, used Com 1.
Wrote the worlds simplest program
one input called it I0.0 and connected to one output called it Q0.0 and sent the program to plc and to my surprise everything worked fine,.
When I wired up my input, I got an output on Q0.0
Immediately wanting to run, before I can walk, I started up this "advanced hmi".
I dragged the Siemens PPI Comm1. item from the toolbox, to my hmi screen and I dragged a single item, the "basic indicator" to my hmi screen.
This is where I have ran out of ideas.
I want the "basic indicator" to show "red" when Q0.0 is "OFF" and "green" when "ON"
So a few questions.
Should the comm. settings remain default (works with step7)
What settings on the "basic indicator" do I need to change, eg. is the plc address Q0.0 ?
Sorry for the dumb questions.