Hello all. First day with Siemens TIA (well, any Siemens PLCs). The PLC part has moved along very smoothly but maybe I'm expecting too much from the HMI editor.
I've set up comms for the PLC (1200 series) and the HMI (basic 6") using the default IP addresses (192.168.0.1/2) and they show as connected in the network graphic. I've closed the plc project and opened it as the reference project in the hmi editor, where I can see the plc tags in the "details" view, bottom left.
I put a button on the screen and can see the properties in the lower half of the editor. This is the point at which I expected to be able to import/drag-drop/copy-paste or whatever the plc tags into the hmi part for use on the screens etc. (a bit like RS5000).
The plc's default tag table is showing a population of 49 items in the "details" view on the left hand side but when I click on the "..." button in properties/general/process to select a plc tag for the screen object, the plc's default tag table population in the popup is showing [16] and there's nothing in the main window (name, data type, address) to select.
Can anyone please tell me what I've missed?
Thanks.
I've set up comms for the PLC (1200 series) and the HMI (basic 6") using the default IP addresses (192.168.0.1/2) and they show as connected in the network graphic. I've closed the plc project and opened it as the reference project in the hmi editor, where I can see the plc tags in the "details" view, bottom left.
I put a button on the screen and can see the properties in the lower half of the editor. This is the point at which I expected to be able to import/drag-drop/copy-paste or whatever the plc tags into the hmi part for use on the screens etc. (a bit like RS5000).
The plc's default tag table is showing a population of 49 items in the "details" view on the left hand side but when I click on the "..." button in properties/general/process to select a plc tag for the screen object, the plc's default tag table population in the popup is showing [16] and there's nothing in the main window (name, data type, address) to select.
Can anyone please tell me what I've missed?
Thanks.