Sending ASCII String from PanelView 550 Printer Port - PLCS.net

Wilks · March 1st, 2011, 07:10 AM

I would like to send a simple ASCII string from a PanelView 550 Printer port with a button press.

String Sample:
ABCDF 1

Any Ideas?

Ken Roach · March 1st, 2011, 12:15 PM

The PanelView 550 printer port is usually used to send a "copy" of an alarm message out the port to a hardcopy printer.

But there is also a "Print Only Object" you can configure in PanelBuilder32.

It works like an alarm, where it monitors a trigger value in the PLC and sends the configured alarm string when the trigger changes state.

I haven't used them in a while, but that's the basic direction to investigate.

Wilks · March 2nd, 2011, 07:21 AM

Ken, Thanks for the info, I will give it a try today.

ctipping · March 2nd, 2011, 07:43 AM

You can also check the "Print" option checkbox in the property page of a Message Display Object , this will echo the message out of the printer port

March 1st, 2011, 07:10 AM	#1
Wilks Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Toronto Posts: 2	Sending ASCII String from PanelView 550 Printer Port I would like to send a simple ASCII string from a PanelView 550 Printer port with a button press. String Sample: ABCDF 1 Any Ideas?

March 1st, 2011, 12:15 PM	#2
Ken Roach Lifetime Supporting Member + Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 8,706	The PanelView 550 printer port is usually used to send a "copy" of an alarm message out the port to a hardcopy printer. But there is also a "Print Only Object" you can configure in PanelBuilder32. It works like an alarm, where it monitors a trigger value in the PLC and sends the configured alarm string when the trigger changes state. I haven't used them in a while, but that's the basic direction to investigate. __________________ "Intelligence is the capacity to know what we are doing and instinct is just instinct. The results are about the same."

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March 2nd, 2011, 07:21 AM	#3
Wilks Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Toronto Posts: 2	Ken, Thanks for the info, I will give it a try today.

March 2nd, 2011, 07:43 AM	#4
ctipping Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NC Posts: 8	You can also check the "Print" option checkbox in the property page of a Message Display Object , this will echo the message out of the printer port

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