rowens
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I am learning programming on my own for the AB 1400E touch screen.I would like to expand my capabilities here at work.
No one else here has a desire for PLCs.
I am using a SLC 5/04 PLC and am planning on using DH+ for communication between the two.I have written a basic program to operate a small conveyor system that is in operation and works well. I am currently using physical pushbuttons wired to inputs instead of a touch screen.
I understand that I will need to add more to this program to interact with the touch screen.I just do not know exactly how to proceed.I have all the necessary software and have been playing around some. Just enough to confuse me.
I have very limited experiance with touch screens as far as writing the code for it.I helped do an Omron one several years ago at a different job but did not get to assist much.
I thank you for any insight anyone can give me.
I opened the 1400E software and selected DH+ as communication.
I created a screen and named it "Main".
My first questions are as follows:
I know that a pushbutton needs to interact with a memory address in the PLC program. When I create a push button such as a latched push button it naturally has two states. It asks for a name. I gave it the name of "start" for simplicity at this time.
Clicking on it give me a screen to "configure button".
This screen asks for information:
Button control.
indicator state.
handshake.
I do not understand the terms as they are being used here.Can someone please explain in simple terms what is being asked for here? an example would be nice. I went to "help" but it did not get through my head.
I know that an internal PLC memory address should be used in some way as a link between this button and the PLC.
I would like to have state 1 as "off" and the button red and state 2 as "on" and green while changing an address from 0 to 1 in the PLC. I am familiar with internal addresses such as B9:0/8.
Is this the type of addressing I need to use? If so, how do I go about making this type of interface.
I can not find a way to change the colors of the two states. currently state 1 is blue and state 2 is red. How do I change the blue to red? I had a color pallett up on the screen but it would not let me change it. Does the other information have to be assigned first?
After I understand the replies I will return with a couple of addition questions about objects.
thanks again,
Ricky
No one else here has a desire for PLCs.
I am using a SLC 5/04 PLC and am planning on using DH+ for communication between the two.I have written a basic program to operate a small conveyor system that is in operation and works well. I am currently using physical pushbuttons wired to inputs instead of a touch screen.
I understand that I will need to add more to this program to interact with the touch screen.I just do not know exactly how to proceed.I have all the necessary software and have been playing around some. Just enough to confuse me.
I have very limited experiance with touch screens as far as writing the code for it.I helped do an Omron one several years ago at a different job but did not get to assist much.
I thank you for any insight anyone can give me.
I opened the 1400E software and selected DH+ as communication.
I created a screen and named it "Main".
My first questions are as follows:
I know that a pushbutton needs to interact with a memory address in the PLC program. When I create a push button such as a latched push button it naturally has two states. It asks for a name. I gave it the name of "start" for simplicity at this time.
Clicking on it give me a screen to "configure button".
This screen asks for information:
Button control.
indicator state.
handshake.
I do not understand the terms as they are being used here.Can someone please explain in simple terms what is being asked for here? an example would be nice. I went to "help" but it did not get through my head.
I know that an internal PLC memory address should be used in some way as a link between this button and the PLC.
I would like to have state 1 as "off" and the button red and state 2 as "on" and green while changing an address from 0 to 1 in the PLC. I am familiar with internal addresses such as B9:0/8.
Is this the type of addressing I need to use? If so, how do I go about making this type of interface.
I can not find a way to change the colors of the two states. currently state 1 is blue and state 2 is red. How do I change the blue to red? I had a color pallett up on the screen but it would not let me change it. Does the other information have to be assigned first?
After I understand the replies I will return with a couple of addition questions about objects.
thanks again,
Ricky