creating preset settings in cx programmer

[Bobobodopalus]

Hi all

I was being really clever and suggested i add a list of preset settings to a line which every1 seemed thrilled with. however the amount of tedium has just dawned on me.

im hoping theres a better way to go about this.

the main idea is that we have a line controlled from a cj2m which has around 150 changeable settings including things like conveyor speeds, pump filling times.. waiting times etc..

i have done this in smaller scale before where we had changeable pumps, when pump 1 was connected i used the MOV function to load pump 1's data into the correct words.

and in NB designer i had layered multiple number input boxes each displaying only when its own pump was connected.

any ideas would be great

 

[gclshortt]

You can use indirect addressing to move the data.
Can you organize the data into several blocks and use indirect addressing to move the information to the correct location?

Just a thought.
Regards,

 

[Bobobodopalus]

hmmm im not sure if this saves time.
i would select preset one on a word switch in NB designers d500 preset 1 = 0
then if d500=0 MOV the preset 1 data to the location i want it.


if i use indirect addressing i would still be in the same boat right? but instead of moving the data im moving the indirect address?


ideally i could do with something that would move d100-d150 to d600-650 or something along those lines, at least through my noob eyes

 

[Bobobodopalus]

would this work with the XFER function?
if that works the only downside left would be having to make 10 versions of everything on NB designer.




Edit: do you know how this works if i use a number input directed at d100 and then have a indirect address moved into d100, does the number input see the indirect address location or the indirect addresses value?

 

[Bobobodopalus]

just found out about the use index function on NB designer which will allow me to change the location it is looking at by a set amount, so i can set up all of the input on HMI to look at d400-500 and have them all use index d399, then i can set d399 to be 0,100,200 etc and then d500-600,d600-700 will display, etc then for the plc side i can use XFER to move values in d400-d500, d500-d600 etc to d100-200.


am i right in thinking this? or is this logic flawed?

 

[parky]

I do not know CX, but it would be quite simple
so for example you have 5 recipes each of 150 words.
so:
Recipe Storage areas
0 = D000 - D149
1 = D150 - D299
2 = D300 - D449
3 = D450 - D699
4 = D700 - D849
Recipe Selection Variable = D860 (0-4) (5 recipes)
Running recipe = D900 - D1049
On a trigger (ones hot) Multiply D860 by 150 and store it in D861 (Index or pointer)
on same one shot Do a block Move D0[Index], 150, D900
As I said I do not know CX but in Mitsubishi the index register is Z0
see pic.
This will transfer recipe variables in blocks of 150 To D900 - 1049)
Not sure how you indirectly address in CX but you should get the idea.

 

[Bobobodopalus]

yes this is almost the same as what i was getting at in my latest ramblings(although yours is much better explained), it seems like a decent way of doing it

 

[parky]

I have done this many times, usually I have a drop down list on a HMI so selecting a particular recipe the variable gives a value from 0- whatever and I use that to generate the pointer.

 

[Bobobodopalus]

yes i've used a drop down on NB designer before it gives values 0-7 or whatever,i've made some recipe stuff before but i only did it for a few things last time though so i just moved the bits i needed and didnt look into doing it on a wider array.
thank you

 

[gtsuport]

Yes, you could use the XFER instruction.

 

[Bobobodopalus]

for anyone in the future this is how i did it
drop down menu that changes word d2998 0-9 in this instance

https://imgur.com/a/LyYhFXj

then using the use index function on the number input i directed it to word d2999 and used d3001 onwards as my data area
https://imgur.com/a/SkyX44S

finally i used a multiplier to times the drop down value by 200, and use XFER to move the new data locations to their real locations when in use.
https://imgur.com/a/0eJltnQ