hostlink commands

[bloodredsoul]

hi im trying to send hostlink commands to the PLC
can anyone gimme a sample code to start working with?
im using microsoft visual studio express 2012 CLR application
the programming language i would be using is C++/CLI
Some examples of the code in the source

this->button5->Location = System:: Drawing:oint(436, 227);
this->button5->Name = L"button5";
this->button5->Size = System:: Drawing::Size(75, 23);
this->button5->TabIndex = 4;
this->button5->Text = L"Exit";
this->button5->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this->button5->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &MyForm::button5_Click);

 

[chavak]

Not sure this will help you or not, you may try

http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=503

Regards

 

[bloodredsoul]

thanks for your help
its not exactly what i wanted but it still lets me touch up on my project

 

[BobB]

All the host link commands are in the PLC manual I believe.

 

[bloodredsoul]

i wasnt given a PLC manual when the project was given to me T^T

 

[Mark-]

Hello,

I assume you are asking about the OMRON FINS protocol using a serial port, since you do not say.

All the commands are listed in many documents.

One document is: SYSMAC CS/CJ Series....Communications Commands Reference Manual

Cat. No. W342-E1-07


Or you could be referring to the Sysmac Way protocol, serial only.

Cat. No. W143-E1-6 list all the commands and responses.


Search the web and you will find them.

 

[bloodredsoul]

i am actually using a panasonic FPZ C32 control unit as a matter of fact

 

[BobB]

Here is a link to the Host Link Unit Manual - this includes commands and responses.
http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=1005
Hope this helps.

 

[Mark-]

Hello,

<me shaking my head>

Panasonic does not support the host link (Sysmac Way) protocol.

Panasonic uses the MEWTOCOL-COM protocol.

 

[bloodredsoul]

sorry, im just a student given this project to be graded. could anyone help me out? thanks and sorry for the inconvenience

 

[Mark-]

Hello,

You are not going to get much help because you are making us pull teeth to get data from you and the data you give is vague and confusing.

It was the fourth post that you told us the PLC Brand. You used the word "hostlink" in your original post, someone tried to help by pointing you at an Omron document and you said not what you are looking for.

I finally took the time to point you to the Omron Manuals and then you tell us it is not an Omron PLC but a Panasonic PLC. (You should have stated that above when ‘Chavek’ and ‘BobB’ answered your post.)

I tell you the name of the Panasonic protocol and you finally add you are a student. So, NOW we know the level of help you need.

You say ‘im trying to send hostlink commands to the PLC’.

What kind of commands? Reads? Writes? Start PLC program execution? Stop PLC program execution? Single step? Upload? The list goes on and on.

Get the point?

The more data you provide the better answers you get.

 

[bloodredsoul]

im deeply sorry for all the trouble i am causing to those helping me out.
for the details
1:im using a panasonic FPG-C43T2h control unit for my PLC
2: i was told to send read and write commands to my PLC
3: the programming language i will be using is C++/CLI programming
4: the software i am using is microsoft visual studio express 2012 CLR windows form project

 

[Mark-]

Hello,

So you need to, pick one or more:

1) Read the MEWTOCOL-COM protocol document and code the commands.
2) Find a free or commercial driver that that can be called from C++.
3) Find a free or commercial OPC server and call it from C++.

The protocol is not very complicated. The protocol document is not a hard read.

The protocol is a mixture of ASCII and decimal.

Two examples.

Read input X0

 

[Mark-]

FYI, I searched the web for "panasonic FPG-C43T2h" and found nothing.

The numbers look like an I/O card. Just a wild guess.

 

[bloodredsoul]

well when my teacher searched he used that
but the other label showed FPZ C32