Hi guys,
This has been enlightening with respect to the flowmeter at least. I have learned that by manipulating the meters amplifier settings that i can slow down the output to the point that a CTU instruction will capture all the counts.
On the other hand, i am way too stubborn to give up on the HSC. Now i want the thing to work just so i don't have to admit defeat.
I have attached the RSS file zipped up. It really is simple. I have the flow-meter connected to I:0/0. In the RSS file, you will see a sub called Regular CT which looks at I:0/1. The sub is never called! When i use it, i have to mechanically move the wire over to I:0/1. The only sub called is Lad 5.
Lad 3, which isn't ever called, is empty and is referenced as PFN in the function file,HSC. Thanks to Mickey for the insight about Lad 3. If the manual says that, it isn't obvious to us Baltimorons.
The I:0/0 input causes I/O monitor blips (its not really a light, but rather a black square on the ML-1100 tiny screen) when it sees 24V and when the flowmeter goes around it blips quite frequently. Just no counts are picked up - probably because the HSC isn't running.
To address Ron's comment about FE and AS: When i put those into the code in Lad 5 as OTL HSC:0/FE or OTL HSC:0/AS then the code wouldn't validate/verify and flagged these instructions as "cannot be written". The manual suggests otherwise and says that FE "can be controlled by the user program or is automatically set by the HSC sub-sysem if auto start is enabled".
Under Auto Start, the manual says that "AS is configured with the programming device and stored as part of the user program". I took this to mean the function file, HSC.
In any event, i did change the function file to assure that both FE and AS were configured as "1".
If you look at this file you will surely understand KISS.
Indeed - i think some complexity may be needed to make it work.
narlin