Nais plc

[bright_sparkz]

Has anyone used citect to control a NAIS FP0 plc before and if so whats the I/O addressing in citect

 

[BobB]

Have a look at Citect and when you install it install the driver for the PLC. Then driver help will tell all.

 

[Mark-]

Hello,

For PeakHMI the addressing format. (I posted this because the DDDH format is rare.)

Address examples
X0, X1F
Y0, Y4A
R0, R105, R4A
DT4, DT56

 

[bright_sparkz]

Hi guys,
i have installed National FP driver (cant find a panasonic driver but i think Nais used to be National) but when i create tags with the addressing Mark has posted i get "bad IO device variable" i have tried the IEC addressing FPwin Pro uses eg%QX0.0 for X0 but still same error. I am attempting to interface a Panasonic NAIS FP0 C14RS. Any futher suggestions would be appreciated. Ta

 

[Mark-]

Hi,

I went and looked at our demo project for the Panasonic and the ladder printout. Only three register types are used. The three are the same as stated above.

I could not attach the xps file so here is a partial screen capture.

 

[BobB]

Did you check the driver help at all? It is all there.

 

[bright_sparkz]

Yes i have checked the driver help and it did help with the addressing (no compile errors now), but now im at the stage where im not sure if i can use citect to communicate with the plc via the standard programming cable ( i cant find a serial options board on the net for FP0 ) and if i need to communicate Mewtocol or mewtocom. im getting "Cannot find serial drivers" at run even though i have installed a mewtocol driver onto the pc.

 

[RussB]

Has anyone used citect to control a NAIS FP0 plc before and if so whats the I/O addressing in citect

IMHO, it is never a good idea to 'control' a PLC with an HMI of any type. The PLC is best left to all control and the HMI used as a 'window' into the PLC for human interaction into the process.
A well designed system should be able to operate even when the HMI is turned off or 'accidentally' smashed by an operator.