I now am having a hard time determining what to assign the tags, and determining what I should enter in the tag editor.
survival tip: start small ...
just put one single solitary simple pushbutton on the screen at first ... use something like "JUNKTAG" for the tagname ... aim it at something simple in the PLC (example: B3/0) ... or (example: B3:0/0) ... that's just two different ways of addressing the same bit in the PLC - but sometimes it helps to try it both ways ... make sure that you can download the simple/starter program to the PanelView ... make sure that when you press the button on the PanelView, that the bit status inside the PLC is affected ...
next put a simple status indicator on the screen ... call it "JUNKTAG2" or something like that - and aim it at another bit in the PLC ... download ... then manually change the status of the bit in the PLC and make sure that the indicator changes appropriately on the screen ...
once you can do those "just getting started" steps, then (and only then) is it time to start worrying about the proper names for the tags, etc. ... and remember, you can always change the names later if you need to ...
another tip: in the initial design stages, don't get hung up on the size, alignment, and arrangement of the various buttons and things on the PanelView screens - especially if you're just learning ... get the stuff to WORK first ... then worry about the artistic design ... (the boss ain't going to be impressed with carefully aligned graphics - if he can't start and stop the machinery) ... you can always resize the objects and move them around after you've got them working ...
later you'll need to worry about exactly which buttons, indicators, etc. the operator will need to see on each screen in order to properly control the machinery ... that's when you'll need to start designing an easy-to-navigate menu structure to move from one screen to the next ... and remember, if a button is properly working on ONE screen, then it's usually a simple matter of Copy-and-Paste to put it on another screen too ... and in many cases, it's easiest to get the first button in a series to work properly - and then Copy-and-Paste it to set up the other buttons in the series ... of course you'll have to make some minor edits to the tags involved for each one of the buttons, but you shouldn't have to reinvent the same button over and over again ...
note: if you can't get the simple INNY-and-OUTTY signals that I described above to work, then post again and attach the program files for the SLC and for the PanelView ... we can help, but we need DETAILED information in order to give you SPECIFIC answers ...
