Siemens ti505 + A.B DL40+

[L33LAD]

Hi All
First of all, I hope I'm in the correct place.
I am trying to program an A.B DL40+ message display using the Dos based TI 505 software (siemens)I cannot seem to get the messages to display. There is communication there, but the screen is still blank. What I want to know is, are there any commands that I should be using in the program in order for the display to work, such as MWIR,or LDC etc. It seems that it is not as simple as setting an output & programming in a message to suit.
Can anyone please help

L33LAD

 

[Ken Moore]

Should be pretty straight forward:

Link to the display manual: http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/um/2706-um005_-en-p.pdf

Link to the 505 programming reference:
http://www.sea.siemens.com/autogen/docs/plc/505/manuals/505-8104-5.pdf

Have a look at section 7.25, it covers printing with a Special Function Program.

You didn't mention which processor you have, so I assumed it had SFPGM capabilites.


Ken

 

[L33LAD]

Ken

Thanks for that.

Yes, it has special function capabilities, I think I found the solution as soon as I turned to the page. Will let you know either way...