mandzhalas
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Hi. I'm a college student and I'm currently working on my Siemens 1200 based palletizer machine project. It took me very long time to build and wire up the machine, so i have nearly run out of the time for actual ladder logic programming. Most of the programming will have to be done in my house.
The program itself will be fairly large as I approximately have 15 inputs and 20 outputs. I am confident that i can write a program in the time allocated. Testing full ladder code would be disastrous and result in breaking machine, as some with code will be definitely wrong. I don't have enough experience under my belt to get it right in first time.
Ideally i would love to test small piece of code on machine at one time. This way i will be more in control and it will take less time for me to figure out what is wrong with my code. If the code is ok - proceed to next piece of code.
I am programming using TIA Portal V14. I am splitting my code in small chunks of code by placing it in Networks. For example Network 1 is energising the machine, Network 2 is audible and visual warnings before machine starts, Network 3 is Cylinders positions checks.
I want to write program fully from start to finish, but first test network 1 only, then networks 1+2, then 1+2+3.
Is there a method to do this in Tia Portal when my laptop is hooked to my project?
And before you ask- i can't get PLCSim to work on my PC.
What are general outside written code testing procedures?
Many thanks
The program itself will be fairly large as I approximately have 15 inputs and 20 outputs. I am confident that i can write a program in the time allocated. Testing full ladder code would be disastrous and result in breaking machine, as some with code will be definitely wrong. I don't have enough experience under my belt to get it right in first time.
Ideally i would love to test small piece of code on machine at one time. This way i will be more in control and it will take less time for me to figure out what is wrong with my code. If the code is ok - proceed to next piece of code.
I am programming using TIA Portal V14. I am splitting my code in small chunks of code by placing it in Networks. For example Network 1 is energising the machine, Network 2 is audible and visual warnings before machine starts, Network 3 is Cylinders positions checks.
I want to write program fully from start to finish, but first test network 1 only, then networks 1+2, then 1+2+3.
Is there a method to do this in Tia Portal when my laptop is hooked to my project?
And before you ask- i can't get PLCSim to work on my PC.
What are general outside written code testing procedures?
Many thanks