CCW Developer V9

[PLC Pie Guy]

Hey all.

I am wondering why I cant make a COP instruction work.

Trying to copy Tag[1] to Tag[0].

Tag[1] looks like this. Tag[1].Gun_tag.1 -Bool
Gun_tag.2 -Bool
Gun_tag.3 -Real
Gun_tag.4 -Real
9 more reals
Gun_tag.14 -String
Gun_tag.15 -Dint

This is no problem in any other PLC I have used.
Here as soon as I define this tag a source it says
"Mismatch between assigned expression resulting type (gun) and the target data type (any elementary[1..1]).

It appears that I will not be able to COP an array, MOV turns the same result as well.

Anybody care to offer what I need to do to make this COP work?

I have tried setting my Tag[1] to dimension of 1..20 instead of 0..20. Makes no difference.

Stuck and frustrated!!!!

Thanks

 

[JohnCalderwood]

just to clarify...

what have you managed to define?

Tag[1] or Tag[0]?

 

[PLC Pie Guy]

Neither.

I am attempting to COP Tag[1] to Tag[0].
I think that should be pretty straight forward, but when I plug either of those values in to the COP instruction I get the error message.

I tried it in LAD and FBD. Same result.

Thanks

 

[PLC Pie Guy]

So, after the second call to tech support,(the first ending with me hanging up after a 55 minute wait) I am now told that the Micro can not COP or MOV an array containing a UDT.

WTF MAN??!!!

I am getting ever more displeased with this product. That ability is one that keeps the project cleaned up and tidy when using large amounts of variables.
They said I can do a work around using structured text and indirect addressing. Both are things that I as a programmer of "basic" machinery try to avoid like a plague for obvious reasons.

Sorry for the rant but I can't believe that AB would turn out such a useless piece of un evolved excrement.

This mimics absolutely nothing ever made that said Rockwell on it. It might as well say "children's science fair project" on the box!

Again, apologies for the rant but I have been struggling with trying to make this do something that I should have had a logix level controller for all week.
The worst thing is my manger thinks its the best thing since sliced bread. Realizing of course that he has never used them, he only delegates what we will use.

Thanks to anybody that has given me help on this this week, I am going to try my best to get them to allow me to start again with the right controller and get this thing doing tasks more suited towards a programmable relay than a PLC controller.

Have a good weekend!

 

[JohnCalderwood]

Badged as Rockwell, but not actually a Rockwell product..

At least you have the Developer - I only have the standard edition, but got a Micro850 and a Prosoft card for a text message app...

Don't think I would use it for anything else...just a Tonka Toy as you say....

 

[PLC Pie Guy]

Yes I have the developer edition, but, what good is it. I created a bunch of fancy UDT that now are useless to me because I can't get them where I need them.

 

[PLC GURU]

if the micro could do all the fancy stuff then why would anyone ever buy a clx?