rsdoran
Lifetime Supporting Member
I have 2 questions.
1. I am using VersaPro ver 2.02 and a 90-30 311, my laptop is using WinXP. I have upgraded the firmware for the CPU 311. I havent had problems overall making online edits or storing the program when I need too BUT there have been 2 instances where after a change the outputs stop working, I dont really know how I got it to start working the first time and now its done it again. What could cause the program to disable the outputs? What dumb thing am I doing wrong?
2. This is a sealer machine. I have incorporated a pulse sequence, using 2 timers, to the beginning of the program to help "warm" the wire on startup and maintain a constant "temp" per se. I would like to have the pulsing just work at startup then when production is running look at maybe pieces per minute and disable the pulsing as long as there are say 10 pieces per minute. This is kind of variable, I just want to make sure the pulsing resumes if their is no production flow for a period. I am brain dead on how to approach this with GE VersaPro, maybe the weekend will give me time to look closer at the instructions and think how I might do this.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am sure most of you know I dont actually program very often but seek the opportunity to do it. If anyone would like to see what I have done so far I can send or post the ladder in whatever format is needed. Its not pretty but I dont think its spaghetti, I will clean it up before its final. The machine is running but these are the only 2 issues left to fix, the first being the most important.
1. I am using VersaPro ver 2.02 and a 90-30 311, my laptop is using WinXP. I have upgraded the firmware for the CPU 311. I havent had problems overall making online edits or storing the program when I need too BUT there have been 2 instances where after a change the outputs stop working, I dont really know how I got it to start working the first time and now its done it again. What could cause the program to disable the outputs? What dumb thing am I doing wrong?
2. This is a sealer machine. I have incorporated a pulse sequence, using 2 timers, to the beginning of the program to help "warm" the wire on startup and maintain a constant "temp" per se. I would like to have the pulsing just work at startup then when production is running look at maybe pieces per minute and disable the pulsing as long as there are say 10 pieces per minute. This is kind of variable, I just want to make sure the pulsing resumes if their is no production flow for a period. I am brain dead on how to approach this with GE VersaPro, maybe the weekend will give me time to look closer at the instructions and think how I might do this.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am sure most of you know I dont actually program very often but seek the opportunity to do it. If anyone would like to see what I have done so far I can send or post the ladder in whatever format is needed. Its not pretty but I dont think its spaghetti, I will clean it up before its final. The machine is running but these are the only 2 issues left to fix, the first being the most important.