Ok this is ugly and I know it. Back story is over a few years
I got a call because the "HMI" was hard to read. I show up and its a 1200E . So I tried to pull the program with PanelBuilder 1400E software. I couldn't get it to upload. Called RA and they didnt have a clue. We spent hours trying to upload. Configuration, baud, transfer mode. The last resort was to sacrifice a chicken and rattle the bones.
A few weeks ago I get the same call again differnt side of the same plant. I called RA and got an oldtimer who pointed me to yhe upload utility that was just for the 1200E. So I have the program and can open and see everything I need to reprogram this screen.
So my real problem is how do I understand the RIO block addressing? I cant find any supporting documentation on RA website. I know RIO is ugly in the SLC and even uglier on a HMI.
I'm guess the best way is to use and Excel spreadsheet and figire out the mapping. Does anyone have a better idea
I got a call because the "HMI" was hard to read. I show up and its a 1200E . So I tried to pull the program with PanelBuilder 1400E software. I couldn't get it to upload. Called RA and they didnt have a clue. We spent hours trying to upload. Configuration, baud, transfer mode. The last resort was to sacrifice a chicken and rattle the bones.
A few weeks ago I get the same call again differnt side of the same plant. I called RA and got an oldtimer who pointed me to yhe upload utility that was just for the 1200E. So I have the program and can open and see everything I need to reprogram this screen.
So my real problem is how do I understand the RIO block addressing? I cant find any supporting documentation on RA website. I know RIO is ugly in the SLC and even uglier on a HMI.
I'm guess the best way is to use and Excel spreadsheet and figire out the mapping. Does anyone have a better idea