I'm trying to figure out a cheap/simple way of saving some recipe and configuration data out of a Compactlogix PLC (L33ER) and Panelview Plus 6.
Our control system has a bunch (maybe 100 tags) of configuration info and a multi dimensional array with recipe information. The recipe has a couple hundred tags and there are over a hundred recipes.
Our customer would like to...
1. Backup the configuration data offline
2. Backup the recipe data and ideally be able to write the recipes back to the PLC.
I don't really want to get into an OPC server or custom software if possible. I found some info about being able to trend some data to the SD card in the Compactlogix PLCs, but it seemed less than user friendly.
Anyone do anything similar or have any clever ideas?
Our control system has a bunch (maybe 100 tags) of configuration info and a multi dimensional array with recipe information. The recipe has a couple hundred tags and there are over a hundred recipes.
Our customer would like to...
1. Backup the configuration data offline
2. Backup the recipe data and ideally be able to write the recipes back to the PLC.
I don't really want to get into an OPC server or custom software if possible. I found some info about being able to trend some data to the SD card in the Compactlogix PLCs, but it seemed less than user friendly.
Anyone do anything similar or have any clever ideas?