Hi,
I have virtualy no llc experience so please bear with me
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I have a "dash board" application that reports data that i collect from various systems in the plant...,things like efficiency, production records, etc...,interesting stats shown on a flat panel monitor hung in a key area of the plant. Our lines are plc equipped and the lines have a hmi that displays the current fault that caused the line to stop. I thought it would be useful if i could add each lines fault code to the "dash board display". Can some give me a general idea of how i can most easily get that fault code out of the plc and into my visual studio app? Is there an easy way to grab this via rs232, rs485, or ethernet?
Thanks in advance.
-Paul
I have virtualy no llc experience so please bear with me
.
I have a "dash board" application that reports data that i collect from various systems in the plant...,things like efficiency, production records, etc...,interesting stats shown on a flat panel monitor hung in a key area of the plant. Our lines are plc equipped and the lines have a hmi that displays the current fault that caused the line to stop. I thought it would be useful if i could add each lines fault code to the "dash board display". Can some give me a general idea of how i can most easily get that fault code out of the plc and into my visual studio app? Is there an easy way to grab this via rs232, rs485, or ethernet?
Thanks in advance.
-Paul