dalporto
Lifetime Supporting Member
Hi all.
Customer wants analog faceplates really bad, even if we explained that it doesn't make much sense in his process.
What he wants to see when he clicks on an analog value:
So, let say the customer accept that we go ABCIP for that part; would SMC/OCMC accept the structure as a tag? I really don't know.
But anyway, even if that work, how can I use the data inside the structure inside InTouch StandAlone? Can it be done? Like the 2 first integers are the PV in REAL, 2-3 are the LL SP, x-x.0 is whatever and so on. I really don't see it working. Is there a way to have a matching data structure on a InTouch Standalone installation?
It doesn't seems like there is an easy way to do that, looks like a lot of busy work and Excel sheets to do.
Right now, with that setup, I think that the only way I can do it is to send every piece of information from the PLC using a different tag so I can build a template in InTouch with indirect tags, using Modbus or ABCIP, meaning a lot of useless tags (most analogs doesn't have setpoints nor alarms).
I saw that in gold mining, but it was Archestra with Schneider PLC's, maybe it was easier to do.
Any advise or opinion on that?
I mostly want to shovel that ahead the more that I can.
Thanks.
Customer wants analog faceplates really bad, even if we explained that it doesn't make much sense in his process.
What he wants to see when he clicks on an analog value:
- PV
- SP (Can be modified)
- LL value SP (can be modified) + timer (can be modified) (starting values are in the PLC)
- L value SP (can be modified) + timer (can be modified) (starting values are in the PLC)
- H value SP (can be modified) + timer (can be modified) (starting values are in the PLC)
- HH value SP (can be modified) + timer (can be modified) (starting values are in the PLC)
- Engineering Units (that doesn't come from the PLC but is written in InTouch)
- Scaling Low from PLC
- Scaling High from PLC
- Graph bar showing PV, SP and alarm location
- Buttons to enable / disable alarms (both ways)
- Name it
So, let say the customer accept that we go ABCIP for that part; would SMC/OCMC accept the structure as a tag? I really don't know.
But anyway, even if that work, how can I use the data inside the structure inside InTouch StandAlone? Can it be done? Like the 2 first integers are the PV in REAL, 2-3 are the LL SP, x-x.0 is whatever and so on. I really don't see it working. Is there a way to have a matching data structure on a InTouch Standalone installation?
It doesn't seems like there is an easy way to do that, looks like a lot of busy work and Excel sheets to do.
Right now, with that setup, I think that the only way I can do it is to send every piece of information from the PLC using a different tag so I can build a template in InTouch with indirect tags, using Modbus or ABCIP, meaning a lot of useless tags (most analogs doesn't have setpoints nor alarms).
I saw that in gold mining, but it was Archestra with Schneider PLC's, maybe it was easier to do.
Any advise or opinion on that?
I mostly want to shovel that ahead the more that I can.
Thanks.