Michael Hickey

Ok. Update the firmware and have things working properly. Also had to add more programming to have the table fill in at start up. That way I did not have to enter the table information after every download. My misunderstanding that the table would be kept once entered once.

Unfortunately I have filled in the Alarms Detail table. I've been in contact with support and sent them the file. I've been using Unitronics since 2001 and remember doing the alarms in the M90 and the VisiLogic system as well. In the past I was always able to use a "Working" example as a starting point. My problem is I can not get the example to work.

I've downloaded the example program "Alarms_Example_1_4_14.ulpr 1.9MB" The Alarm name and the Details do not fill in... they are blank. Also I am unable to acknowledge or reset any of the alarms. These Alarm and History pages are holding up completion of the project. I need a working example of alarm and history page. From there I should be able to save to my library and import into my own application. I talked the end user into using the Unitronics product and now they are talking about removing and replacing with an Allen Bradley. I am just shocked that a HMI product was released with out an Alarm and History page pre-built or at least a working example for both sizes of the displays available. Very disappointed long time user of Unitronics.

Thank you for your reply. The key fob reader is currently connect to a PC running "winwedge" and they are using Allen Bradley RSVIEW32 with a micrologix PLC for control. The PC is old and running older versions of windows and Allen Bradley software which the customer does not have the software for or the license. I'm comparing the cost of upgrading their system (New PC, new AB software, converting from old software to new) and replacing with the Unitronics PLC. Winwedge is a RS232 connection but I need to research what is being communicated. I expect ascii characters. Has the UniStream been tested with printers yet?

I have a project that I would like to use either the UniStream 10.4" HMI or the Vision V1210 12.1" HMI. I am wonder which software would be the easiest to use to achieve my goal. Description of process: Trucks arrive and operators use a key fob to swipe and activate the system. Once activated they dump a liquid which is passed through a flow meter. Once completed they press a button to indicate dump completed and a receipt is printed for their records of total volume dumped. They are billed monthly based on total volume dumped for the month. Requirements: Need to use a data base for all of the key fobs (175) and companies (75) complete with address and phone numbers. Need to be able to add or delete key fobs and companies from data base via HMI Need to setup communications with the key fob reader. Need to setup printer. Store the data on a flash drive. Send email on the first of each month to accounting with the data so billing can be sent. I have been using the Vision series of PLC for some years now but have limited experience on setting up and using databases in the software. I have only done one project with the new UniStream PLCs.

The Good news First. There is no problem with the software or the hardware. The Bad news (for Me)... I ordered he right expansion kit. The wrong expansion kit was shipped. The Fabrication team at The Panel Shop did not catch the fact that the Expansion kit was missing the P in the part number. Thus, we had a UAG-XK300 installed not a UAG-XKP300. It was also wired properly for the UAG-XKP300. Since I had 10 IO cards, 2 more that the UAG-XK300 would support, the system would not work..... as expected. My Supplier is sending me the UAG-XKP300 via air at no cost. Great service. So long story short the problem was between my keyboard and my chair. I should have thought to verify the expansion kit by removing and verifying the part number located on the side.

So.... The Promised update.... No luck. I tried to update the IO and this did not fix the problem. Still can not see my IO. Waiting for the Tech. support to arrive at work so I can ask him "What next"?

I've been talking to Tech support and they have indicated that the remote IO needs to be updated. Since all of the IO is connect via the XKP-300 I will need to disconnect them by removing the wired terminals, connect them to the back of the USP-104-B10 and then using the uni app to update the IO. Will be trying this on Wednesday morning and post the results.

Perfect! Thank you. The mouse over is a great feature and I will look for it on my blocks as I use them for the first time.

I have an XKP-300 with the following IO connected. UID1600 qty=3 UID-1600R qty=2 UIA-0402N qty=5 The hardware versions of the cards are different and the boot versions are different. Two of the UID-1600 are HW version 0, Bot version 1.1 but the third one has a boot version of 0.10 Four of the UIA-0402N cards have a HW version of 1 and a boot of version 1.1 the fifth card has a HW version of 0 and a boot version of 1.0 The XKP-300 has the solid green link led on. The first UID-1600 has a flashing red and green status light indicating a configuration problem. which I can not find. The rest of the IO card flash green rapidly indicating a OS initialinzing. Currently connect to a fresh water system that is non functioning. We are doing a weekend changeover. hopefully someone can help. I have done a firmware update.

I am trying to use the linearize block in the ladder program. When I search the help file I can not find the information for this block. There are six registers (tags) required. A, B, C, D, E, F F is the result or the scaled value. Is A input value? B and C the Raw values for min and max? Is D and E the engineering units? I know my raw value is from 2007 to 34835. The Scaled value is from 0 to 138.0 Feet. So Does A = The value from Pressure transmitter (Not connected to an Analog input. Getting through communications connection) B = 2007 C = 34835 D = 0 E = 1380 F = Result?

The Radio is an old one that used to have a working RS485 port but it was damaged a few years ago. The Radio is obsolete and the community is reluctant to change out the existing radio without changing them all which results in a large cost. i.e. This is a patch until they can free up some funding. I have several converters and gateways in my office but had hoped to use the comport card. I will use one of those until someone with more experience and smarts than me creates a user block (and shares) for Modbus communication for the expansion com port. thank you for the quick reply.

I purchased a UAC-02RS2 so I could connect a radio and need to configure the com port for Modbus slave. Is there an example? Radio does not use RS285 or Ethernet and I would prefer not having to purchase a converter to convert to RS485 thus the additional com ports.

Worked perfectly. Thank you. Not sure how i managed to miss that. Thanks

Trying to get information from MF13 into a SCADA system. having trouble with the addressing. It appears that the addressing is in Hex starting at 4000h. So I've tried converting 4000h to decimal (163840 then added 400001 and then add 13 for a result of 56398. I am able to establish communications to the Floating point registers. I know that the communications works because i am moitoring regester MI0 to MI30 already. Any suggestions?

!Chuckle~ to good to passup. I already have another one on the way. I purchased this one 5-6 months ago. I just discovered that one of my other co-workers could not resist seeing the new HMI so downloaded a program that was originally programed for the V570. Seem to run fine but admited that he only "played" with it for a short time. He had changed the displays for the V1040 but i checked the original version of the V570 program and it was version 5. I now expect that this is a version mix match problem but do not know how to fix the mirror image that resulted. Everything else appears to work normally.

I downloaded a couple of buttons and a tank to the V1040. The When the display restarted everything is a mirror image. I updated the OS. I installed a blank program and then tried another quick display with the same results. Tryed going into information mode. The touch screen appears to be off. When i go to enter the password for information mode the keyboard is a mirror image and pressing the 1 does nothing but if i press where the 1 would be if it was not a mirror image it reconizes a keypress but the pass word does not work. Any suggestions would be helpful