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  1. I was checking out the new version of Unilogic (1.33.200) and saw that the color feature was implemented! Thank you so much for adding this, I think it will be very helpful! At first, I thought it was cancelled though because the "Version Changes" list that includes new features did not show this. Perhaps the document should amended so that users know that it is there https://unitronicsplc.com/Download/SoftwareVersions/UniLogic/UniLogic_1.33.200_September_2022.pdf
  2. I would like to make another suggestion for the next version. When copying and pasting, the Find and Replace option is very useful but it only gives you the options to limit the scope options to either the "entire solution" or the "Ladder Function". It would be very nice to have an option to limit the scope to Region as well. I find myself needing to have a separate ladder function that acts as a temporary holding space where I essentially copy a region to this temporary ladder function just to do the find replace and then copy it back to the Ladder Function in its own region where I want it to be.
  3. I have another suggestion on a completely different subject. I think that a lot of us go to the forum for ideas and answers to questions but I think there everyone would benefit tremendously if there were a section of the forum dedicated to HMI design. This section could have sections which include: - HMI Design Inspiration - Perhaps users can upload screenshots of their projects where one or more screens were made to support a project. Those who share a project may even have the option to share any custom graphics that may have been used to create the project. If Animations are used, perhaps there could be links where a user can upload a short video of their graphics. For example, if I wanted to share the Image below to represent a screen I could share the Binary Images used for the Knife Gate Valve, the Level Sensor, the Solenoid Valves, the 3-way Solenoid Valve, and the Trapped Key Safety Switch along with the images used for the Rotary Valve which is actually a List of Variables image that makes the rotary valve appear to spin when the motor is running. If these shared uploads were also automatically added to the image library for searching, this then add to the Graphics Library. - Graphics Library - where users can upload their custom graphics to share with other users users. If there were a way for users to create a .gif through the browser, that would be an added benefit. I am envisioning a way where a user could define the image type they are sharing along with its intended use. If options were then provided to create an example .gif which changes on the screen while searching the library, that would be very nice. For example: If I wanted to share 2 images for the knife gate valve above and defined it as a binary image and then uploaded the 2 images for open and closed, a .gif would automatically generated and would cycle in the preview screen. If I wanted to share the List of Variables image from the HMI Screen above that makes the rotary valve appear to spin when the motor is running, I could define define that it is for a List of Variables type graphic, upload the images with their files names as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and then upload and the preview .gif would then generate. If I wanted to share a library of multiple solenoid valves which shows different coil and valve combinations which are intended to be used in binary image applications, I could upload them and the preview would show them all cycling through all the images but the searcher would see a description that they are for binary image applications Or if a user simply wants to share their library, there would be a simple way to upload them to a specific category. An example of this type of data base is https://grabcad.com/ or https://www.traceparts.com/en or https://www.3dcontentcentral.com/
  4. I would like to also request that Unitronics consider allowing tags to be backed up to the SD card and not limit the user to being able to export to a USB DOK only. My reasoning is that the SD card is more of a semi-permanent type of memory in a sense that it is often installed and them forgotten about so it can be left in the PLC long term and used to backup tags to. Limiting the user to a USB DOC, means that the flash drive is visible and is easily removed without realizing that it is important. I find that when I send a Unitronics Control System out into the field, customers are not as familiar with what they are looking at so they are more likely to rob the USB drive from the PLC than they are a micro SD Card that they may not even know is there until they need to replace the PLC and are told about it from our technical support documents. It is common for customers to tell me that I forgot to remove the flash drive from the PLC before the unit shipped.
  5. Excellent. Do you know when this version will be released?
  6. Hi Saragani, Glad to hear that this will be implemented in some form! My thinking about the colors is that they could be temporary or at least the user would have a way to clear them easily if desired but I guess that would be easy enough to do manually even if it meant going into the struct or array and manually clearing them if desired. I see the most benefit in being able to focus a color on a particular operand and not a group of operands though having the option of applying to a group of operand may be handy as well. I see this as a way to fix a small problem that left when Visilogic was replaced with Unilogic. Since Visilogic had fixed memory, it was easy to look at a tag and know its unique tag number simply by looking at it. For example, there is only one MB23 in a Visilogic project and you can see that from the Ladder without having to hover over it in Unilogic to see if you have the same operand. With Unilogic, the unique tag number is too long to fit in the operand banner so when looking at a section of code, it is difficult to do a visual scan down through the ladder and see where that particular operand is within the code. Though a user can execute a Find command to search the whole project, it is not the same as being able to do a visual search and see how the rest of a particular subroutine is effected by that Bit or but using several different colors, a group of bits can be traced. If I understand the proposed solution, the colors would be applied to a group of operands which if this group of operands (struct or array) were used in the same subroutine, it would be difficult to tell them apart when they are all in the same ladder together. Though the user could then go into the group of operands and change colors individually, it would be nice if it were not required that a color be applied to the whole group without being able to simply go straight to a single operand and apply a color to only one of them if this is what the user wants to do. I like the idea of being able to apply the colors to the grid as well assuming that these colors will transfer to the Ladder and be visible everywhere that operand is used. This will provide a nice visual reference for the users wherever they look in the program. If possible, it would be very handy to be able to right click on an operand in the ladder and apply a color from there as well as in the the grid but that would simply be a convenience factor. Since colors will be visible in the grid, would they also be visible anywhere that a particular operand is shown such as within the "Tag: Link boxes" and anywhere in the ladder where that operand appears? Please let me know your thoughts on this approach or whether this is about what you had in mind. In your previous comment you had stated: "You will be able to set color to a struct (or array) instance (which will automatically set the color to all of its members with the same color). And if you enter inside a the struct instance then you can give a different color to its members. (Now it also have to be decided what happens if you now go and change the color of the struct instance again. Would it affect all children color, or would it affect only the ones that had the same color as the parent before the change.... Tell me what you think)." I think that if the members of an array or Struct had their own colors assigned and then a different color were assigned to the Array or Struct, that the colors of the members should remain the same. This would be similar to the behavior of a struct when the name of an array is changed after the members have custom names assigned. Thank you very much for considering this request.
  7. Rivka, I realize there is a search feature Unilogic but what I am referring to is a way to scan down through a ladder and get a better visual on what each item is doing without having to do a search for each instance. Attached is an example of what I am referring to. I used a Visilogic screen in the attachment simply because Visilogic prints a bit better and the memory tags are easier to see but I am suggesting that this feature be added to Unilogic. Basically, if the user were to assign a (temporary) color, each instance where it appears would be colored; similar to teh purpose of a "Watch" folder
  8. I should add that once colors are assigned, there could also be an option to right-click on the assigned color and have options to "clear color" or "clear all colors". These options could also be added to the toolbar as well instead of or in addition to the right-click menu options.
  9. When troubleshooting a subroutine or a region in Unilogic which has an MB or other register appearing several times in a ladder, I find myself scanning around a trying to recall everywhere that each tag is used and how it is used. To help make this process easier, I would like to suggest that there be an option where a temporary color can be applied to a tag so that everywhere it appears in the program, it has that color assigned to it. Perhaps if a user were to right click on a register in the ladder and then assign a color, it would color all instances. This way a user could scan down through a subroutine and see their MB's or registers highlighted the designated color and easily identify their tags without needing to read the tag or notes. When I think of it, we have region colors that we can assign, why not add teh ability to color tags as well?
  10. Has Unitronics given any more thought to this request or has there been any updates? Since an SD card can be loaded with a program and the Tags can be Retained to the SD card through UniApps, a Unit can be restored with minimal downtime when a PLC or battery were to dies. Unless I am misunderstanding something, the downside is that the backed up tags have to be backed up manually through UniApps so the tags are not necessarily current to the point when the battery or unit died. As an extra benefit, it would be very helpful to be able to automatically backup tags from the ladder (trigger maybe every hour) so that the tags could be up to date at all times.
  11. It would be great to have a filtering Algorithm such as the Stavitzsky-Golay Smoothing method shown here. https://www.mathworks.com/help/curvefit/smoothing-data.html I have struggled with a product of ours to find a good way to smooth data before charting it to a Trend. My issue looks the same as this example but I cannot seem to get my math right in Unilogic to get this to work in a UDFB. I think that even if I could get it into a UDFB, I find that sometimes a UDFB of this level of complexity would be better off as a Fixed Function Block rather than a User Defined Function Block simply because it would be cleaner and less likely to muddy up an already complicated program. I think that many other users could benefit from this as well. Thanks, Joe
  12. Thanks Joe T. We would just like our Company Logo in place in the Unitronics Logo and possibly a name of the controller series listed in our sales literature.
  13. I have seen Unitronics HMI Screens out there with a custom bezel made with OEM Markinsg on them. Can anyone tell me where to buy these at? If you could add the approximate price each and minimum quantity, that would be helpful as well. For reference, I am looking for one to fit a 10" Unistream HMI
  14. Has anyone mounted a 2HP Unitronics VFD in a NEMA 4 Enclosure? Most of our applications require a VFD with a NEMA 4 rating. In the past, we have used a VFD that was rated for a NEMA 4 environment and so we had no need to have an enclosure. With the new Unitronics VFD, we would like to use it instead but to meet the area classification, we would need to mount it in a NEMA 4 enclosure and we would like to keep the enclosure size to a minimum. Can anyone tell me what the smallest enclosure size can be if the ambient temperature is about 105 deg. max and there is no cooling fan? The only think inside the enclosure will be the VFD. The VFD I am looking at is UMI-0015BU-B1 with a 2HP Rating
  15. I did ask Stealth about the diver required and he had said " There are no special drivers required for the StealthMOUSE and it just needs 5 volts at 50ma from the mouse port. That being said the StealthMOUSE is only validated for PC use so it could be a compatibility issue with the Unistream controller" I suppose the question now is what the Unistream controller needs to see in a compatible mouse and whether there are additional mouse drivers available for the Unistream Panel. I should mention that as shown in the attached picture, I am running the latest version of Unilogic and my firmware is up to date.
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