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  1. I've been getting a CPU error on my panel the last couple weeks that forces me to reboot the PLC. Seems to happen every day and a half or so. I noticed this morning that the date/time reported on the error popup was 12/30/00 and 9:50am, both of which are incorrect. I tried setting the RTC via UniApps - this allowed me to pick the date but upon selecting ok, nothing changed on the displayed date. Same thing with the time. I tried setting the RTC via UniLogic/UniStream Management/Set RTC and although it said the task completed, the date and time remained unchanged. I was able to change the values in the tags in UniLogic when in online mode, however, the it appears the clock isn't running - no change in seconds or minutes. See attached for screen capture of the error and of the software rev info. Any help is greatly appreciated!
  2. Is it possible to either use the description field from struct members or add a second header row to an indexed data table? I would like to add a row or otherwise include the units of measure relative to the value being recorded. Thanks!
  3. I'm pretty new to UniLogic myself and haven't worked with VisiLogic any. I find some things very challenging as others have mentioned with the number of steps or clicks it takes to complete a task, however, I also found that you can monitor several items at one time by using the watch function. You'll still have to go to each one of those timers in their structs, right click on the current value and click add to watch where you can select one of eight watches with eight tags in each.
  4. Ok. I'll call when I get a minute. To note, saved project, downloaded to controller with upload option, and left software/PC on overnight. When I came in this morning, UniLogic was not responding and after closing and restarting, the project I was working on had to be recovered.
  5. I did close UniLogic but did not restart the computer. It's possible some type of auto-update through IS policies caused a reboot overnight but I don't have any way to know if that happened. After this, I tried repairing the software and also uninstalling and reinstalling the software without any effect on the results. Because of the extra two plus minutes downloading with the upload file added to the process, I had only been downloading program updates. Based on the condition experienced here, I have been downloading with the upload option at least twice per day and definitely at the end of each day in an attempt to avoid the loss of work.
  6. After working on and saving a project the day before, UniLogic will now not open any previous projects although starting a new project seems to work ok. Selecting a project from the recent solutions list or choosing open and navigating to the project file gives the same results; a waiting symbol for a few seconds and then blank solution explorer, tag list, and work space screens. I've copied the files to another computer and they all open fine. Thoughts? Thanks Michael
  7. Would you then use the real to int function to put the result into a single register and just create a "dummy" register to hold the fractional part of the real to int function result? On a related "newbie" type question, is there a means to set or reset multiple coils in a single instruction or is the only method to use the set and reset coil elements for each individual coil to set or reset? Thanks! Michael
  8. Hi forum goers. I would like to combine two values from two separate INT16 registers into a single INT16 register without adding or subtracting them. For example: INT16-1 contains the value "34" INT16-2 contains the value "56" I'd like INT16-3 to contain "3456" Is this possible and if so, can you show me the way. Thanks! Michael
  9. Hello Alexander, Thank You. I used these and happily report my FTP functions are working at home. Now, if I can work out some solutions for work and their IT policies. You guys rock at customer service and support! Michael
  10. Seems this is still the case with no FTP topic in the help files. Any updates or articles online for setting up the FTP services? I would like to send csv files from the PLC SD card to a folder on a PC on the network. Thanks Michael
  11. Hello again, I'm working through setting up a very simple CANbus (canopen) network with a single node. I've worked with modbus but this is my first attempt at working with CAN. When trying to use the can sniffer, I followed the directions in the help file but I get no results in the data table. Are there more steps I need to complete after those listed in the help file to actually see results in the sniffer data table? I watched the indexed data table video on YouTube and it mentions creating a struct to define the write rows function block. I'm about to try this but I was thinking since the help file for the sniffer describes picking the sniffer struct type, maybe creating another struct to write rows didn't apply. Thanks, in advance, for your assistance working through the CAN setup. Michael
  12. That's great! Thanks for the assistance; it's much appreciated.
  13. Yes. There are occasions when we log cycle times as part of our DAQ process and I believe the test I'm working on will require logging of the cycle times.
  14. Hello, I'm just starting up the Unitronics/Unistream learning curve and attempting to map features from Automation Direct PLC programming to Unistream. One of the first functions I need to replicate is cycle timing. When using the TON, I can subtract the current value from the preset value of the timer to get a "raw" value for cycle time. This comes out as an unsigned integer in milliseconds. I would like to divide that number by 1000 to get the result in seconds. That's simple enough but takes another tag and is limited to the unsigned integer format. Is there a way to do all the math in floating point to provide fractions of a second (or minute)? When I tried to use a formula, I was unable because the default values for the timer function are unsigned integer which meant I couldn't assign those tags to the variables in the formula editor. Also, are there count up timer functions? Like others, I'm new to Unitronics so if I'm missing something, feel free to enlighten me. Thanks!! Michael
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