draganjr

I did get it. Sorry could not reply in time. And thank you. I am learning this little at a time. I changed what you changed and changed to [] to [P] on NET 4 and 5. It is working great at the moment.

Thank you sir for your help and guidance. I had to make a few more adjustments to the program because I need to rest the DW0 without effecting the other counters. Now I can not get my rollover to work right. Net 4 and 5. So every time it reaches 1843549000 pulses which equals 1,000,000 feet it should roll over to 0 but carry the 1 from 1,000,000 to ML7. But for some reason it will only do it once andn never again. it would continue to count pass 1,000,000 feet. I tried everything I can think of but lost again. Comco_2023_Encoder_7_R20.vlp

Mr. Joe I am stuck. Are you able to assist me further on resetting without resetting the total footage. Thank you

And we don't care for the decimal .

Thank you. I will look into that next. Currently working on another machine.

Good evening, sir. The program worked great when I was using a prox to keep count. But once I switched to an encoder and trying to reuse the program I cannot the reset does not working due to DW 0 (encoder pulse) not resetting. I don't want DW 0 to reset because it is the total count, totalizer or forever counter. To answer the how does it work: Total Footage is the forever count, never reset. Preset is the Batch Counter, when reaches a preset number it will stop the press and reset the preset number. Job Count is just for the operator to use bringing their press run. They reset at the end of each shift. Thank you again.

Thank you for that. It worked but the way I am using an encoder to keep footage I will need to reset the DW 0 for encoder count but I can't because it is being used to keep a job count and preset count. Test_Bench_2023_Encoder.vlp

My question is can a MF be reset?

Thank you sir. I got it by using MF. My next issue is how to reset a MF to zero via hmi.

Good evening once again. Sorry for the delay. We got the math worked out and the scaling to get footage of the press. My problem now is the ML will only read 2,147,483,647. I can use DW but I would still need to convert it back down to ML. Under Hardware Config for the Encoder I can change it to DW but when back at the logic under the formula we are using it does not see DW. Can I get a little help?

IH490 Hollow Shaft Incremental Encoder IH490-AA00R33-0063-S029

Thank you all. I am going to try it out with a shaft encoder. Never worked with one but will try it out tonight and the next few days.

Good evening. The sensor I am using is a Sick IME12-04BPSZC0S. Switching freq is 2000 Hz. I am using metal not aluminum, I did have aluminum and was not working out well. I am assuming the higher the switching freq. the better. The sensor does need to be card thick close to read at high speeds. If not, it will not read at high speeds. What is a good sensor to use in your opinion for high-speed counting. I looked at other sensor we had in the shop, and this was the best one. When we jog the press at low speeds the counters all count the same. But again, at high speeds the new current counter falls back about 10 feet but gets greater over time. I will give the actual number towards the end of my shift at work. Thank you Ragan

Thank you for your feed back and I will look into it tomorrow night when I return. I tried several sensors and it's true some where not working right. I did move the current sensor over a little. It's metal and I also thought of hiw wide I should make the flag for the sensor.

Yes it did. First time using it. Working great so far.

Update. It is working so far. I been off but will see the actual numbers tomorrow night. Using the B Output for the display. Thank you.

Oh okay I see. The image you see was not pulling up in the help file. I have not yet tried it but does B and C auto populate?

I am a little confused on B and where do I get that from. A+B = C? A is Total Feet in MF, B =? and C will be my whole number to display.

Ok I found it and will test it out shortly. They are currently running, and the operator is a pain to work with. You are awesome. I work 12 hours and I am new at program, and this is my 5th press. The other presses are working great. This press is just different, and we really don't have a good place to put a sensor to measure the rotations. We are on the same shaft as the old one just a few feet away. ComcoTest_V5JT.vlp

Okay thank you. I was looking at after I sent the message. Not to sound dumb but code = program?

So, I never missed around with MF, and I read about it but seems I cannot lower the decimal point down? See Attached. Reading 1.04E6 If 5 rotations = 1 foot, how can I use that for a ML in the math? Thank you again.

Thank you. I am on it. I will update.

At slow speed of the press 1 minute is about 507 rotations and according to the old counter it is about 106 feet. 5 rotations are about 1 foot. At high speed for 1 minute is 1749 rotations @ 364 feet. A * 2.5 / 12 The math is A = rotations of drive shaft. 2.5" is paper distance traveled in 1 rotation. than divided by 12 for the footage.

Yes. The last three rungs and the first few rungs are the important ones. The Stop/LED is not important at this time. It took 2.5 inches for one revolution of the shaft. The math it is using the same sensor for three different outputs (counters). We are trying to see if the math it good. What else do I need to do to capture a good foot? I will check a few more things and be right back. Thank you Dragan

Calculating FPM (feet per minute) or just Feet on a press. We have an old Comco Flexo Press from the early 90s, I think. We are removing the old Totalizer and replace it with a SM70-J-R20 with attached program. I am not sure if I am calculating the fottage correctly because it is different from the old totalizer. Could someone point me in the right direction please. And Thank you. ComcoTest_V3.vlp