nwmatney

That looks like a great way to do it! I am wondering though if this would also be a valid method? See attached picture. I only needed to know what screen was pressed to jump into a particular subroutine, by doing this it seems that the value does not need to be stored, but can be done automatically.

Thanks guys, I knew I was missing something simple somewhere.

I am trying to get my software set up to recognize a 4-20mA input signal. When I navigate to the hardware configuration panel I am confronted with a dropdown menu which does not contain a 4-20mA analog input signal. Where am I going wrong?

One more quick question. You can see in the picture I included the SI252 values for each of the displays. How do you reference those numbers specifically? Is the SI252 a vector of bits in and of itself or is it interpreted as being a decimal value by the control? If you wouldn't mind could you show me how exactly you would implement this? Like I said before, I am really new to this type of programming and am having trouble wrapping my head around it. I did find the FB Events you spoke of and it seems like that would be perfect for this application.

Thats exactly what I needed. I must have overlooked SI6 when I was browsing for something that would work

Forgive me, but I am assuming that when you say You mean that It should work as it is. The second question I will try to state more clearly. I wish to know whether or not it is possible to change a MI based on an input. To be specific, here is the situation: The screenshot shown in the previous post is where an operator will select a part number to run. When he presses a number on the keypad (1-8) The screen should jump to the appropriate corresponding screen, is there any way for me to store that value (which key was pressed, or which screen it jumped to) to use in the ladder logic?

Hey guys, I am new to this game and I just wanted to clarify some stuff. I am using a V130-33-RA22 I have created several displays and you should be able to jump between them using the specified keys, which were set from the HMI editor as shown in the picture. My question is this, from this selector screen, the program needs to know which part number is selected (1-8) so it knows which pre-set value to compare a reading to. Firstly, will the navigation work as I have it now? And secondly, how can I perform the screen jump and save a value depending on where the jump is going at the same time? Thanks

Thanks, I will definitely check it out.

I am new to programming using a system like visilogic and I am at a loss even where to start. What I am trying to accomplish is relatively simple and I could do it with no problem in C or java, but I am clueless with visilogic. I have read pretty much all of the documentation and it seems to be written for someone who already knows how to program with visilogic, so I didn't get much out of it. Here is what I am trying to do: I have created several HMI displays on which the user will select a part number (which may or may not work, I haven't tried them yet). Once a part is being run, a laser will take a reading and output a 4-20mA signal which represents a distance. Then the distance will be compared with a set value and a display returned concerning that numerical relationship. If anyone could point me in a general direction or give me some general guidelines, even a program example would be amazing. By the way, I am running a V130-33-RA22.