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We are truly proud to announce that Frost & Sullivan, a major market research and analysis firm, has honored Unitronic's with the Best Practices Awards for 2016. The prestigious award for Global Advanced PLC Product Line Strategy Leadership was given after Frost & Sullivan conducted an in-depth review of Unitronics products, specifically our 3 major product series--Samba, Vision, and UniStream--in relation to the dynamic, competitive market that challenges PLC manufacturers. Read all about it here: https://unitronicsplc.com/press-release/?prid=12146

I use trends and they fill up the SD card on the UniStream. I tried to use the file browser object to manage the SD card. Specifically I'm trying to delete the 'samples' folder created by the trends. When I try using the file browser and UniStream SD Delete (or the one in UniApps) after selecting the 'samples' folder I get an error Any ideas on how to do this correctly? Is something writing to the disk or not properly stopped? Right now I have to pull the SD card and delete it on my laptop then put it back into the PLC. Not very elegant and difficult to do remotely... Thanks!

Dear Community, Is it possible to have a bit trigger a message box? I have some ladder logic that determines if high and low user definable setpoints are equal to each other or inverse to each other. undesirable setpoint conditions make bit named SP> and SP= go true. Right now I have and indexed HMI text element that shows: legal entries, sp = illegal, sp> illegal, both illegal. I don't really want to trigger an alarm (though i could). The message box would be a nice way to signal operator of an illegal entry. I can't use legal entry ranges on numeric elements because legality is conditional to other setpoints. Thanks -dB

Is it possible to fill the list of an HMI Combo Box with the string data which is stored in column of a data table? Thanks, Marco

Hello world! I have a problem with HMI display element "Binary text"; it has often (not always!) pink border. This flaw occurs when the element has style "3D pressed", color ON = Green, Color OFF = Gray and Toggle is enabled. It is probably some mistake of display itself because using Remote Operator that display looks normally. I saw this fenomenon on various Enhanced OPLC displays (V1040 / V1210). Do somebody has the same experience? Is there any possibility to get rid of this? Thank you, Michal.

Hi - I was wondering if there was a tool to auto resize the HMI's in a VLP when you change models from a V350 to a V700. I can select all elements right click and center in display vertically and horizontally but this won't auto-resize to fit the screen. Thanks.

Hi all, I 'm trying to make a screen with password access in UniStream. How can it be achieved?

Hi, I'm having hard time displaying data on V700 PLC. After MODBUS config and reading holding registers HMI still shows 0. Do I need to write data to data table and only then display on HMI? Data has to be read from MIO 12-V I/O module. Network ID matches, start of vector links to hmi variable. What could be done or I did wrong? Thanks. I'm attaching vlp file here

Hi, I'm having hard time displaying data that I get through MODBUS. Need to read from multiple slaves, but after download display still shows 0. Maybe do I need to write data to data table and then display on HMI? Or I can just display data vector? I'm really confused, thanks in advance for your help. P.S. Program attached below. Thermofisher.vlp

If you haven't checked out the Unitronics Youtube for awhile, you may want to check out our UniLogic Tech Tidbits Playlist. The most recent Tidbit shows you how to create your own, reusable HMI Custom Controls. After you create a control, you can drag and drop it from the Solution Explorer, export/import it between projects as .uluce files, or add it to the Library. You can also define tags that are local to a specific Custom Control, these tags will be exported/imported along with the control. It's all in the link below!

Hello, I'm having problem with vision V700 PLC. Reading data from multiple slaves kinda understable but I need to display data from data table in HMI. How can I do that? Reading different material didn't help, maybe I missed something. Thank you in advance.

Dear Community, How do I see two (or three) trend curves at the same time as seen in Visilogic? Thanks All! Sincerely, Hotwires

Hi! Im currently working on a project with a Vision 130 OPLC. In my application, the people interacting with the HMI, have to press the keys many times, specifically the arrow keys and the ENTER key. I'm worried about the lifespan of the keypad and i dont want it to damage. As a solution for this, I've tought of having external buttons connected to the INPUT port of the PLC, and using them (in software) to act as the keys in the HMI keyboard (see attached image). However, I'm using a List of Text as Keypad Variable Entry, and whenever i go into keypad variable entry mode (blinking), the external buttons dont work as the keys anymore. I want to know if i'm doing anything wrong or if there is a better way to override the keypad keys. Thanks In Advance Juan

Dear Community, How does one link an HMI element to a bit in a manner where the bit is only true for the duration that the HMI element is held to touch? In visilogic I used the HMI link to bit and then linked that bit to a TON timer. To reset an hour meter numeric element the operator would press and hold the HMI element for 5 seconds, the timer would go true, a PTC contact would trigger a RESET NUMERIC coil; then Happy, happy, happy. Now not so much. Is this achievable in UniL? Actions seem to be latch oriented. Thanks All. Sincerely, Hotwires

Dear Community: How does one make a bit load an HMI screen? UPDATE: Found it, ACTIONS will link a bit to a LOAD HMI.

Hey, I just faced this problem when adding new screen. No matter what I do in between Unilogic crashes every time I try to add a screen in my current project. I tried to open another significantly smaller project and with that i was able to add a screen. Has anyone else had this problem? I hope that there is no maximum number for the screen in project. Problem details says the following,Original solution path: C:\UniLogic\0004_test.ulpr:

Hi! I would like to know if in the future (in the short term) you can activate Message Box from ladder?

This was an excellent year - a year of growth - for the Unitronics community. We now number over 20,000 members! I can back this up with hard statistics for 2016: We welcomed over 3,000 new members to our user forum… …who made 2,100 posts … in 526 new topic! We all benefit from forum members who devote big blocks of time to helping others. These people put a lot of effort into writing detailed answers to questions and aiding others in trouble-shooting their applications. This year, three of our top posters from 2016 were again top contributors to the Unitronics community. Our top UniGuru MVPs for 2016 are: Joe Tauser Barry Lanier (forum name: Flex727) Ausman In recognition of their fine work, the profiles of our MVPs will be marked with a new icon for 2016: In recognition of their fine work, the profiles of our MVPs will be marked with a new icon for 2016: Our most valuable commodity is, always, time—to volunteer that time to help other people using your expertise is truly worthy of respect--thanks to you all! Youtube Channel The official Unitronics Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/UnitronicsWebinars is growing. In 2016, our top video clips were the: Webinar: HMI Tricks and Tips for VisiLogic, with over 8,000 views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MwhQkdbC6s PLC Training: Introduction to UniLogic, HMI + PLC Application Software, with over 6,000 views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV30MkDQYPk WEBINAR: Unitronics Vision - CANOpen, also with over 6,000 views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIkBJ4NheCc Media - We're in the NEWS! Unitronics was featured in a number of trade magazines in 2016—if you missed these articles, check 'em out now! IEN, Industry Interview feature: How Will Industry 4.0 Influence the Future of PLCs? IEN feature article. Hardware Division Benny Magrafta, Unitronics R&D Manager, Software Division, was extensively quoted: HMI checklist: What to consider when shopping for an HMI solution IEN - Industrial Products in Spotlight IEN featured an application based on the UniStream PLC + HMI, 10.4, a project done for Djurdjevic is a meat production company based in Serbia Is it possible for an automated system to run so efficiently you forget it’s there? We are proud to continue to bring you Unitronics true All-in-One value: our complete range of automation products and software from the pioneers of the PLC + HMI controller, backed by Unitronics unparalleled sales and tech support. Enjoy them in 2017!!

I have two UniStream PLCs connected on an Ethernet network (Over Fiber Optic). Let's call one the master and the other a slave. Is it possible to duplicate the master onto the slave screen so they show the same thing? The Master is 15" and the slave 10".

The Labels offset value keeps going back to the default -20. Try making the value -30.. then copy/pasting the gauge.. It goes to -20.. It also happens for other reasons unknown but i'm always having to fix it.

Hi all, I have a meter control on a HMI which I want to change the fill color depending of Link value. for example set fill color to red when value is below 50 and set fill color to green when is equal or bigger. How can I do this? regards

hello everyone, i got conductivity sensor TetraCon 325, which i connected to monitor LF 296 and its showing some values. I need to connect sensor to PLC modules and show data on PLC screen (V1210).

How can I set the number of decimals shown in a numeric box in HMI if it is a real number? The format button is not active when the number is a REAL number.

Hi, Can I use a Numeric Box in Unilogic without its background, i.e: making it transparent? Couldn't find that option.

Dear All, I am trying to insert the HMI function/element "file selector browser" but in every point where I tried to insert this I have had the alarm : element exceed screen boundaries. What I am doing wrong? I am using an USP-070... regards