Seversean Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 I'm trying to get more information on getting the alarms screen to work. Is there a good training video or document for this? I'm using a V570. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2021 Joe Tauser Posted February 21, 2021 MVP 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 Look at C:\Program Files (x86)\Unitronics\Unitronics VisiLogic_C\Examples\Version 900\Project examples\ladder\V1040 - Alarm Example.vlp Joe T. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversean Posted March 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 OK, I've looked at that as well as finally found the help for the Alarms, which I printed, because I doubt I could find it again. After configuring alarms and adding PLC code as shown in examples and help I still never get the alarm screen up. Then I came across bit SB350 'Show Alarms on LCD (On=Show, Off=Hide) Turning this on popped up the alarm screen. So now I'm confused how this bit should be used. Left on all the time? Turned on in ladder logic? There has never been any mention of this bit anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversean Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 Not getting responses from the forum on this or even Unitronics. Seems odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2021 Flex727 Posted March 8, 2021 MVP 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 3/3/2021 at 10:35 AM, Seversean said: Then I came across bit SB350 'Show Alarms on LCD (On=Show, Off=Hide) Turning this on popped up the alarm screen. So now I'm confused how this bit should be used. Left on all the time? Turned on in ladder logic? There has never been any mention of this bit anywhere. Seversean is correct that this System Bit is not mentioned anywhere in the Help file that I can find. @Cara Bereck Levy, can you address this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversean Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 16 minutes ago, Flex727 said: Seversean is correct that this System Bit is not mentioned anywhere in the Help file that I can find. @Cara Bereck Levy, can you address this? Are you familiar with how to use this bit? Left on all the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2021 Flex727 Posted March 8, 2021 MVP 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 I never use the built-in alarms function on the PLC and prefer to use my own. I started programming Unitronics PLCs before the Alarms function existed and just continued to use my own creation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversean Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 50 minutes ago, Flex727 said: I never use the built-in alarms function on the PLC and prefer to use my own. I started programming Unitronics PLCs before the Alarms function existed and just continued to use my own creation. Can you tell me how to find the alarm help file? I came across it once and now I can't seem to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2021 Flex727 Posted March 8, 2021 MVP 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 In the Help file, go to the Index tab and double-click Alarms, then double-click Alarms again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversean Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Flex727 said: In the Help file, go to the Index tab and double-click Alarms, then double-click Alarms again. Got it, I realized my problem. This whole time the help file tabs sidebar had been slid over as to make it hidden. I couldn't see search or index or contents or anything. Been driving me mad trying to find anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2021 Flex727 Posted March 8, 2021 MVP 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Seversean said: This whole time the help file tabs sidebar had been slid over as to make it hidden. I couldn't see search or index or contents or anything. Been driving me mad trying to find anything. Yeah, I had the same thing happen awhile back and it took me way too long to figure out what was wrong and how to fix it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversean Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 I emailed this same question about bit SB350 to support and never got a response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexUT Posted March 8, 2021 Report Share Posted March 8, 2021 SB 350 description will be added to Help. Request sent to Help writer. B.R. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara Bereck Levy Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 16 hours ago, Flex727 said: Seversean is correct that this System Bit is not mentioned anywhere in the Help file that I can find. @Cara Bereck Levy, can you address this? Huh. My bad! You are right, not documented--I just shot off an email to the developers, and will fill you in when I get a reply @Flex727, thanks for pinging me on this! @Seversean, thanks for raising the issue! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara Bereck Levy Posted March 9, 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 14 hours ago, Seversean said: Got it, I realized my problem. This whole time the help file tabs sidebar had been slid over as to make it hidden. I couldn't see search or index or contents or anything. Been driving me mad trying to find anything. Wow--that would make it unusable. Because the Help viewer remembers its last setting, if the TOC pane was hidden, it remains hidden--and it is perfectly possible to do this accidentally, I've done that myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seversean Posted March 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Cara Bereck Levy said: Wow--that would make it unusable. Because the Help viewer remembers its last setting, if the TOC pane was hidden, it remains hidden--and it is perfectly possible to do this accidentally, I've done that myself! Not sure, but I suspect that maybe it did this by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2021 Ausman Posted March 9, 2021 MVP 2021 Report Share Posted March 9, 2021 Re the Help page woes, you all need to have a 95 year old Parent. You would have solved it in a flash. I am forever fixing computer issues he creates by having clunky fingers that click buttons as he moves the mouse around. To compound things, he "reads" with the mouse . The end result is that all sorts of internal edges and other things appear/disappear and I need another remote fix session to figure out what he's done this time. "Damn computer's broken!" "Welllll...no it's not. Just the user has stuffed something up again". I admire him persisting with using it, but it sometimes takes me ages to figure out how he's actually done stuff in the first place! The internal margins issue is very familiar to me! If you haven't noticed, in the Help window there are Show/Hide buttons directly above the pane's normal location. It is amazing how often I completely miss something as simple as this. I guess it is a case of familiarity breeds 'don't even look at what's there' with regards to menu items. But a pet parent is also a great teacher, albeit indirectly. 👴 cheers, Aus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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