Seversean Posted February 19, 2021 Report 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.
MVP 2023 Joe Tauser Posted February 21, 2021 MVP 2023 Report 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
Seversean Posted March 3, 2021 Author Report 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.
Seversean Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report Posted March 8, 2021 Not getting responses from the forum on this or even Unitronics. Seems odd.
MVP 2023 Flex727 Posted March 8, 2021 MVP 2023 Report 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
Seversean Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report 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?
MVP 2023 Flex727 Posted March 8, 2021 MVP 2023 Report 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
Seversean Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report 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.
MVP 2023 Flex727 Posted March 8, 2021 MVP 2023 Report Posted March 8, 2021 In the Help file, go to the Index tab and double-click Alarms, then double-click Alarms again. 1
Seversean Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report 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.
MVP 2023 Flex727 Posted March 8, 2021 MVP 2023 Report 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
Seversean Posted March 8, 2021 Author Report Posted March 8, 2021 I emailed this same question about bit SB350 to support and never got a response.
AlexUT Posted March 8, 2021 Report Posted March 8, 2021 SB 350 description will be added to Help. Request sent to Help writer. B.R. 1
Cara Bereck Levy Posted March 9, 2021 Report 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
Cara Bereck Levy Posted March 9, 2021 Report 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!
Seversean Posted March 9, 2021 Author Report 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.
MVP 2023 Ausman Posted March 9, 2021 MVP 2023 Report 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
Cortes Posted April 7, 2023 Report Posted April 7, 2023 Hello i work on visilogic with a v700 and i want to know how how can I have the alarms displayed directly on the screen in real time without having to open the menu. Thanks for your help
Fernando Castro Posted April 7, 2023 Report Posted April 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Cortes said: Hello i work on visilogic with a v700 and i want to know how how can I have the alarms displayed directly on the screen in real time without having to open the menu. Thanks for your help What I do is that I created a banner at the top of my screen, color coded with the alarms and some text. the problem is that you could have many alarms at the same time. I have dealt with this before cycling through. all the active alarms. Each alarm can be linked to a specific bit, and the same with alarm groups so you can use those bits to track active alarms.
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