How to change hours without download.

[PierreLouis77]

Hi,

I need to know if it's possible to change the hours of the PLC without reload it. My customer is not on the same country that me. 

So if it's possible...

TY

 

[DanT]

Hi;

In Vision PLC  ( V350 to V1210 )   use Info Mode

You can change the date and time from there

There are 2 methods   :   at Info Mode Menu,   Date and Time,   or   Operands   Si  31 ( Hours/Minutes )

DanT

 

 

 

 

[Fernando Castro]

you can also log in with visilogic and under connection / communication & OS/ In the Gear tab, set RTC 

that will sync the PLC time with the computer time.

 

 

I f your customer is in another country you could use team viewer or something like that to access to a remote computer that will be connected to the PLC... assuming that you or your customer have one for that.

 

[Ausman]

OR....make one screen that is just for setting up the clock.  It's easy to do.   For example, setting the hours and minutes,  a keyboard numeric entry with numbers restricted to 0 to 2359, and then the linked MI being  used in a direct store to SI31.  

I've had this for years, and the thing that stands out for me doing this method is that if there is an incorrect entry in the field, like a time of 2186, the plc won't accept it.  But if the time entry is correct, it does.

Note the Plus/Minus was the convenient key to use in the example, nothing to do with actually altering the numbers in this case.

Also, if the time zones are a long way apart, repeat runs of manual entry to stop the day rolling over incorrectly will let the days look after themselves.  Or do the same storage method for the other SIs involved.  You can use the same MI for different things, just changing what button you use, which changes what SI is written to.  Again, if the entry is incorrect, the plc won't accept it.

cheers, Aus

 

[sgull]

Can you not just put the time variable on the screen and tick the keyboard entry box.

when the time is touched the keyboard will popup to allow entry.

[Ausman]

sgull, maybe you can do that on bigger Visions, but I only use 130s so that's the way I've done it for a while.

cheers, Aus