taygroebs Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 We are pulling in an INT32, along with REALS and other bits, over ethernet/ip coming from a camera. For some reason, when the compare is true, it will not activate the coil after. In the same routine we are storing REALs and other bits from the same device and they are working, but I can't get anything to happen with the INT32s. I have tried storing them into new tags, I've tried Num to Bits, I've tried comparing with another INT32 tag, INT to Real, and nothing has been working. I have some examples of what we have tried in the images below. You can see how the equal is true but the coil is not on. This is the only place where this coil is used. Any ideas? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgull Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 can you check that the subroutine is being called in the program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taygroebs Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) The subroutine is definitely being called in the program. In the same subroutine we are using REALs and bits from the same device and they are all working. This is the only rung that isn't working. I also put the rungs in the main routine and the same thing happens Edited November 7, 2022 by taygroebs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 kratmel Posted November 7, 2022 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 It is possible Tag is used for Button on screen - it can not be active in ladder. Please use Find option for this Tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taygroebs Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 minute ago, kratmel said: It is possible Tag is used for Button on screen - it can not be active in ladder. I appreciate the response. Unfortunately I just made the tag for my troubleshooting and it is not used anywhere else. I have made a lot of new tags for troubleshooting, arrays and DINTs and nothing has worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 kratmel Posted November 7, 2022 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Please post used Unisream hardware. Software Version needed also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taygroebs Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, kratmel said: Please post used Unisream hardware. Software Version needed also. The hardware is USP-104-B10 Firmware 1.32.112 Software version 1.32.98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 kratmel Posted November 7, 2022 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Is it CPU-for-Panel plugged into the back of a UniStream® HMI panel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taygroebs Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, kratmel said: Is it CPU-for-Panel plugged into the back of a UniStream® HMI panel? Yes. We also have three IO modules connected to the CPU on the back of the HMI but this communication is via ethernet. There are 7 total scanner nodes being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 Ausman Posted November 7, 2022 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 I don't use Unistream but my 2 cents worth... You might already be doing this by the look of things, but if you manually apply the number with the camera input disabled, does it work? If not, are you absolutely sure the coil is not being used elsewhere? It reeks of something further down the ladder changing it's state. Maybe put in a jump past various length ladderwork to test this theory. cheers, Aus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 kratmel Posted November 7, 2022 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 If other parts of the code of similar content without the network variable work, then I think that it is just that variable that is pulsating. It is updated very quickly and the condition that should be fulfilled simply "does not see" it. I suggest you "remember" this variable via SET Coil (Part There is Direct Coil now) and see if it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taygroebs Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 I also already tried using set contacts because I thought of the same thing. I also assure you that these tags are not used anywhere else and that I just created them! I have now learned that the Equals and Not Equal comparisons are swapped backwards? When the equal is true, it's not on but when it's false it is on. And the opposite is true for the not equal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 Joe Tauser Posted November 8, 2022 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Send this to Official Unitronics Support at support@unitronics.com Joe T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 Flex727 Posted November 8, 2022 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 11/7/2022 at 4:04 PM, taygroebs said: I have now learned that the Equals and Not Equal comparisons are swapped backwards? I guarantee you this is not the case. Test it with constants and you will see. On 11/7/2022 at 3:32 PM, kratmel said: If other parts of the code of similar content without the network variable work, then I think that it is just that variable that is pulsating. It is updated very quickly and the condition that should be fulfilled simply "does not see" it. This is your answer in all likelihood. Place an INC function after the compare to get additional data for troubleshooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taygroebs Posted November 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 16 hours ago, Flex727 said: I guarantee you this is not the case. Test it with constants and you will see. This is your answer in all likelihood. Place an INC function after the compare to get additional data for troubleshooting. I guarantee you this was the case for these specific DINTs. It wasn't doing it for any other DINTs, just the ones from the camera. You can see in my snippets. Those were brand new tags that were not used anywhere else. I used set coils as well and they were behaving the same so they were not pulsating. We ended up changing the data type within our camera and the EDS file to an UINT8. When we did this everything worked as expected. No idea why Unilogic did not like the DINTs from this camera. I will say this issue is resolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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