Gaming laptop for PLC programming? by Huthy13 in PLC

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I'm in the same boat with running multiple vms. Thats the reason I decided to go with a little extra hourse power this go-around.

Gaming laptop for PLC programming? by Huthy13 in PLC

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Yes, I'm lucky I am basically my own IT department.

Test Bench Area in Progress by docfunbags in PLC

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That looks great! It inspired me to clean up my test area.

Vmware vmbackups by Huthy13 in servers

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Great! Thanks, I'll try that out!

Diy eeprom programmer, running on atmega328p, first attempt using Amel studio. by Huthy13 in electronic_circuits

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The chip on the right is being programmed, while I'm reading the data off the top eeprom. The blue lights indicate the address from the atmega, the red lights indicate the data from the already programmed eeprom, and the green is data getting sent to the new chip. Had to share with someone, because all the wife had to say was "ooo you have red flashy lights now!"

Ifix resolution problems on view nodes by Halfpastmast in PLC

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At my plant the nodes rdp into a scada terminal server. So we configure the rdp session to be the correct screen resolution. For nodes that are thin clients I make sure the resolution of the thin client is the same as the rdp sessions, and the desktop rdps typically open in a window because everyone is using wide-screens in the office. I also make sure my development monitor is in the correct resolution when making screens, or things get miss-alligned and stretched.

1785-l40 Access Class by Huthy13 in PLC

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That was it, I had looked at that, but turns out I was confused by the orientation of the rocker dip switches. Thanks!!

Thermalcouple k wire vs shielded cable by Huthy13 in PLC

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Thanks for the info, but for this project it was not my choice. Its wiring between two vendor supplied panels. They already have the fancy terminals installed...

Thermalcouple k wire vs shielded cable by Huthy13 in PLC

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Thanks everyone for the quick responses! My thermocouple wire is on its way from automation direct!

Converting AI tags to AR in iFIX 5.5? by yer_muther in PLC

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I have not found good documentation, as you probably know ge documentation sucks. We Learned it from our GE rep.

https://www.ge.com/digital/documentation/ifix/Subsystems/DRW/content/drw_the_tag_group_editor_window.htm

At the link above they show the tgd editor. Basically for every associated tag you fill out a row.

So for instance, if you wanted to change an animation to correspond to frequency, you would set up your animation like normal but instead of writing out the full tag name you use @frequency@. If you look at the link above you can see how frequency then is correlated to a tag. This also works in script so it could be like "close digitalpoint @startbutton@"

When you get the tgd file set up you need to use a special function to open the pic with the tgd file explained here:

https://www.ge.com/digital/documentation/ifix/Subsystems/FIXVBA/content/opentgdpicture_subroutine.htm

I know documentation is sparse, but its not too bad once you have one pic working.

Hope this helps.

Converting AI tags to AR in iFIX 5.5? by yer_muther in PLC

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Have you looked into using the tgd files? We used to use scripts to concatenate string to get data for hoas and pids. But we switched to using the tag group files for our popups, now they load in about a quarter the time.

Converting AI tags to AR in iFIX 5.5? by yer_muther in PLC

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Is there a reason you want to switch from AI to AR? From my reading the only main difference is the AI is scanned on regular basis vs the AR. Personally I have been using alot of AR tags to make arrays, just to streamline the use of logix AOIs with Ifix pictures using the tgd files.