Beginners Guide To Programming An HMI From Automation Direct
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2022
- I give you a brief introduction to programming the C-More HMI from Automation Direct. I'll show you from scratch how to set it up, and how to get it connected to a PLC. You'll get first hand knowledge from someone who uses these every day and has been using Automation direct products for almost a decade. Be sure to check out the amazing products that Automation Direct offers.
C-More EA9-T7CL-R
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Great video! Thanks! I have subscribed. I have an upcoming project setting up a HMI to an ancient SLC500... Hehe! The existent PLC program is twenty years old, and documented about as well as Mayan history, and probably in the same language. But we do know the goesintas and goesoutas so we may be able to pull it off. Gonna start with a one button 'auto' to 'manual' switch as proof of concept. There are no tags so I will have to find the Inputs and Outputs on function observation. It will take a while. I am going to use a C-more, probably the one in this video. Automation Direct has always made me look smarter than I really am. Don't tell anybody. I am retired, but guys like us don't ever really retire... We just consult off into the sunset.
Good work. Your a great educator thank you.
Glad to help. Thanks for the comment!
Very informational!!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment.
There's no need to open the tag DB to select a tag, simply type it in and it will predict it. If you do go to the tag DB there's no need for the double click, just single click and click OK to close the DB. Tag will be selected.
The pop-up is for manually adding tags and it's non-closure feature is nice. When using bits of word in C-More the tags need to be created manually, not having that close after each one speeds up the sequential process.
C-More involves far too many clicks, but these seems avoidable with the right work flow.
The all caps is a complaint, it also wrecks the find and replace. There's a few threads about it and the more folks that jump in there, the sooner it may get fixed.
I appreciate the insight, I was unaware that you didn't have to click apply. I'm aware of the predictive typing feature, just trying to gear this toward beginners. There's a few things I'd love to see changed, but they're still awesome panels with every feature you could want.
Big fan of AD, especially the Productivity series and C-More. After dealing with multiple generations of Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, Omron, Panasonic, and every other line at Automation Direct; I think Productivity is by far my favorite programming environment. The C-More's are incredibly capable, especially at the price point.
I default to the Productivity Series on everything nowadays! There'll be plenty of upcoming vids on them in near future. Thanks for the comment!
@@controlsfreak6328 I also now use them for everything. I'm glad they haven't been hit nearly as hard supply chain wise as everyone else yet. Most of my backorders have been within a month so far, except an 8 port Stride switch that took 6 months. Anyway, happy to up the engagement on this content, I'll try to share it around!
I'm still waiting on an 8 port Stride lol!
I just used a couple Click pluses paired with the new GS10 MicroDrives and it worked out really well.
@@controlsfreak6328 I'm not a huge fan of Click, but I can see where they have their place. I haven't used one in a couple of years, but the software felt very limited at the time. How are the GS10s? I have 2 15hp GS20s that are supposed to show up this week, but they're going to be glorified soft-starts. I have several GS1s that just run small conveyors, and a few of the GS4s in everyday use. Have you tried the SureServo2 stuff at all?
Hi, this is a great video for those who really want to learn C-more panel programming... small projects example like this can simplify learning..
. I am taking the opportunity to ask a question. I am doing a project using a DL06 PLC with a CTRIO module in it. I scaled the quadrature of an encoder input to be displayed in a c-more panel .. I am getting the scaled value in V2000 and V2001, but do not know load both values in the RLL in order to display it in the panel ... could you help me with some tips in how to do it...thanks so much in advance...
This may be a dumb question but at the 6:37 mark you are putting in the IP address of your PLC correct?
I am also struggling to connect my PC to my C-More, I manually changed the IP address to one that I think should work - I'm still confused about how IP addresses work exactly this is all a new world to me. But I am not even getting the option to select that device, I tried a variety of different IP addresses but can't seem to get anything to work. Do you have any ideas? I am seeing forms saying it may be something with my firewall.
Thanks
Do these screens work with Allen Bradley Micro800 series’s PLC’s?
Yes they do. Sorry for the delayed reply, I somehow missed your comment.
So, the PLC I have setup is communicating to the HMI (Shows when lights are ON). The HMI receives info from the PLC but the HMI does not seem to send anything to the PLC. For example, START button on HMI does not turn anything ON on the PLC, tag names are matching and as BOOL data type. The physical START button works fine. Any idea why it doesn’t work?
What brand of each?
Allen Bradley CompactLogix and EA9 HMI. Found the problem though. Turns out that even though physical start button and HMI start are supposed to do the same, they can’t have the same address input. Actually, for the HMI start, the address created in the PLC needs to be left blank, the names and BOOL are the only ones that need to match with the HMI tag name to work as an input.
Typically I'd convert my physical input into a bit and then that bit can be triggered from the button or the HMI.
Are these HMI’s compatible with the P1AM-100 and P1AM-200 productivity open arduino compatible CPU’s
That's a very good question. I've got one, let me try it and I'll let you know.
Awesome let me know and thank you.
Would you be willing to answer a few questions? I’m doing my first brx/cmore/sure servo 2 project
I'll do my best.
@@controlsfreak6328 do you have an email I can send a question to?
Are you familiar with the ATLAS HMI's from Automation Direct? Does it use the same software? Also thanks for posting!
Oops... just seeing now that the ATLAS are monitors, not HMI's
Correct, they're monitors, but they're touch monitors and they'll work with the C-More Headless HMIs which do use the same software.
SOME are touchscreens.