Usually the problem manifests itself as a certain font not being found in EBPro, even though it is installed in the Windows Fonts folder. The solution is to: The font needs to be deleted and reinstalled, but this time they need to install for all users (see below). Then restart EBPro and it should show…
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One issue that can cause the HMI to freeze or respond very slowly is large graphics in the HMI program. This requires extra processing by the CPU to resize the graphics when the windows change. If you have imported custom graphics into the Picture Library, make sure they are properly sized before importing into the…
There are multiple ways to toggle a bit in MAPware7000, One option is to use the Toggle bit in the “Quick Buttons” menu or the Toggle bit task available for screens and task buttons. Another option is to use logic. If you want to use a momentary input, as seen in the figure below, to…
Read More How to set / reset ( latch ) a bit or coil in Native Ladder logic
In the Native Ladder programming environment, there are multiple ways to set a bit. One option is to set a bit from the screen using buttons and tasks. Another option is to use logic. You can use the following logic to create the latch: The Device Set and Reset instructions (Special Instructions > Data Processing) to…
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1. Connect a USB flash drive to HMI. The Download/Upload window pops up. 2. Select “Upload” and then “Upload History Files,” then enter the password (default: 111111) and click OK. 3. In the “Pick a Directory” window, click the + sign in front of usbdisk and select the “disk_a_1” directory. Click…
To display the entire string the number of words needs to be set in the ASCII display object. On the general tab of the ASCII object’s properties window click on the address settings button: Set the number of words to display, this field controls the length of the string to display: There are two characters…
This depends on the driver. Some drivers will allow you to configure the word order globally for the driver. This would be done from a Data Conversion button on the Device Settings window. In EBPro go to <i>Home > System Parameters > Device > Settings… > Data Conversion. The Modbus driver has options to swap…
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Method 1: The GetData and SetData functions can be used to transfer data from one tag to another in a macro. Use GetData to grab the value from one tag and store it in a variable, then use SetData to move the data from the variable into the other tag. Use the Get/Set FN tool…
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The Online Simulator in EBPro has a built-in limit of 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, the Online Simulator will stop communicating with the PLC and the “Device no response” message will pop up. Simply close the simulator and restart it for another 10 minute session. Note: There is not a way to bypass or extend…
To get the HMI into portrait mode: First, make sure the HMI project was created in portrait mode.Second, go into the System Settings window on the HMI and make sure it is set to 90 degrees or 270 degrees orientation. Finally, cycle power on the HMI for the setting to take effect. Note: It is…
For PLCs with fixed addressing like the Allen-Bradley MicroLogix Series, data must be stored in consecutive registers in order to sample multiple data points and store the data in a single datalog file so that multiple channels can be displayed in a Trend Display or History Data Display. For tag-based PLCs like the CompactLogix, create…
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The issue could be related to the firmware version on the PLC. Currently, Get Tag Info seems to work with firmware v20 and v24 but not anything higher. If this is the case we recommend importing the tags using the *.L5K. Instructions to do this can be found in this Help Topic.