Host Engineering Forum
 
*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
May 22, 2012, 02:53:07 pm


Login with username, password and session length


Pages: [1]
  Print  
Author Topic: Using change value and data view  (Read 541 times)
at6c
Newbie
*
Posts: 2


« on: January 30, 2010, 10:28:00 am »

I setting up a PLC to control a lathe spindle motor.  I tried using debug but I couldn't change any of the values.  I resorted to using physical I/O's to test the program which works fine.  Now I would like to know why I can't get debug to change the I/Os.  If I select change value in run mode the input is read (off).  I select write button to change value to on the value doesn't change.  Same in data view, read/writes are enabled so is override.  Why doesn't the input value change?  What have I missed.  Thanks.
George
Logged
PLCGuy
Internal Dev
****
Posts: 334



« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2010, 10:53:41 am »

It has been awhile since I did what you are asking, but I think you need to goto Options, then click on Override Bits. You are talking about X or Y bits? To change the Y bit status make sure nowhere in the program you are resetting or holding them to a certain state. The option idea is for forcing the X bits.
Logged
b_carlton
Internal Dev
****
Posts: 388



WWW
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2010, 11:10:03 am »

The override function is only available from a dataview. The 'change value' button won't let you do an override.

Are you clear why an override is needed and what it does?
Logged

An output is a PLC's way of getting its inputs to change.
at6c
Newbie
*
Posts: 2


« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2010, 01:14:19 pm »

Guys thanks for the replies.  I got it to work, but I am not sure why it didn't respond before.  Your responses got me to go through the setup again and maybe I missed something the first ten or eleven times.  Slow mind and fast fingers are a bad combination.  Thanks again.
George


Logged
Pages: [1]
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.16 | SMF © 2011, Simple Machines

Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS! Dilber MC Theme by HarzeM