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Creating an external file with data
Created Date: August 08,2019
Created By: aferner
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I am still fairly new to automation direct software and I am attempting to write a data to a file to an external pc. The file can be of either a csv or just a notepad file. Is there a way to do this with the p3 series. What I have occurring right now is the hmi is writing the date and time of the event to an sd card, but I need it to go to an external device. It would also be preferred if the PLC did this instead of the HMI
Created Date: August 08,2019
Created by: aferner
I am still fairly new to automation direct software and I am attempting to write a data to a file to an external pc. The file can be of either a csv or just a notepad file. Is there a way to do this with the p3 series. What I have occurring right now is the hmi is writing the date and time of the event to an sd card, but I need it to go to an external device. It would also be preferred if the PLC did this instead of the HMI
Created Date: August 08,2019
Created by: Garry
The C-More is capable of FTP. You can set up a computer to automatically fetch the file on the C-More.
The productivity series can email the logged file. Some programs could automatically save the attached file to a network drive.
https://www.quantumautomation.com/uploads/7/3/8/8/7388264/15_may_2011_techcorner_-_vfd_cable_considerations.pdf
The above link will show you how to set up FTP on the C-More
https://accautomation.ca/horner-xl4-ftp-file-transfer-protocol-server/
This link will show you a batch file to read the FTP file automatically
Hope this helps you out.
Regards,
Garry