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Created Date: August 01,2007
Created By: bryannotbrian
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Hi everyone, I have a problem similar to "a agnone " who posted a topic recently. I am currently retrieving data from the plc using an ECOM100 from host engineering. I modified the Report-By-Exception program from their website to fit my needs but a Visual C++ program comes with the RBE program. Is there any way I can use port 2 on the plc to transfer data from the plc and then retrieve the data on my pc without having to use another programming language other than ladder logic? Thanks everyone! -Bryan
Created Date: August 01,2007
Created by: bcarlton
retrieve the data on my pc
The above is your problem. Something on the PC has to actively lsiten for the data being sent by the PLC in RBE. That 'something ' haas to be written in some language and that isn't ladder logic.
Created Date: August 01,2007
Created by: bryannotbrian
Thanks for clearing that up for me bcarlton. What if I want to connect the plc to a different pc that doesnt have Visual C++, would it be possible to use the C++ program without actually downloading Microsoft Visual C++ onto that computer?
Created Date: August 01,2007
Created by: bcarlton
The C++ program is only used to develop a program which can recieve the information. Once developed the resulting EXE file should be able to be used on any current Windows PC. But somebody, somewhere has to develop that program. Either you develop it or you buy something that someone else has written, such as the Dataworx software offered by AD.
Created Date: August 01,2007
Created by: bryannotbrian
Hi everyone,
I have a problem similar to "a agnone " who posted a topic recently. I am currently retrieving data from the plc using an ECOM100 from host engineering. I modified the Report-By-Exception program from their website to fit my needs but a Visual C++ program comes with the RBE program. Is there any way I can use port 2 on the plc to transfer data from the plc and then retrieve the data on my pc without having to use another programming language other than ladder logic? Thanks everyone!
-Bryan