JimChico (Customer) asked a question.
Accessing physical outputs of Productivity 2000 on a C-More EA9-T12CL
I'm able to export/import the tags from the P-2000 to the C-more and all the tags are there and seem valid including the physical DO outputs. I have the HMI connected to the P-2000 program on my computer over ethernet running the simulator. The outputs seems to be working normally on the simulator when monitoring but no state change is seen on the HMI. I don't have the physical PLC ready to run yet so I don't know if it will be a problem. Is this a simulator problem or will my HMI have issues when connected to the actual P-2000 if using direct links to physical outputs?
The C-More simulation does not access external data. You must toggle the states in the table provided to see the effect on the simulated screen. It won't access a running Productivity simulation.
Changed reply to "does not'
I'm not using a C-more simulation, it's an actual, physical HMI connected to a P2000 simulation.
Sorry, I misunderstood. I know that the DoMore emulator can provide info but I don't know to what extent the Productivity product provides the same.
I am not sure on the answer to your question specifically about the simulators and sending out external traffic to interact with each other. However, I did want to point out that you should not be trying to control physical outputs directly on and off from the HMI. You should always interact with control bits, and those control bits in your PLC interact with the PLCs physical outputs.
Thanks, but I'm only trying to display status of an output, not control it from the HMI. I know I could easily add additional internal bits to get around the problem but I just trying to keep things as simple as possible. I suspect this is just a simulator problem and it'll work fine with the physical PLC.