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    Serial data from PLC to file, is VB the tool ?

    Hi, as a PLC programmer with no (yet) experience of VB, I could do with some guidance. I have an app to develop that will take an ASCII text string (from a PLC) from the serial COM port and save it as a file, the file name being sequentially numbered (0000-9999) with a .prd extension. Once at...
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    Step 7 v5.3 Licence Manager

    I have just read that the licence manager for v5.3 differs greatly from the old AUTHORSW disk method of authorisation. The Siemens blurb says that you can now have s7 installed on as many PC's as you like and you only pay for the number of licences required for simultaneous users. Surely this...
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    simatic panel pc 670 HELP !!

    Lost the power supply to one of these units, anybody got a pin-out then I can use a standard pc supply. Power supply is A5E00104867
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    SIEMENS S7-200 USS comms

    Hi all, Struglling to find documentation or examples for comms between a Simatic S7-200 and sone drives using USS protocol. Anybody point me in the right direction ?
  5. dazmac

    STEP 5 SF TIMER PROBLEM

    Urgent problem with an SF off-delay timer in Step 5. I've got an output that starts an SF timer , The timer is set to run on 1 second after the output stops- this happens OK, but the output is remaining on after the time has elapsed - this is different to the explanation in the S5 help files !!!
  6. dazmac

    WINCC manual

    Anybody know a good resource for WinCC self-teaching ? I have the config and comms manual on CD-ROM, but it's bloody awful to read. Any good 3rd party books ?
  7. dazmac

    SYMPHONY ELMO DRIVE

    Hi, I'm working on a problem on a machine that uses 3 ELMO symphony SYM8/270R drives. A safety relay drops the mains power to the drives, but a 24v "keep warm" circuit keeps the processor alive to retain positions / memory etc. This 24v supply is present but the unit dies when mains...
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    ELMO SYMPHONY DRIVE

    Hi, I'm working on a problem on a machine that uses 3 ELMO symphony SYM8/270R drives. A safety relay drops the mains power to the drives, but a 24v "keep warm" circuit keeps the processor alive to retain positions / memory etc. This 24v supply is present but the unit dies when mains...
  9. dazmac

    SIEMENS WS 496 KEYBOARD (WF470)

    Hi, I run a process using S5-115 plc with WF470 graphic card and WS 496 keyboard (Siemens part no 6FM1496-1BB20). I could do with a spare keyboard, part is obsolete. Anybody upgraded from WF470 and got a spare or know where there may be one ? Thanks Darren
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    SHORE HARDNESS

    Help ! I'm an electrical engineer and have a large desk - this enables things outside of my field to land on it !! I'm using vulcalon inserts on tablet press tooling, I just don't understand the Shore scale of hardness. Any explanation ? Thanks in advance

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