The baud rate is correct...Thanks. I finally got ahold of a rockwell tech who knew what he was doing and helped me until we got it working. It was a problem referencing the aliases to the correct tags. The PLC is now communicating! Thanks for all of your help.
Benn
I am setting up on rack 6 on the plc. I am sending an ascii string via block transfer write from rslogix 5 to a block transfer read inside the communication setup of rsview. I have set up an alias under the block transfer and have created a string display referencing the alias created under...
Sorry, that might make it easier huh? I am connecting RIO with the blue hose. I have tried it with the clear and blue wires switched, with / without the resistor, seems like everything. I don't know if it is in the panelview communication setup or with what.
I am trying to connect a panelview plus 400 to a PLC 5/60. I can't seem to get the PLC to recognize the panelview at all. I am new at this (I've been an engineer for only a couple of months) and can't seem to figure out what is wrong. If anyone knows I would appreciate any ideas you might...