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RE: can I change the direction of a PowerFlex 70 using a digital input?

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Dec 17, 2023 03:54:00 PM
Found In Egroup: Drives, Motion Control & Low Voltage Products \ view thread
Thanks Philip, That is a big help! As a side question, would you happen to know if this PF70 (20AD1P1C3AYNNNC0) I'm working with supports a means by which I could upload all of its parameter settings onto my PC? I figure before I make any changes, I'd like to make sure I have a full backup. Im hoping ...

can I change the direction of a PowerFlex 70 using a digital input?

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Dec 17, 2023 01:18:00 PM
Found In Egroup: Drives, Motion Control & Low Voltage Products \ view thread
Hi, I have been asked to implement what I hope might be a fairly simple change to the way two PowerFlex 70 drives are controlled. The exactly model I would be working with is 20AD1P1C3AYNNNC0. These PF70 drives are used in a roll-to-roll web handling application for web tension control. The ...

RE: PanelView 2711-T10C3 blue screen verification / autotest error at startup

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Oct 25, 2023 10:35:29 AM
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I agree with the advantages of migration. This is similar to something I have run into many times. This is an old PanelView communicating with 10 old MicroLogix 1000 controllers that control an old 10 station UV curing system (no longer supported by the manufacturer) on an old printing press (also no ...

RE: PanelView 2711-T10C3 blue screen verification / autotest error at startup

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Oct 25, 2023 10:13:22 AM
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Thanks Fuzzy, I had someone touch and release every touch cell and then restart. We were lucky and at least for now, the issue went away! I recommended that if this is an important machine, they should probably get another refurbished one of these PanelView's on hand. I imagine there is no way to ...

RE: PanelView 2711-T10C3 blue screen verification / autotest error at startup

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Oct 25, 2023 09:23:07 AM
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Thanks Fuzzy, The picture below shows a picture I took 3-4 weeks ago of the failed unit, before we replaced it with a refurbished unit. On this failed unit, the Fault Light was blinking Red and it behaved as though no valid application was present. Regardless, I was still able to upload the original ...

PanelView 2711-T10C3 blue screen verification / autotest error at startup

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Oct 25, 2023 08:42:00 AM
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Hi, About 3 or 4 weeks ago, I was trying to help restore an application from a PanelView 2711-T10C3 that had stopped working. I was able to use the WinPFT File Transfer Utility to upload the .PVA file from the failed PanelView and then download the .PVA file to a refurbished PanelView. I was working ...

RE: Software to upload & download application to/from PanelView 2711-T10C3

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Oct 12, 2023 11:02:24 AM
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Hi Philip, I am happy to report that after using the WinPFT File Transfer Utility (using a 3rd party 1747-UIC) to upload the .PVA file (10LAMP.PVA) from the "failed" PanelView (which was showing Error 1110 - No Valid Application), I was able to download this .PVA file to the refurbished PanelView that ...

RE: Software to upload & download application to/from PanelView 2711-T10C3

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Oct 02, 2023 01:16:36 PM
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Hi Philip, Please ignore my previous question. I was able to establish communication over DH485 with the PanelView and with all of the MicroLogix controllers on both machines (one on which the PV is working and one on which it isn't). I uploaded from the working PV first, and chose to use the original ...

RE: Software to upload & download application to/from PanelView 2711-T10C3

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Oct 02, 2023 09:53:08 AM
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Thank you Philip, I arrived on site this morning, hoping to try the 1747-UIC with a new 1747-C13 cable I made myself. It turns out that the 1747-UIC that was purchased by my customer is not an authentic AB part. It is a third party "reproduction" from a company called plccable.com. This rather than ...

RE: Software to upload & download application to/from PanelView 2711-T10C3

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Oct 01, 2023 10:15:54 AM
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Thanks Philip, That is a very big help. QA58061 mentions that "PanelView Standard terminals contain a real time clock module. That module contains a battery in a socket for the real time clock and static ram for parameters and configuration information." This makes me think that if the battery did ...

RE: Software to upload & download application to/from PanelView 2711-T10C3

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Sep 30, 2023 05:32:15 PM
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Thank you Philip, I had a chance to visit the site where this PanelView is located. I learned that after their old unit had failed and they had purchased a refurbished unit, the first step they took was moving the control board from the failed unit to the refurbished unit, hoping that if it was only ...

RE: Software to upload & download application to/from PanelView 2711-T10C3

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Sep 29, 2023 05:44:18 AM
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Thanks Philip, If I were to buy a 3rd party PCMCIA card, should I be concerned about an upper limit to the storage capacity? Doing an online search makes me think that ones with higher capacity are now more prevalent than those with lower capacity. For example, I found this one that is described as ...

RE: Software to upload & download application to/from PanelView 2711-T10C3

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Sep 28, 2023 01:13:00 PM
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Thanks Philip, That sounds promising. I will ask someone on site to look and see if either the working or the the failed unit have a PCMCIA card installed. If they do not and I want to get one, is there anything "Rockwell / Allen-Bradley" specific about the cards that work with these PanelViews? Or ...

Software to upload & download application to/from PanelView 2711-T10C3

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Sep 28, 2023 08:40:00 AM
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Hi, A company that I am affiliated with has a machine with a PanelView 2711-T10C3. It failed and they purchased a refurbished unit. Obviously, the refurbished unit does not have the application on it that serves as the interface to the machine. They have a more or less identical machine on which ...

RE: Using PIDE for tension control in roll-to-roll web handling application

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Sep 21, 2022 10:41:00 AM
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Thanks Bob, Your point is well-taken. Given my known cyclic (once per revolution) variation of my PV even with a fixed CV, I just can't think of an advantage of having my PIDE chase this variation. I'd be afraid that as soon as my PV indicated an increase in tension, the PV would naturally be on the ...

RE: Using PIDE for tension control in roll-to-roll web handling application

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Sep 20, 2022 02:00:00 PM
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Thanks Philip, That helps a lot. Let's say data from my customer indicates that CV = 10% results in their desired tension at max diameter and that CV = 5% results in their desired tension at minimum diameter. I would then come up with a formula to control the value of a tag named CV_FF such that CV_FF ...

RE: Using PIDE for tension control in roll-to-roll web handling application

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Sep 19, 2022 01:36:00 PM
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Thank you Phillip and Keith for your replies, and I apologize for my delay in following-up. As Keith suggested, I think executing my PIDE more slowly and filtering (or averaging) the tension signal to prevent the PIDE from trying to control my once per revolution anomaly will help my cause. ...

RE: Using PIDE for tension control in roll-to-roll web handling application

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Aug 26, 2022 11:31:00 AM
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Hi Phillip, Will, Pradeep, Chip, and Bob, Thank you all for your helpful replies. I agree with Bob and Phillip that the process as I have described it may not warrant closed loop PID control, and the periodic (once per revolution) variation in my PV even with a fixed CV will likely make tuning a PID ...

Using PIDE for tension control in roll-to-roll web handling application

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Aug 22, 2022 02:59:00 PM
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Hi, I am trying to use PIDE loops (in a ControlLogix PLC) for tension control on a roll-to-roll web handling machine. This machine has a two unwinds and two rewinds that are used and controlled in different ways, but I will try to simplify my question by limiting it to one particular unwind. ...

Are pre-engage discussions (from over 1-1/2 years ago) still available?

Posted By PAUL KRAEMER Aug 22, 2022 01:12:00 PM
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Hi, I have not used the Rockwell online forums for over a year and a half. I don't think the platform was called "Engage" the last time I used them. I logged on today hoping I could find a few discussions I had started and received helpful replies for. I have not had any luck finding them. I was hoping ...