Appendix

E

Data Acquisition, Logging, and Display

Program

This appendix describes the RTU-based Data Acquisition, Logging, and Display Program software, which is provided on the Micro PLC software diskettes. Note that not all of the capabilities of the Display software described here are available when it is used with multiple Micro PLCs on a Micro PLC Net (see below).

Features

The Data Acquisition, Logging, and Display Program software provides the following capabilities for your Micro PLC system:

HData acquisition and display from Micro PLCs.

HEasy to make screen displays (no programming) with embedded/updating data.

HMultiple screens can be created, and called up with a single keystroke for display.

HLogging of ªout of rangeº data to disk.

HWriting of banks of registers (recipes) to the PLC from diskette. The register bank data is created with a text editor, and may be documented as part of the file.

HManual interrogation of remote devices allowing debug of the communications network,and/orRTU driver devices.

HDisplay of pre±programmed messages (stored in the computer) based on register contents in a remote device.

Note

This free software is provided ªas± isº. GE Fanuc makes no warranty of any kind with respect to this software.

GE Fanuc does not expect to provide enhancements or modifications to this program.

You are free to use this program in any way you wish, except that you should not use this program in a critical application, and you are not authorized to distribute copies.

Do not call requesting support for this program.

Using the Display Software with Micro PLC Net

Creating a network with multiple Micro PLCs requires the Micro PLC Net product described in the Micro PLC User's Guide. The MICRONET software establishes a point-to-point communications link with only one device at a time. Therefore, a system using the Display software on a Micro PLC Net can only communicate with one device at a time. To establish communications with different devices, it is necessary to return to DOS and re-invoke the MICRONET software to make each new connection.

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