We are currently using Wonderware FactorySuite2000 to develop a control
system for a granite construction company. We have 50 to 60 conveyors on the system and for each conveyor there will be a control menu with start/stop/jog/inc.-dec. speed options and confirmation windows.
The tags are created so that one will be same for each conveyor (C#_ ).
Not willing to create a control menu and confirmation windows for each conveyor, is there a way to call the tag groups as you do with Intellution Dynamics or Citect?

[Whenever one touches on a conveyor display, a control menu for that conveyor will be called, and if "start" button is pressed, then a
confirmation screen which sets the necessary bits will pop up for that
specific conveyor.]

Thanks in advance.

Ezerhan

 

Ezerhan
All you need to do is use indirect tags on your control menus and when you load the menu, change the .Name field of the indirect tags with the real tagnames relevant to the conveyor you want to control.

Eg Conv_Start_Fwd_Cmd.Name = C12_Start_Fwd_Cmd
Indirect Tag I/O Tag

Hence any changes to the indirect tag also changes the I/O tag.

Hope this is clear and helpful

Neil Patey
[email protected]

 

That is one of the features of InTouch. Using indirect tags and a common start/stop pop up window will accomplish what you want to do.

 

Ezerhan,

Yes there is a way. It is called indirect addressing and is a standard feature of InTouch. You may also want to read up on Super Tags - another standard feature of InTouch that saves time in defining tag structures that can be modeled after a particular pattern. Both features are described in the InTouch User's Guide that accompanies the software.

Steve Jaeckels
GS Systems
262-786-0100

 

The syntax for assigning indirects is:
Conv_Start_Fwd_Cmd.Name = C12_Start_Fwd_Cmd.Name
or
Conv_Start_Fwd_Cmd.Name = "C12_Start_Fwd_Cmd"

The .Name field expects a string which is the name of the actual tag to
point to.

John Stephenson
Project Manager
Systems Interface Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Patey <[email protected]>

> Ezerhan
> All you need to do is use indirect tags on your control menus and
> when you load the menu, change the .Name field of the indirect tags with
> the real tagnames relevant to the conveyor you want to control.
>
> Eg Conv_Start_Fwd_Cmd.Name = C12_Start_Fwd_Cmd
> Indirect Tag I/O Tag
>
> Hence any changes to the indirect tag also changes the I/O tag.
>
> Hope this is clear and helpful