Posts made by MikeyH

Thank you for the help Jaroslav, I will try both the REXLANG and Windows solutions to see what happens.

How do I run the project on a Windows PC?

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Mike

Hi Jaroslav,

Thank you for the detailed reply. This makes sense to me now. Based on what you have said and how I understand it I have moved everything into one task. I forgot about the Modbus driver execution, I was also trying to reduce traffic but it sounds like that is all done for me

What I have now is one task with the below timings. Which is similar to what I would normally be using. A couple of questions though!

1. What is a good execution rate for RPi/Monarco driver?
2. What is a good execution rate for the Modbus driver?

Base tick = 20 ms (I have always use 20 ms on RPi and Monarco, I'm not sure if this is good or bad. But I have never had issues)
RPI - Raspberry Pi driver, factor = 1, i.e. execution period = 20 ms
MBM - Modbus RTU master, factor = 5, i.e. execution period = 100 ms
modbus_task, start = 0, stop = 1, factor = 1, i.e. execution period = 200 ms (I use 200 ms most of the time if I have one main task)

The PDF of timing layout makes a lot of sense and I would love to learn more. I am starting to use a lot of process models and think timing could start to be more important for me.

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Mike

Hi Jaroslav,

Trying what you suggested has mixed results. I remembered something you showed me awhile ago and looked at the log for just the driver read/write. See below for what the log is saying. This was done with no writing and three registers being read, 0x1000, 0x1010 and 0x1020.

0x1010 seems to return the same value as 0x1000. This shouldn't be the case, 0x1000 is correct though. I changed the read order in the configuration settings and 0x1010 started reading correctly, 0x1000 now does not and returns the same value as 0x1010. It seems hit or miss whether 0x1020 reads the correct value or not, the longer I run the simulation the more chance that 0x1020 reads correctly.

Why would changing the read order have an affect?

Could the CRC errors could also be causing this? The last byte is missing or being cut off. I still receive the correct value though.

3 registers being read (0x1000, 0x1010, 0x1020)

1 register being read (0x2010)

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Mike

Hi Jaroslav,

Files enclosed, I will try your suggestions by the end of the day hopefully. I have noticed if I use a larger block (INQUAD or INHEXD) I randomly pick up more registers further down.

This is also the same project I asked about best timing practice, https://forum.rexygen.com/topic/89/project-timing

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Mike

3_1579570165365_WDTL_HIL_exec.mdl 2_1579570165365_modbus_write_task.mdl 1_1579570165364_modbus_read_task.mdl 0_1579570165364_master_cfg.rio

Hi Jaroslav,

This seems to work, however I now get this error.

Also I only seem to received the first register, is that related to the above error?

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Mike

Hi All,

I'm looking more into execution timing of projects. I'm not sure what I'm asking matters to much but was wondering if there is a best practice/more sensible way of doing things.

What I've done is put two tasks onto "level 0", but have given them different execution factors. The first task runs with an execution factor of 3, the second a factor of 10 as I need both tasks to run at different times. Is this best practice or should the second task be moved to "level 1" and make it so "level 1" runs at my desired timing factor for that task?

For reference. The first task is writing to a slave device via Modbus as a rate of 0.6sec. The second task is reading from the same device via Modbus every 2sec and logging to a TRND block with the same timing factor.

I hope this makes sense!

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Mike

Thanks for the reply Jaroslav. How do I go about editing that? Is it through Linux, or a separate program?

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Mike

Hi Jaroslav,

This is all I have I'm afraid.

I can write to the device using the above configuration (Modbus RTU over USB to TTL). However when reading from it I get an echo, assuming from the it being single duplex. Can REXYGEN ignore the echo?

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Mike

Hello All,

I have a device that uses half-duplex and sends an echo back to the master (device running REXYGEN), causing an issue when reading registers. Can REXYGEN remove the echo that is reflected back to the master?

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Mike

Hi Jaroslav,

What would work but wouldn't I then have to use a PIDU block (or similar) for the main process control? I don't need the accuracy of a PID controller.

This is my current cooling solution.

I'm guessing keeping it simple now I require heating isn't so easy Other people need use this after myself so I trying to not over complicate it. But if I need to then I will, no problem.

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Mike

Hi All,

I’m trying to put together some control logic to both cool and heat using a dead band. Currently I’m using a CMP block for cooling, this works really well. Now need to add heating to this. I was think about using two relay blocks but I’m sure there is a better way.

Thoughts?

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Mike

Ok, thanks Jaroslav.

I'll use a combination of the ALB and what I currently have to achieve both. This way I'll get both live HMI and logged alarms.

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Mike

Hi Jaroslav,

That's perfect thank you, makes sense now. Is there a way I can get the alarm into the HMI. Currently I am using the "simple logger" to show strings for some alarms in the HMI. Can I link the ALB blocks to this somehow?

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Mike

Hi Jaroslav,

No, not causing an issue as such. Setting the LIN block in such a way fixes the problem and allows the fan to operate correctly.

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Mike

Hi All,

I'm using one of the PWM outputs on the HAT to drive a small DC fan. The fan takes it's 12Vdc (red) from the HAT (HAT is powered by 12Vdc) and obviously the fans common (black) goes back to the HAT's GND. The fan has a separate control wire (yellow) which requires 25kHz and controls buy 0-100% duty cycle. But the output polarity seems to be the reverse to what I need. See a (very bad) wiring diagram attached.

How can I reverse the output, so it goes from 0-100% duty and not 100-0%? I have had to change the settings in the LIN block I'm using to get it to work, see image of LIN block settings.

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Mike

Hi All,

I was just wondering what is the best way to log bools. I have 4 or 5 alarm states that I wish to log when they are active. But I don't wish to log them when they are not. Would the TRND block be best for this or would it need to sample at a high rate creating a large file.

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Mike

Hi Jaroslav,

Thank you for the help. I will give that a go and let you know what happens.

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Mike

Hi All,

If I have a CNR block in a subsystem, that I am using in a subsystem mask to give say a set point value. Can you still write a value to that CNR block via the HMI?

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Mike

Hi All,

Has anyone tried, or has working Rexygen on an ESP32?

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Mike

Hi Jaroslav,

That’s awesome, I will try this out during the week.

I’ll let you now how it goes.

Cheers

Mike