I am working with Allen Bradley's Connected Component Workbench to program a Micro 830 Controller. I'm having an issue when I try to connect to the controller via USB. The USB never comes up in RSLinx even though Windows Device Manager says the driver is installed and working correctly. I am running Connected Components Workbench version 10.01.00 on a Windows 10 machine plugged directly into the Controller via USB and I know that I can connect to the PLC with another machine in the office. Is there still something I'm missing?
I had the same problem. Thing to try:
1) Most of Allen Bradley's equipment only work on a USB 2.0 or below. My computer has both 2.0 and 3.0 ports. Only 2.0 ports will talk to a 830 PLC.
2) Flow this guide:
https://theautomationblog.com/setup-micro800-usb-comms/
3) Download and install the newest version of RsLinx https://compatibility.rockwellautomation.com/Pages/MultiProductFindDownloads.aspx?crumb=112&refSoft=1&toggleState=&versions=51543
4) Call you local AB sales office and ask for help. If you stop by they will help you for free. All sales office have support people that help.
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I have PLC program written in Step7.
Also i have SCADA with OPC Server.
I want to simulate PLC with programm from Step7 and connect it to OPC Server, because i want SCADA testing.
Can I used Ste7 as PLC simulator, how can i do that ?
I founded some blog where what tutorial how to config Step7 and simulator, but doesn't work, this was very old tutorial.
As an alternative solution to the fine one from tonteria2424
You could try to load the program into a virtual S7-1500 and activate OPC-UA ..
Follow this 7 virtual steps (step7)
Download trial versions of simatic tia portal from
https://support.industry.siemens.com/
Google "S7-PLCSIM Advanced trial"
and "tia portal trial"
You need "STEP 7 Professional V14" SP1 + updates
and "SIMATIC S7-PLCSIM Advanced V1.0 SP1"
Then you can load your program into a virtual plc, connected to a virtúal network adapter and use the opc server(in the virtual plc) as a datasource for your scada and test it for 21 days.
PLCSim Advance can do networking, so testing can be close to "real life".
I have tested this setup many times.
if your scada cannot do opc ua... that was covered by the first answer ;)
(I did not know that NetToPlcSim was opc da capable)
//PerD
Please go the support Site of Siemens and narrow down your question. It is far too open.
But I guess that this might be your answer.
PLC SIM (for 300, 400 and 1200 and 1500) does not support externel connections. Only internal to their HMI/Scada on the same host.
I did what you want using PLCSIM + a free software called NetToPlcSim simulating S7 300.
I used Simatic step 7 v5.5 I don't know if it still works with newer versions
When connecting HoloLens via USB to my computer, the device portal is still not available after setting it up as explained in the install tools page.
All I get in the browser 127.0.0.1:10080 is the generic "unable to connect" page.
Is there any way to know what is failing? What could I check? Any tip will be appreciated!
EDIT: browsers used: Edge, Firefox and Chrome.
EDIT2: Hololens development mode is on.
Connecting over USB requires the PC be running IPoverUSB, which is installed with the Windows 10 SDK. You can verify that it's running by checking the Services tab of Task Manager for IpOverUsbSvc.
FYI, another resolution to this issue may be the USB port you are using.
I initially was using a USB 3 port (which I've used to flash my HoloLens many times) and had the same issues.
On a whim, I switched to an older USB2 port and it's working perfectly now. SO try different USB ports if you are having this issue.
First of all, there's a similar thread on OpenQNX posted years ago but the solutions don't really apply for me.
Having said that, I want to create an OS image of QNX 6.6.0 to put on a Compact Flash card. This card is plugged in an USB adapter which is connected to my host pc. I'm running Neutrino in a VM (VMware/VirtualBox) for which I enabled USB support. Generally, the adapter works fine under Win (current host) and Linux.
The (apparently out-dated) tutorial I was following stated to search for devices named umass* or hd* after connecting the USB adapter. But there aren't any (except for hd0).
See also "ls /dev" screenshot.
The processes devb-umass and io-usb are running. So I expect that the adapter is detected automatically.
Any suggestions what went wrong?
OK, it seems that I had to restart the usb driver 'devb-umass' (several times). When the card reader is already plugged-in during the booting the driver will not detect it autoamtically. Thus one has to unplug and plug it in again after the devb-umass was getting re-started. It also might have been that the Host Controller Driver (HCD) was set to 'ohci' instead of 'ehci'.
Everything is working now as expected.
(Thanks Tim from the OpenQNX forum! ;) )
We are developing an windows application which interacts with an USB device for data. The device driver is obtained from an third party.
Our application works well in all systems except two to three Windows 8 PC.
Problem seen in those 3 pcs were :
1) Driver for the Device is installed and found in device manager but couldn't initialize the USB device (During initialization, we create an interface for additional end point)
These kind of problem is not reproducible in our testing PC but only in our 3 customer PC (not all PCs!)
We cannot test our application in all PCs , tablets, (with windows 7, 8 etc..) in the market to ensure that it works.
So,My question here is, what test strategy (setup) should we follow to confirm that the our application works in all PCs tablets with windows version.
Any ideas?
#DavidGrayson : Yes you are correct, may be i'll give you more details: What type of PC should i use to test the driver... should i setup PCs with different USB Controllers? How about Windows driver kit that comes along Visual studio? Can we test third party driver with it?
I'm new to CE programming and I have a Marvel device PXA270 with Windows CE 5.0 installed. The device has one usb port.
I wonder if there's ANYTHING I can try to connect a 3G-HDSPA usb stick to it. When plugged it only recognises its folders as a pendrive would do, but no Internet.
Thx.
Forget it. To make it work you need OS support for it or a dedicated infrastructure that the cellular modem should provide for Windows CE 5.
To have cellular support you need Cellcore included in the OS and Windows CE 5 does not support it.
What you can do is start develop your own infrastructure for the device, but it will take you several months of work and that is if you have the Cellcore code from Windows CE 6 as a reference.
The short answer is that you must have a Windows CE driver for the device. Obviously it's a composite device that enumerates as a storage device and also whatever the radio is. Windows CE understands the storage device part and therefore loads up the driver for that. It has no idea what the radio is.
You would have to either get a driver from the OEM (they probably don't have one, though it's always worth checking) or write your own (you probably don't have enough info on the radio chipset to be able to do that).