Passing through from one PLC to another?

[STEM Apps]

Somehow I thought with all the ports and protocols available that I could pass a word from one PLC through the C-More to another PLC. Coming up dry though. I see nothing in the docs now that would indicate you can actually do this.

I was thinking of creating an <INTERNAL> word and message write from one PLC and message read from the other PLC.

Anyone got a kludge for this? Anyone been there done that?

Details: DL05 serial DirectNet to C-More EA9-T10WCL to Do-More BX-DM1E-x Do-More Ethernet (Built-in Memory only). Wish to pass a word from Do-More to DL05 and vice versa for another word.

[STEM Apps]

Hey.. figured it out. Read a bit in the DoMore to turn on a bit in the DL05 through the C-More.
C-More Event manager, math,
Create first math event WRITE_TO_DL05_ON, tag-1 READ_C221_DM, bit state ON, then add action "tag" (erase alarm) WRITE_C771_DL05, write state ON.
Create second math event event WRITE_TO_DL05_OFF, tag-1 READ_C221_DM, bit state OFF, then add action "tag" (erase alarm) WRITE_C771_DL05, write state OFF.
Voila!
Some latency but doesn't matter in this case. Would make sure that the bit has at least a 500ms pulse and perhaps more depending on the data load to the DL05.

[HMI Eng]

Have you looked at The Event Manager Tag Copy? If you have two Devices, then you can copy from one tag associated with one device to a tag of another device.

[MikeN]

Glad you were able to make a workaround.

While it costs money, the ECOM100 for DL05/DL06 works extremely well for talking to a BRX. You can use built in instructions for read and write to DirectLogic PLCs. If you want to talk between them without copying through an intermediary then this is a very easy and seamless way to do it.

[STEM Apps]

Thanks for your comments! The DL05 already has an analog side card installed so I couldn't add another unfortunately. I have used the ECOM100 with success in other setups. I also did look at the tag copy. It's kind of the same thing. After trying the tag and then trying the math with equal results I just didn't bother to go back to the tag copy.

[kewakl]

After trying the tag and then trying the math with equal results I just didn't bother to go back to the tag copy.

Equal results, including the latency?

[STEM Apps]

Yup. Same latency @ 9600 serial plus the other tags overhead. Just remember you need two events. One to send the on bit and one to send the off bit conditions.