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The Seymour CM5 HMI programming
software will allow tags to be imported
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This can save you hours of work when establishing
communications with different PLC controllers
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Instead of creating the labeled tags in the PLC and the HMI,
we can export them from the PLC and import them into the HMI
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This saves you time, money, and mistakes. We
will be exporting tags from the ClickPLC Starts
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circuit. The exported tags will be imported
into our HMI program. We will program a start
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stop jog circuit on our Seymour CM5 HMI
screen. Let's get started. Detailed information
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description below. If you have not watched
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the description below that will start you at
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the series as well. Modification of Click
PLC Program for CM5HMI. For the Seymour CM5
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HMI to communicate with the Click PLCs, we
have to choose the method of communication
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and modify the program so we can control the
PLC through the HMI or locally at the PLC
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Using the Click programming software, open the Start Stop jog
circuit. Connect online to the existing code to the controller
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We cover this in the Click PLC series. Select the system configuration to see
the physical inputs and outputs. A common mistake is to assume that we can
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change the physical inputs and outputs of the PLC
with the HMI. The PLC constantly scans the logic
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updates the physical inputs, and sets the
outputs. This happens hundreds of times a second
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The HMI will typically communicate 10 to 100
times a second, which is a slower communication
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What we usually do from the HMI is to set internal
bits only controlled by the HMI and use these
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in series or parallel to the existing contacts in the PLC. We will create the following
three inputs to control our Start-Stop jog circuit from the Seymour CM5 HMI screen
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C HMI Start C HMI Stop and C HMI Jog Note reading the output status of the PLC with
HMI is done without modifying the PLC logic because it not trying to control it
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Once our logic has been modified,
transfer the new ladder logic to the PLC
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Call up the Com port settings for our Ethernet
port of the ClickPLC and note the IP address
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Export program tags from the ClickPLC
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We will now export the ClickPLC program
tags to a CSV or comma-separated value file
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This is sometimes referred to as a flat file. We will
export all of the inputs and outputs that have a NICTALC
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and outputs that have a nickname assigned to them. On the main menu,
select file, export, nickname. This will now call up the Save As window
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We will leave the default name and select Save As. The export
database window will be displayed, indicating complete, select OK
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We can call up the CSV file we
downloaded in Windows Notepad
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You'll see all of the Click PLC tags with a nickname.
Start a new project in the Seymour HMI programming software
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a new program using the Seymour HMI version 8.14 programming software. Select
the start icon on the main menu. The start of project window will be displayed
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Enter a project name and select the panel type
we are programming. In our case this is the
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CM5 We will keep the orientation in landscape mode which is the default The PLC protocol
will be set for Automation Direct and then Click Ethernet Select the Protocol Setup button
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This will call up the Protocol Manager window
for the Automation Direct Click Ethernet
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We will enter the ClickPLC's IP address and
leave all the other settings as the default
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Select OK. Import the Click PLC
tags into the Seymour CM5 HMI
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We can now import the ClickPLC tags that we
saved previously. Select Main menu, File, import
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We can then select Tag Name Database.
The open window will be displayed
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Select the tag CSV file that we
saved for the ClickPLC. Select Open
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The import tag name database from Excel
slash CSV file window will be displayed
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The CSV format will automatically detect this is a Click PLC. Our device
will be DEV-001 for which we set the IP address and the Click PLC
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The protocol will be shown for the device,
the Automation Direct Click Ethernet
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This ensures that we have selected the correct device. The appended text
option can be helpful if you want to add tag information for our import tags
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This is ideal if you have multiple
devices connect to the HMI
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Overwrite existing tags can be used to update the
existing tags in our HMI based on modifications
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made in the PLC program. Select Import. The Seymour HMI window
will be displayed indicating that the import was completed
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Select OK. View the tags imported by selecting
the main menu database, tag name database
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The tag name database will now be displayed.
We can scroll through the tags import
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under the device name we specified. We can also use the filter option
in this window to narrow down the tags we would like to display
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Select OK. Program the Seymour CM5 HMI. We can now program
the Seymour CM5 HMI using the imported click PLC tags
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Our screen will have three indicator buttons representing the start stop and jog buttons All of these buttons will
be momentarily on when they momentarily on when they are pressed We will also add an indicator for the motor output
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The programming was previously explained in
the post, first program Seymour CM5 series HMI
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Transfer and test the Seymour HMI, click PLC program. Select
Project Transfer, Control Plus T, from the main menu icon
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The project transfer window will be displayed. If the
HMI unit is not shown, then select the Browse button
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This will provide you with the Ethernet Connection Setup
window that will display all of the HMI units on your network
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Select the connection you like to use and select OK. Select the
transfer button. Our program will now be transferred to the HMI unit
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An indication will be shown that the transfer was OK. Select OK.
We can now operate the Seymour CM5 HMI and control the Click PLC
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The ability to import ClickPLC Tags into a Seymour HMI project is a valuable feature that
can exploit your development process and improve the overall efficiency of your project
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Automating the tag creation process allows you to focus on designing and deploying
your HMI interface without getting bogged down in manual tag configuration
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Now that you know how to import ClickClC tags for
your HMI, learn how to program the Click PLC quickly
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