Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 9

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Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 9

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The final code will be completed for the program. If you want a link to download the complete code, go to the contact page and put a Robust Logger Program in the description.


The actual code that will be seen will be in italics. This way, you can pick out the code from the commentary.

Private Sub Form_Load()
MbusStatus = 0
ProductionPointerNow = 10
MinutePointerNow = 660
End Sub
 
When our form loads, the MbusStatus will be set to 0. This will control all of the communications to the Do-More PLC. The ProductionPointerNow and the MinutePointerNow will be used to determine where we are in getting data.
Here are our declarations for the program.
Dim MbusQuery
Public MbusResponse As String
Dim MbusByteArray(255) As Byte
Public MbusStatus As Integer
Public ProductionPointer As Integer
Public ProductionPointerNow As Integer
Public MinutePointer As Integer
Public MinutePointerNow As Integer
Start Logging Button:
We will stop or ensure the timer between reads has been disabled.
We will then check the status of the Winsock. If it is not opened and ready to send, change the background color to indicate to the operator what is happening.
Note:  Winsock RemotePort = 502
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Timer1.Enabled = False’ Stop the interval between reads to the PLC
Dim StartTime
If Winsock1.State <> 7 Then
If (Winsock1.State <> sckClosed) Then
Winsock1.Close
End If
Winsock1.RemoteHost = Text1.Text’ Set IP Address
Winsock1.Connect
StartTime = Timer’ Use the timer to determine if a connection cannot be made.
Do While ((Timer < StartTime + 2) And (Winsock1.State <> 7))
DoEvents
Loop
If (Winsock1.State = 7) Then
Text1.BackColor = &HFF00& ‘Change the background color to green
Else
Text1.BackColor = &HFF ‘Change the background color to red
Exit Sub
End If
End If
Check the status of the Winsock. If we are good to go, determine the MbusStatus (0 to 9) and send a read or write a string to the PLC.
If (Winsock1.State = 7) Then
Select Case MbusStatus
Case 0, 2
‘Read all the Daily Production Values
MbusQuery = Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(6) + Chr(0) + Chr(3) + Chr((Val(ProductionPointerNow) \ 256)) + Chr(((Val(ProductionPointerNow) Mod 256) – 1)) + Chr(0) + Chr(20)
Case 3
‘Reset Daily Production Pointer to 30 (Write)
MbusQuery = Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(9) + Chr(1) + Chr(16) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(1) + Chr(2) + Chr(0) + Chr(30)
Winsock1.SendData MbusQuery
Case 4, 6
‘Read the Minute Log Pointer
MbusQuery = Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(6) + Chr(0) + Chr(3) + Chr(0) + Chr(1) + Chr(0) + Chr(1)
Case 5
‘Read all the Minute Log Values
MbusQuery = Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(6) + Chr(0) + Chr(3) + Chr((Val(MinutePointerNow) \ 256)) + Chr(((Val(MinutePointerNow) Mod 256) – 1)) + Chr(0) + Chr(20)
Case 7
‘Reset Minute Log Pointer to 670 (Write)
MbusQuery = Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(9) + Chr(1) + Chr(16) + Chr(0) + Chr(1) + Chr(0) + Chr(1) + Chr(2) + Chr(2) + Chr(158)
Winsock1.SendData MbusQuery
Case 8
‘Read the current Daily Production Values
MbusQuery = Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(6) + Chr(0) + Chr(3) + Chr(0) + Chr(9) + Chr(0) + Chr(20)
Case 9
‘Read the current Minute Log Values
MbusQuery = Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(0) + Chr(6) + Chr(0) + Chr(3) + Chr(2) + Chr(147) + Chr(0) + Chr(10) End Select
Winsock1.SendData MbusQuery ‘Send out the Modbus Information
Timer2.Enabled = True ‘Set the timeout timer for communications
Else
MsgBox (“Device not connected via TCP/IP”)
Exit Sub
End If
End Sub
 Retrieving the information from Winsock
 We first get all of the bytes of data from Winsock. Then we determine the MbusStatus and then handle the data appropriately.
Private Sub Winsock1_DataArrival(ByVal data length As Long)
Timer2.Enabled = False ‘Stop communications timeout timer
‘Get all the information from the data arriving
Dim B As Byte
Dim j As Byte
returnInfo = “”
For i = 1 To data length
Winsock1.GetData B
MbusByteArray(i) = B
returnInfo = returnInfo & B
Next
j = 0
On Error Resume Next
Select Case MbusStatus
Case 0
‘Read the Daily Production Pointer
ProductionPointer = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(10) * 256) + MbusByteArray(11)))
If ProductionPointer <> 30 Then
ProductionPointerNow = ProductionPointerNow + 20
MbusStatus = 1
Else
MbusStatus = 4
End If
Case 1
With Adodc1
.CommandType = adCmdTable
.RecordSource = “Production_Log”
.Refresh
.Recordset.AddNew
End With
‘Read all the Daily Production Values
Label18.Caption = Format$((Str((MbusByteArray(10) * 256) + MbusByteArray(11)) & “/” & Str((MbusByteArray(12) * 256) + MbusByteArray(13)) & “/” & Str((MbusByteArray(14) * 256) + MbusByteArray(15))), “yyyy/mm/dd”)
Label19.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(16) * 256) + MbusByteArray(17)) & Str((MbusByteArray(18) * 256) + MbusByteArray(19)))
Label20.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(20) * 256) + MbusByteArray(21)) & Str((MbusByteArray(22) * 256) + MbusByteArray(23)))
Label21.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(24) * 256) + MbusByteArray(25)) & Str((MbusByteArray(26) * 256) + MbusByteArray(27)))
Label22.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(28) * 256) + MbusByteArray(29)) & Str((MbusByteArray(30) * 256) + MbusByteArray(31)))
Label23.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(32) * 256) + MbusByteArray(33)) & Str((MbusByteArray(34) * 256) + MbusByteArray(35)))
Label24.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(36) * 256) + MbusByteArray(37))) / 10
Label25.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(38) * 256) + MbusByteArray(39))) / 10
Label26.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(40) * 256) + MbusByteArray(41))) / 10
Label27.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(42) * 256) + MbusByteArray(43))) / 10
Label28.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(44) * 256) + MbusByteArray(45))) / 10
With Adodc1
.Recordset.Update
.Recordset.MoveLast
.Refresh
End With ProductionPointerNow = ProductionPointerNow + 20
If ProductionPointer = ProductionPointerNow, Then
MbusStatus = 2
End If
Case 2
‘Read the Daily Production Pointer
ProductionPointer = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(10) * 256) + MbusByteArray(11)))
If ProductionPointer = ProductionPointerNow, Then
MbusStatus = 3
Else
ProductionPointerNow = ProductionPointerNow + 20
MbusStatus = 1
End If
Case 3
‘Reset Daily Production Pointer to 30 (Write)
If (MbusByteArray(8) = 16) And (MbusByteArray(12) = 1) Then
MbusStatus = 4
ProductionPointerNow = 10
Else
Text1.BackColor = &HFF
End If
With Adodc1
.CommandType = adCmdTable
.RecordSource = “Production_Log”
.Refresh
.Recordset.AddNew
End With
Case 4
‘Read the Minute Log Pointer
MinutePointer = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(10) * 256) + MbusByteArray(11)))
If MinutePointer <> 670 Then
MinutePointerNow = MinutePointerNow + 10
MbusStatus = 5
Else
MbusStatus = 8
End If
Case 5
With Adodc2
.CommandType = adCmdTable
.RecordSource = “Minute_Log”
.Refresh
.Recordset.AddNew
End With
‘Read all the Minute Values
Label29.Caption = Format$((Str((MbusByteArray(10) * 256) + MbusByteArray(11)) & “/” & Str((MbusByteArray(12) * 256) + MbusByteArray(13)) & “/” & Str((MbusByteArray(14) * 256) + MbusByteArray(15))), “yyyy/mm/dd”)
Label30.Caption = Format$((Str((MbusByteArray(16) * 256) + MbusByteArray(17)) & “:” & Str((MbusByteArray(18) * 256) + MbusByteArray(19)) & “:” & Str((MbusByteArray(20) * 256) + MbusByteArray(21))), “hh:nn:ss”)
Label31.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(22) * 256) + MbusByteArray(23)) & Str((MbusByteArray(24) * 256) + MbusByteArray(25)))
Label32.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(26) * 256) + MbusByteArray(27)))
With Adodc2
.Recordset.Update
.Recordset.MoveLast
.Refresh
End With MinutePointerNow = MinutePointerNow + 10
If MinutePointer <= MinutePointerNow, Then
MbusStatus = 6
End If
Case 6
‘Read the Minute Log Pointer
MinutePointer = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(10) * 256) + MbusByteArray(11)))
If MinutePointer = MinutePointerNow, Then
MbusStatus = 7
Else
MinutePointerNow = MinutePointerNow + 10
MbusStatus = 5
End If
Case 7
‘Reset Minute Log Pointer to 670 (Write)
If (MbusByteArray(8) = 16) And (MbusByteArray(12) = 1) Then
MbusStatus = 8
MinutePointerNow = 660
Else
Text1.BackColor = &HFF
End If
With Adodc2
.CommandType = adCmdTable
.RecordSource = “Minute_Log”
.Refresh
.Recordset.AddNew
.Refresh
End With
Case 8
‘Read the current Daily Production Values
Label18.Caption = Format$((Str((MbusByteArray(10) * 256) + MbusByteArray(11)) & “/” & Str((MbusByteArray(12) * 256) + MbusByteArray(13)) & “/” & Str((MbusByteArray(14) * 256) + MbusByteArray(15))), “yyyy/mm/dd”)
Label19.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(16) * 256) + MbusByteArray(17)) & Str((MbusByteArray(18) * 256) + MbusByteArray(19)))
Label20.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(20) * 256) + MbusByteArray(21)) & Str((MbusByteArray(22) * 256) + MbusByteArray(23)))
Label21.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(24) * 256) + MbusByteArray(25)) & Str((MbusByteArray(26) * 256) + MbusByteArray(27)))
Label22.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(28) * 256) + MbusByteArray(29)) & Str((MbusByteArray(30) * 256) + MbusByteArray(31)))
Label23.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(32) * 256) + MbusByteArray(33)) & Str((MbusByteArray(34) * 256) + MbusByteArray(35)))
Label24.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(36) * 256) + MbusByteArray(37))) / 10
Label25.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(38) * 256) + MbusByteArray(39))) / 10
Label26.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(40) * 256) + MbusByteArray(41))) / 10
Label27.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(42) * 256) + MbusByteArray(43))) / 10
Label28.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(44) * 256) + MbusByteArray(45))) / 10
With Adodc1
.Recordset.Update
.Recordset.MoveLast
End With MbusStatus = 9
Case 9
‘Read the current Minute Log Values
Label29.Caption = Format$((Str((MbusByteArray(10) * 256) + MbusByteArray(11)) & “/” & Str((MbusByteArray(12) * 256) + MbusByteArray(13)) & “/” & Str((MbusByteArray(14) * 256) + MbusByteArray(15))), “yyyy/mm/dd”)
Label30.Caption = Format$((Str((MbusByteArray(16) * 256) + MbusByteArray(17)) & “:” & Str((MbusByteArray(18) * 256) + MbusByteArray(19)) & “:” & Str((MbusByteArray(20) * 256) + MbusByteArray(21))), “hh:nn:ss”)
Label31.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(22) * 256) + MbusByteArray(23)) & Str((MbusByteArray(24) * 256) + MbusByteArray(25)))
Label32.Caption = Val(Str((MbusByteArray(26) * 256) + MbusByteArray(27)))
With Adodc2
.Recordset.Update
.Recordset.MoveLast
End With
MbusStatus = 0
End Select
Timer1.Enabled = True ‘Set the interval between the next communication
End Sub
The last thing that we do is save and compile the VB program. Please go to the contact page and put a Robust Logger Program in the description. I will be happy to send the complete program to you.
In part 10, we will display the information on a web server. We will use IIS and ASP to connect and actively display the information in the database.
If you have any questions or need further information, please get in touch with me.
Regards,
Garry

Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 1
Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 2
Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 3
Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 4
Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 5
Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 6
Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 7
Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 8
Now You Can Have Robust Data Logging for Free – Part 9



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