Question: Is it possible to establish communication with Siemens’ PLC S7-300 by using Siemens’ “softnet” software? Solution: Yes, it is possible. The “softnet” software works as an OPC server, and…
Question: How can I use the driver to visualize the communication status? Solution: In the driver’s folder, there is an icon called TagBrowser. This object has several I/O drivers from…
Question: How does Driver starts in listen mode option behave when enabled? Solution: Listen Mode happens when the driver is able to ‘listen’ to the connection of another master/slave. The…
Question: Can I use two PLCs working in redundancy with the same driver? Solution: Yes. To do so, you must enable the option BackUpAddress on IOKit’s Ethernet tab, and insert…
Question: How can I stop tag count on a Counter Tag briefly? Solution: To do so, just set ResetCounterWhenEnabled property as False and, in the desired event, execute two scripts:…
Question: How can I establish communication between Elipse’s supervisory systems (Elipse SCADA or E3) and the device via Profibus DP protocol? Solution: To establish communication with a Profibus network, it…
Question: Can I access IOKit‘s options via application? Solution: Yes, you can. In E3 Studio, when the driver is open, you will just have to access the option Tag Browser.…
Question: Can I export a driver’s I/O tags to a list in Excel format? Solution: Yes, you can. To do so, you must right-click the driver object and choose the…
Question: How does Elipse Software’s supervisory systems’ communication via GPRS work? Solution: With Elipse’s systems, communication via GSM is transparent. Just configure the proper driver and, on its properties settings,…
Question: How can I alter a driver’s timeout dynamically via a setpoint on the application’s screen? Solution: To do so, you must add IOTimeOutMs property (in IOKit’s Parameters folder) to…