Touch Screen Monitor Program

[EWTexas]

I have a touch screen monitor (HMI) that I am tinkering with. It programs a series of tempurature controllers I have. I got it to talk to one controller but it doesn't pass on the info to 1 other controller I have attached for practice. Here is the code I have.

int range = 5;

while(State != 3)
{
	switch(State)
	{
		case 0:
			if((Abs(PV1-ActiveSP) < range)&&(Abs(PV2-ActiveSP1) < range)) // wait until PV is with range
			{
				State = 1;
				FinishTime = GetNow() + ActiveSoak;
			}
			break;

		case 1:
			if(GetNow() >= FinishTime)	
			{
				RunningStep++;
				State = 2;
			}
			break;
		case 2:
			if((SPs[RunningStep] == 0)&&(SPs1[RunningStep] == 0)&&
			(Ramps[RunningStep] == 0)&&(Ramps1[RunningStep] == 0)&&
			(Soaks[RunningStep] == 0)&&(Soaks1[RunningStep] == 0))
			{
				State = 3;
				CTL = 0;
				ActiveSP = 0;
			}
			else
			{
				State = 0;
				ActiveSP = SPs[RunningStep];
				ActiveRamp = Ramps[RunningStep];
				ActiveSoak = Soaks[RunningStep];
				ActiveSP1 = SPs1[RunningStep];
				ActiveRR1 = Ramps1[RunningStep];
				ActiveSoak1 = Soaks1[RunningStep];
			}
			break;
	}
}

The HMI has a TAG section and all of my TAG's are associated correctly.

This may be odd since it's not a OS specific problem.

Any help is appreciated. Just a warning, I will have many more questions I am sure. Plus if you can help with this I can direct you to the program software that is free with this HMI and you can view my Database completely.

Thanks,

EW

[Mario F.]

Please use code tags. I'm sure this is not the first time ever you post on a forum.

[EWTexas]

Actually, this is the first time I have posted to a message board.

Hard to believe, but true. I haven't even established a cute litte quip to sign my message with like all the bright individuals I see here.

[dwks]

Not much can be determined from that code. Can you post some more information?

[swgh]

On another note, wouldnt you be better posting this on the windows programming board?
It sounds like somthing a windows procedure might handle.

[dwks]

This may be odd since it's not a OS specific problem.

It doesn't seem like Windows code.

[edit] Besides:

On another note, wouldnt you be better posting this on the windows programming board?

If the OP took your suggestion, [s]he'd get in trouble for cross-posting. If it belongs on the Windows forum, a moderator will move it. [/edit]

[rdrast]

What HMI Package? What are you trying to write? What OPC (or DDE) server? Do you have your topics properly addressed to the correct device? Correct port? What protocol? Profibus? Modbus? ModbusTCP?

Your sample program has nothing to do at all with communications to a field device on an industrial control system.

[EWTexas]

Good day! I appreciate all the responses so far and realize I have not given enough data.

The HMI database is Crimson 2.0 from redlion. The programming is in C++ for Modbus communications from the Red Lion HMI to a series of Ramp to Set Point Controllers. I have the addresses for the controllers for the program to talk to. The program will build a recipe to pass to the controllers to heat to a certain temperature, check to make sure all the thermocouples are reading the same temperature, then move on to the next step going to 1125 degrees, then cooling down over a period.

The program Database can be downloaded for free at http://www.redlion.net/Support/Softw...n2.0/Setup.exe
and I have my database file that can be uploaded to any interested parties.

Thanks again for your responses.

[Salem]

But where is YOUR code you wrote to actually talk to the devices?

[EWTexas]

I believe the answer is that the code is inside the HMI device. Within the Crimson 2 program. The Crimson 2 program has 7 interface sections one of which is the programming section. One is interface design, one is communications setup, one is data logger, one is web server, and the last one is security. All of the programming code is done in the programming section.

[EWTexas]

Here are other code variables entered

This is "begin"

State = RunningStep = 0;
ActiveSP = SPs[RunningStep];
ActiveSP1 = SPs1[RunningStep];
ActiveRamp = Ramps[RunningStep];
ActiveRR1 = Ramps1[RunningStep];
ActiveSoak = Soaks[RunningStep];
ActiveSoak1 = Soaks1[RunningStep];

MainProgram();

The code entered in my first post was called "main"

and I wrote this to "clear" data entered

int i;

for(i = 0; i < 16; i ++)
{
	SPs[i] = 0;
	Ramps[i] = 0;
	Soaks[i] = 0;
}

thanks!

[Salem]

All that seems to be doing is altering a few variables.

I'm beginning to think this has nothing to do with C++ at all, and it's just some simple scripting language which vaguely resembles C++.

Nor am I interested in downloading 30MB of application just to find out.

[EWTexas]

It would appear that I posted this problem to the wrong group of programmers. I do apologize for wasting time. I was told by the HMI company that the programming language was C++ and I took that at their word.