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Is it possible to compare two hour counters?

Created by: jondav1120 at: 6/25/2022 10:31 AM (8 Replies)

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6/25/2022 10:31 AM	Rate (0)
jondav1120 Member Joined: 5/16/2022 Last visit: 10/8/2023 Posts: 6 Rating: (0)	Hi All, What i'm trying to achieve is automatic run time levelling across multiple pumps. I have a feeling I'm missing something obvious, but I'm struggling to compare the elapsed time values (OT) of the hour counters associated with each pump. My current idea is to compare the values and select the pump with the lowest hours run as the duty pump. This selection routine would be then run every 24 hours. I can read the OT values out to a connected HMI (LOGO! TDE), but cannot seem to use these values in the LOGO! program itself... Is this possible? If anyone can shed some light on this it would be much appreciated. Regards Jon

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6/25/2022 12:13 PM	Rate (0)
ixo65 Grandmaster-Expert Joined: 12/18/2014 Last visit: 11/6/2024 Posts: 34151 Rating: (4254)	The problem is: The LOGO! ist created only for integer values. The compare function (analog comparator) is only for this integer values (16 bit). But the OT-time is a double integer value (32 bit). How many pumps are you talking about?
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ixo65 Grandmaster-Expert Joined: 12/18/2014 Last visit: 11/6/2024 Posts: 34151 Rating: (4254)	I have made a UDF for comparing double integer values. In attachment a example for comparing 2 hours counters. Attachment Compare_the_OT_times_of_2_hours_counters_0BA8.Standard.zip (547 Downloads)

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6/25/2022 2:39 PM	Rate (0)
jondav1120 Member Joined: 5/16/2022 Last visit: 10/8/2023 Posts: 6 Rating: (0)	Thank you very much! That is very helpful indeed...and has given me some ideas. Just one question: How can I determine what the internal addresses of the data are? For example, my first hour counter in the test program is B006, where would the correct words be in the internal memory? I would like to make the program universal, so that it can be used with a minimum of two pumps up to a maximum of four. This parameter would be set at configuration (2,3, or 4 pumps). Regards Jon

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ixo65 Grandmaster-Expert Joined: 12/18/2014 Last visit: 11/6/2024 Posts: 34151 Rating: (4254)	The operating hours are transferred to the variable memory via Parameter VM Mapping and then read back in as analog network inputs (high word and low word separated from the double word). Tools > Parameter VM Mapping. With 3 and 4 pumps (and then also be parameterized) it becomes more complicated and time-consuming, since the LOGO can't be programmed like an S5 or S7. It is then a resource consuming program. Since I haven't needed something like this before, I would have to come up with something first.

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6/25/2022 2:54 PM	Rate (0)
ixo65 Grandmaster-Expert Joined: 12/18/2014 Last visit: 11/6/2024 Posts: 34151 Rating: (4254)	And it gets complicated when the same operating hours are reached. So what?

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6/25/2022 2:58 PM	Rate (0)
jondav1120 Member Joined: 5/16/2022 Last visit: 10/8/2023 Posts: 6 Rating: (0)	Ah, got it...so I need to specify where in the memory the values are stored and then extract them from there. Thank you very much!! Regards Jon

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6/25/2022 3:07 PM	Rate (0)
ixo65 Grandmaster-Expert Joined: 12/18/2014 Last visit: 11/6/2024 Posts: 34151 Rating: (4254)	And consider the sign bit of the respective low word. The sign bit is required so that the UDF recognizes that the 16th bit is set in the low word.

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6/26/2022 2:37 PM	Rate (1)
ixo65 Grandmaster-Expert Joined: 12/18/2014 Last visit: 11/6/2024 Posts: 34151 Rating: (4254)	And here a suggestion for 4 hours counters. Attachment Compare_the_OT_times_of_4_hours_counters_0BA8.Standard.zip (587 Downloads)

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