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Created by: henno2000 at: 3/16/2009 1:15 PM (8 Replies)

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3/16/2009 1:15 PM	Rate (0)
henno2000 Posts: 177 Rating: (0)	Hi, I have created a script that executes every minute which compares values of tags that have been imported into WinCC via an OPC link. This tags then raise alarms depending on their values. This works OK. What I am now wanting to do is to log how many times the alarm bit has been triggered within the script. Initially, I tried using the following command: return (SetTagBit("C220_WARN",1)) && SetTagWord("C220_WARN_COUNT",GetTagWord("C220_WARN_COUNT")+1); but because the script is cyclic, the count value would increment every minute even though the status has not changed. Is there anyway to record the number of times the tag has been triggered and still leave the trigger cycle to a cyclic event? Regards, henno2000
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3/16/2009 1:46 PM	Rate (0)
uel123 Gold Member Joined: 1/29/2006 Last visit: 1/8/2025 Posts: 447 Rating: (64)	henno2000 says: return (SetTagBit("C220_WARN",1)) && SetTagWord("C220_WARN_COUNT",GetTagWord("C220_WARN_COUNT")+1); Maybea little bit slowly, step-by-step: int warning, warning_count; warning = GetTagWord ("MY_OPC_WARNING_TAG"); // or perhaps GetTagWordWait! if (warning!=0) { warning_count = GetTagWord("C220_WARN_COUNT"); warning_count+=1; SetTagWord ("C220_WARN_COUNT", warning_count); SetTagBit ("C220_WARN",1); // and somewhere else SetTagBit ("C220_WARN",0); }

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3/16/2009 2:31 PM	Rate (0)
henno2000 Posts: 177 Rating: (0)	Thanks, would this not just act the same as before? (Because of the fact that the script executes every minute, if the alarm status was still a '1', the counter would just increment every minute even though the alarm had just been constant and not changed state) Regards, henno2000
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3/16/2009 3:28 PM	Rate (0)
uel123 Gold Member Joined: 1/29/2006 Last visit: 1/8/2025 Posts: 447 Rating: (64)	Sorry, did not understand your question properly. Suggestion: Change trigger for your action from "Timer" to "Variable"; As variable, put in your "MY_OPC_WARNING_TAG" variable......(or more of such variables...) Action will now be triggered every time, when your variable (MY_OPC_WARNING_TAG)is changed. Then you can easiliy achieve your goal.... Have fun! uel123

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3/16/2009 3:52 PM	Rate (0)
uel123 Gold Member Joined: 1/29/2006 Last visit: 1/8/2025 Posts: 447 Rating: (64)	henno2000 Hi, I have created a script that executes every minute which compares values of tags that have been imported into WinCC via an OPC link. This tags then raise alarms depending on their values. This works OK. What I am now wanting to do is to log how many times the alarm bit has been triggered within the script. .... I am still not sure, if I understand your question properly. Let me try: - Youread some tags (from OPC channell,...), with script action, which is called every minute. - If those values are such, that you must raise an alarm, you do it so. - Now you want to count the number of raised alarms. I believe, you must create a soft "Positive edge detection": - create a new internal tag, for a previous state of trigger - in script action, make a simple compare between current and previous states of trigger; if previous was 0 and current is 1, you must increment your counter. - do not forget to save your current trigger state as previous state of trigger, for next iteration (next call of your script action). Have fun! uel123

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3/16/2009 5:24 PM	Rate (0)
henno2000 Posts: 177 Rating: (0)	Many thanks, that sounds a logical way of performing the action. I shall try it out and let you know. Regards, henno2000
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3/16/2009 5:33 PM	Rate (0)
cumulus Platinum Member Joined: 9/27/2007 Last visit: 12/18/2020 Posts: 993 Rating: (103)	Hi Sorry, but your return value isto long, i can not see whats wrong. Thats too much in one line. Also you should add a decision if you count or not and create a static variable or a wincc-variable, which you count up. regards cumulus
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3/23/2009 9:19 AM	Rate (0)
henno2000 Posts: 177 Rating: (0)	Thanks for the advice, I now have a successfully working script. Regards, henno2000
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3/23/2009 9:46 AM	Rate (0)
uel123 Gold Member Joined: 1/29/2006 Last visit: 1/8/2025 Posts: 447 Rating: (64)	! have fun! uel123

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