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Created by: Luiz Bitencourt at: 3/19/2013 5:56 PM (5 Replies)

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3/19/2013 5:56 PM	Rate (0)
Luiz Bitencourt Posts: 7 Rating: (0)	Hi, I'm starting using Simatic and Step7, and I have some problems about date and time: - I need to save on a DB the date and time of an event. How can I do this? I think I need to move the actual time and date to the DB but I don't know how to locate where are these data. Is there on some system memory? - I'm using a Siemens KTP400 HMI and I think I had success setting the system date and time on S7-1200, but on the display of HMI these information are wrong. Has the HMI another configuration to set date and time? Thanks, Luiz
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Homeroid_BL Posts: 211 Rating: (6)	" I need to save on a DB the date and time of an event. How can I do this? I think I need to move the actual time and date to the DB but I don't know how to locate where are these data. Is there on some system memory?" Create DB, and a variable type DTL in it. On Event, use Read Local Time and save it to s DTL variable. " - I'm using a Siemens KTP400 HMI and I think I had success setting the system date and time on S7-1200, but on the display of HMI these information are wrong. Has the HMI another configuration to set date and time?" On HMI Connection tab, there are Area pointer tab also. Use Area Pointer to allocate PLC variable to which you transfer RTC.
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3/20/2013 1:51 PM	Rate (0)
Luiz Bitencourt Posts: 7 Rating: (0)	Thanks Homeroid_BL!! I've been followed your instructions and the first problem was solved!! For the second one I created a DB row for the RTC, I nammed this PLC_RTC. You said to create a Tag, but creating a simple Tag I can only put the "Date" type on this, and I think I need a "DTL" type. On the "main" I created a continuous Read_Local_Time instruction to update that PLC_RTC row on my DB. I configured the Area Pointer to MyDB.PLC_RTC. It doesn't work... Any idea to solve this? Thanks, Luiz
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0_Einstein Diamond Expert Joined: 7/7/2010 Last visit: 1/17/2025 Posts: 15541 Rating: (2465)	Luiz Bitencourt Thanks Homeroid_BL!! I've been followed your instructions and the first problem was solved!! For the second one I created a DB row for the RTC, I nammed this PLC_RTC. You said to create a Tag, but creating a simple Tag I can only put the "Date" type on this, and I think I need a "DTL" type. On the "main" I created a continuous Read_Local_Time instruction to update that PLC_RTC row on my DB. I configured the Area Pointer to MyDB.PLC_RTC. It doesn't work... Any idea to solve this? Thanks, Luiz There is a FAQ on how to synchronize PLC & HMI clocks. For S7-1200, it is found here: https://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/adsearch/resultset.aspx?region=WW&lang=en&netmode=internet&ui=NDAwMDAxNwAA&term=s7-1200+plc+hmi+time&ID=39182145&ehbid=39182145
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Homeroid_BL Posts: 211 Rating: (6)	Hi! Look! Just alocate variable in DB, type DTL to a Area Pointer. (in my exaplme LHMI_ka.RTC (DTL type) Attachment Sie forum 00.jpg (346 Downloads)
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3/20/2013 6:47 PM	Rate (0)
Luiz Bitencourt Posts: 7 Rating: (0)	Thanks huggy_d1, it helped me to solve other things I wanted to do! Thanks Homeroid_BL, I found what I did wrong! Now everything is running fine! Thanks, Luiz
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