05-24-2021 09:34 AM
Hi-
I am newly learning Lookout and need some help. I've got communications going over a radio network. I'm reading a register from one slave device into Lookout. How can I use Lookout to write the same value to a second slave?
Thanks, Jeff
06-07-2021 09:25 AM - edited 06-07-2021 09:26 AM
Suggestion: Dont.
Find another platform, this sounds like a quick process that Advanced HMI or a .Net library can do.
DAQ Factory, VT SCADA, etc. all have free versions to run low IO counts.
Create connection on the driver.
ModbusSlave1.400001 -> ModbusSlave2.400101
I would look to have the PLCs talk amongst themselves, removing the HMI from the controls requirement. This would allow you to use any HMI/SCADA software in the future and removes what would be your least reliable component: A Windows computer.
06-11-2021 02:18 PM
Thank you for your response. I will not be doing this. Was looking at a stop-gap solution before I moved over to a new platform (Ignition).