Converting Information Designer or E-Designer Applications To IX - 2018!01!31
Converting Information Designer or E-Designer Applications To IX - 2018!01!31
Converting Information Designer or E-Designer Applications To IX - 2018!01!31
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Below is an estimation table for which X2 HMI can replace your EXTER/E1000 HMI.
All suggestions have the same or larger screen size and resolution.
Cut out –
From EXTER From E1000 To X2 series Cut out – X2 series
EXTER/E1000
Notes: Adapter plates are not offered for X2 units. EXTER/E1000 models labeled CI D2 can be replaced by X2 extreme
units. Sunlight-readable models are available in the X2 marine and X2 extreme line. Cut out dimensions are listed as W
x H.
3.3 Communication
All X2 HMI’s support serial communication via 9-pin D-SUB.
All X2 HMI’s have ethernet interface (RJ45 contact).
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CIMON CIMON
CTC CTC Serial Binary
Danfoss VLT FC Drive
Delta Tau Delta Tau PMAC/UMAC
Delta Delta DVP
Delta PLC Modbus ASCII
Demo DEMO
ELMO Elmo Maestro
Emerson EMERSON Modbus Master
Eurotherm Easy Serial 631
Fatek Fatek Facon
FESTO/BECK FESTO/BECK FST CI
FESTO/BECK FST CI Ethernet
Galil DMC series
GE Fanuc GE Fanuc Ethernet
GE Fanuc SNPX
Generic CAN open Generic CAN Open
Generic Profibus Generic Profibus driver
Giddings&Lewis G & L Motion Control Serial
G & L Motion Control Ethernet
Hitachi Hitachi H-COMM
IAI XSel
RoboCylinder
Idec IDEC FA 1:1
IDEC FA 1:1 (expanded)
IDEC Micro
Johnson Control JCONTROL
KEB COMBIVERT
Keyence KEYENCE KV-Series
Koyo Koyo DirectNET
Koyo ECOM
Koyo K-Sequence
Lenze Lenze LECOM A/B
LIYAN Electric LIYAN EX
LS Industrial Systems Glofa
Master-K
Matsushita MEWTOCOL-COM
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Mitsubishi Alpha2
(MELSEC)
A-Series (C24)
A-Series (CPU)
Freqrol FR-A PLC
FX Series Serial
MC Protocol
QnA/Qnn Profibus DP
FX Series ADP/BD
MR-J2/MR-J3-T
QnA/Qnn Serial (CPU)
QnA/Qnn-Series (C24)
QnA/Q-Series (E71) Ethernet
FX3U-ENET
MELSERVO MR-J2/MR-J3-T
Modbus Modbus Master RTU/ASCII
Modbus Master RTU/ASCII IEC
Modbus Slave
Moeller Moeller PS4 series (SUCOM-A)
NMEA 0183 NMEA 0183
OMRON OMRON FINS
OMRON Host Link
Parker GeParker6K
Regin EXOline
SAIA S-BUS Serial/Ethernet
SEW MoviLink/SMLP
SIEMENS SIMATIC S5 3964R
SIMATIC S7 MPI (EM)
SIMATIC S7 MPI (HMI Adapter)
SIMATIC S7 MPI (Expansion mod.)
SIMATIC S5 PG/AS511
SIMATIC S7 3964R
SIMATIC S7 ISO over TCP/IP
SIMATIC S7 MPI Direct
SIMATIC S7 200 PPI
SIMATIC S7 Profibus DP
SIMATIC TI500
Telemecanique/ TSX UNI-TELWAY
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3.4 Tags
In iX, exponents must be configured for the control the tag is bound to.
Data type
Information Data type
Format Range
Designer/E- iX Developer
Designer
Bit Bit BIT 0 and 1
Bool - BOOL Values can be “false” (0) or “true” (1)1
Signed 16-bit Signed 16-bit INT16 -32,768 – +32,767
Unsigned 16-bit Unsigned 16-bit UINT16 0 – +65,535
Signed 32-bit Signed 32-bit INT32 -2,147,483,648 – +2,147,483,6472
Unsigned 32-bit Unsigned 32-bit UINT32 0 – +4,294,967,2952
Float with DOUBLE 1.7E3081
-
exponent, 64-bit
Float with Float with exponent FLOAT ±3.4E381
exponent, 32-bit
7 x Signed 16-bit DATETIME An Analog Numeric object can present the
-
time format3. See help for more information.
String String STRING Storing character strings in tags.
For this data type, size can be selected.
BCD Float BCD Float FLOAT4 0 – 9999,9999
4
BCD 16-bit BCD 16-bit INT/UINT16 0 - 9999
4
BCD 32-bit BCD 32-bit INT/UINT32 0 - 99999999
4
HEX 16-bit HEX 16-bit INT/UINT16 0 - FFFF
HEX 32-bit HEX 32-bit INT/UINT324 0 – FFFF FFFF
1. Controller representation for this type is dependent on the driver software.
2. Regarding resolution of values in 32-bit format: both iX Developer and the operator panel can
handle up to six decimal digits of an integer 32-bit value. Remaining digits will be truncated or
changed into zeros.
3. yyyy = year, MM = month, dd = date, hh = hour, mm = minute, ss = second.
4. Displayed value have to be changed for the specific object, not the tag in general.
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4 Import Project
During the import, a log is generated where you can find which objects and functions where
not successfully imported. The log file can be saved for later trouble shooting.
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In the list Files of type, select which type of project you wish to import.
In this case, select Information Designer/E-Designer:
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• Select matching controller. It is important that this step is made correctly for iX to be
able to handle the imported device addresses from the original EXTER/E1000 project.
• In this example, the SIMATIC S7 ISOoverTCP driver is used in the EXTER/E1000
project. The matching driver will be the SIMATIC S7IsoTcp.
• When you have selected your new controllers, press the OK button.
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• Select matching controller. It is important that this step is made correctly for iX to be
able to handle the imported device addresses from the original EXTER/E1000 project.
Then OK
• In this example, the SIMATIC S7 ISOoverTCP driver is used in the EXTER/E1000
project. The matching driver will be the SIMATIC S7IsoTcp.
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• When the import is finished, a dialogue is shown with the import status, including a statistic of the
conversion log. The log is automatically saved in a folder. The path of the log is also displayed in
the dialogue. It is possible to open the log from the dialogue as well. Click Open log to open the
conversion log file. Click Close to proceed to the imported project in iX Developer.
• Once the log is open, it displays a summary of all the messages generated during import. They are
also sorted into Error, Warning and Info. Each item is assigned with an ID number to facilitate
search.
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• Limitations
Certain functions, like recipes and data logging (Data Logger) work differently in iX
Developer and you will need to reconfigure these functions in your converted project.
Functions to consider in your converted project:
• Text Library/Message Library – Works without issues.
• Tag list/Name List – Indexing, poll groups and poll interval must be reconfigured
manually.
Gain/offset settings are now global and found in the tags editor
Indexing and poll groups can be converted via manual import of the Name list.
• Alarm Server/ Alarms – Properties for Alarms must be configured manually.
Acknowledge notify must be configured manually and is replaced by the Alarm
acknowledge property in iX.
To Printer has been replaced with Alarm Distributor Server function in iX.
• Multi Language – Works without issues.
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• Select the devices/tags belonging to the driver you wish to export. You are only able to
export from one controller/driver at a time. Push Export…
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• Select Next.
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• Select Semicolon as the Delimiter. A preview will be shown in the lower textbox. If it
looks correct, press Finish.
The imported file should look something like this and have the correct column separation:
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It is a good idea to export a sample of a tags list from iX to later use as a template when you
want to create files to import.
In this example, we only go over the differences between the two Export/Import formats (see
below). Using the template as a guide for what you need to change should help you be able
to convert your name list to a file that can be imported in iX Developer.
• Start iX Developer 2.0.
Let us use the following tag as an example, AiCurrentPump1:
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Information
iX Developer
Designer/E-Designer
Name Name
Address Address_1
Comment Description
DataType DataType
Index IndexRegisterNumber
> 0 (Default)
I1 > 1
I2 > 2
Etc.
IOTimegroup PollGroupName
0 > PollGroup1 (Default)
1 > PollGroup2
2 > PollGroup3
Etc.
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• Change names of the columns to match them with what iX Developer understands.
Information Designer/E-Designer:
iX Developer:
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For example:
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A preview is shown:
• If it looks correct like the example below, press Import.
Done.
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