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i4 Automation Application Notes

i4 Automation’s strength is the ability to support products in a technical capacity, whether the subject be complex or simple. The following application notes created by the i4 Automation Technical Team cover a variety of subjects and are offered to help solve customer issues and make application development faster and easier.

Application Notes

Application Note

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Initialise and Reset PLC

Explains how to reset and initialise a Vision or Samba PLC using VisiLogic.

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PLC OS Update

Explains how to update the operating system on a vision or Samba PLC.

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Dual Instances of VisiLogic

Explains how to implement 2 copies of VisiLogic running simultaneously on 1 PC.

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Deleting unwanted COM ports

Explains the process for deleting unwanted COM ports on PC, allowing communication to new units on old COM ports.

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Data Logging from Data Xport Utility

A Step by Step guide for uploading data from your PLC to .xls/.csv files on your PC

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Creating file to download to PLC via UniDownLoader

Explains the process for creating a .UDC project file that can be downloaded to PLC without the use of VisiLogic Programming software.

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Connecting to new PLC

Explains the process for connecting to a new PLC on anew Com port.

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Calibrating Vision screen from Program

Explains the process for calibrating a Vision Screen from with the VisiLogic program on PLC without info mode

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Load Vision PLC from SD Card

Explains the process for downloading a program to Vision PLC using SD card

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Load Program to Vision PLC

Explains the process for downloading a program to Vision PLC from VisiLogic

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Jump to New Display

Explains to program a page jump within your VisiLogic program

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Import new Font to VisiLogic

Explains how to use custom fonts and import them to VisiLogic to be displayed in your program

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How to detect USB port

Explains how to detect if your PLC has a programming USB port without the need to remove the PLC/HMI from the panel

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Downloading .UDC file to PLC via UniDownloader

Explains how to download a .UDC program file into a Vision PLC

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Univision Licensing

Demo application and explanation of how to use and implement UniVision Licensing tool to prevent your program being loaded into an unauthorized PLC.

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Fix for ‘Unitronics Touchscreen Permanently On’

Explains how to fix and diagnose issue with Unitronics touchscreen stuck as permanently on

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Fix for ‘Spurious alarms on power cycle’

Explains how to fix and diagnose issue with spurious alarms being shown after power cycle

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Setting Up Vision PLC for Ethernet connection

Demo project and explanation showing how to initialise and implement Ethernet comms in your VisiLogic project

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Replacing Samba Battery

Explains how to replace battery in Samba PLC

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Password Protecting Upload Project

Explains how to protect your VisiLogic project from being uploaded from PLC by unauthorised users

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Vision Recovery from OS corruption

Explains how to recover a PLC that has a corrupted OS after failed update or other issue

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Dual screen functionality for Vision PLC

Explains how to set up Vision PLC’s with dual screen functionality.

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Serial Comms with Vision PLC

Serial Communications Made Easy with Vision PLCs

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VisiLogic fixes

Various fixes for VisiLogic install issues including – ‘Catastrophic Failure’, ‘VisiLogic Cannot Access Network Drives’, ‘PC Screen starts to blink (Explorer.exe opens and closes rapidly)’.

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Vision Pulse Train Outputs

Describes the capability and use of Pulse Train Outputs on Vision PLCs

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Replacing a Battery V230_260_280_290

Explains how to replace the battery on various Vision PLC models including the V230, V260, V280 & the V290.

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Ethernet and Vision PLCs

This document contains information about Ethernet & using ethernet to communicate with Vision PLCs.

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Communication with The Vision PLC

A Unitronics document explaining communication with Vision PLCs

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SD Card App Install Procedure

A Unitronics document explaining installation of SD card application.

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Runtime Error in VisiLogic

Shows how to fix runtime error in VisiLogic

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Data in PLC Data Table

Shows how to Access the data within the PLC data table

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Remote Operator

Shows how to remotely operate your Vision or Samba PLC via a smartphone or tablet

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Remote Samba Access

Shows how to remotely operate Samba PLC through different methods

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VisiLogic without Admin Rights

How to Run VisiLogic without the need for admin rights

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VisiLogic Offline Activator

how to activate your VisiLogic while offline

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VisiLogic PCOM Access Guide

A guide on the new version 9.9.0 security changes

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UniStream USP OS Upgrade

How to upgrade the OS on UniStream USP Series with summary

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UniStream USC USB Actions

Comprehensive explanation of how to use and create USB Action files (With error codes)

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UniStream USC OS Upgrade

How to upgrade the OS on UniStream USC Series with summary

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UniStream Cut out size comparison

Shows the difference in cut out size between UniStream HMI models

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USC IP Addressing

Shows how the IP addresses are related to each other on a USC virtual HMI PLC.

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Using USB Action File

Explains how to load a USB action file into USC PLC

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Web Server in UniLogic

Explains how to setup Webserver pages in UniLogic

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Remote Download to UniStream PLC

Explains the process for downloading an application to UniStream controller via USB

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VNC Connection between USC PLC & USL HMI

How to connect Virtual HMI PLC to HMI via VNC.

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FTP UniStream to Filezilla

How to use FTP on UniStream to send and receive files from Filezilla

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Ethernet IP to IFM AC1421 ASI Gateway

Setup comms over ethernet IP to ASI Gateway

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Calibrate HMI Touch Screen

Calibrate the position of the touch screen function

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Data tables

A guide on how to make a data table within UniLogic

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Connect Unistream PLC to UniCloud

A guide on connecting your Unistream PLC to Unicloud

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Events on UniCloud

How to set up Email and SMS requests from events within UniCloud

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UniStream VPN Connection

A guide on setting up a VPN connection to your UniStream PLC through UniCloud.

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UCR Connection for Vision

A guide to connect a Vision series PLC to UniCloud through a UCR Router

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Dungs MPA4112 Burner Controller

Information regarding the Dungs MPA4112 Burner Controller

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Importing from Sucos4 to S40

A guide on how to import between Sucos4 to S40

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Invertek drive serial comms

Information on how to set up the comms on Invertek drive serial comms

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Inverter push button control

Information on how Inverter push buttons controls work

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IP Addresses

A brief Description on IP Addresses

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Jazz Cloner Guide

Step by step instruction on Jazz Cloners

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Minimising EMI

System Design Guidelines

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PID M90 M91

Technical Manual on PID M90 M91 PLC’s

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PID Server

How to set up a PID Server

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PID Tips

Additional Guidance for PID PLC’s

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IP Addresses on URB Remote IO

How to reassign A IP Address on a URB Remote IO

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Running Unitronics Programming without admin rights

How Run Unitronics programming software without admin rights

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EX-RC1 Remote IO

Setting up A EX-RC1 Remote IO

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UMI Inverter Setup

A Guide on how to set up a UMI Inverter

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Unitronics CAN Bus Network Cable

Installation guide on CAN bus Networking

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Unitronics Devices and RS485

A guide on Unitronics devices and how they connect with RS485

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Unitronics UCR Routers

A guide on Unitronics UCR Routers

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URB Remote IO Configuration

Configuration settings for the URB Remote IO

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URB Remote IO Addressing

Addressing remote IO for third party or Vision PLC using Modbus

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URB Remote IO Demo

Remote IO Demo application for Vision & UniStream, includes project files and URB remote IO addressing application note

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