How can I toggle a Boolean tag when String changes in the Text Field?

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Hello, I have been trying to get the value of a Boolean Tag to turn on momentarily when String changes in the text field. I have tried out couple scripts on property change handler of the Text Field but none seem to work. Any help is appreciated.

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What is the real problem you are trying to solve? There may be a much better way to achieve your goal.
What action is the boolean tag going to trigger?

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What I'm trying to achieve is, everytime the string in Partname updates, I want to energize a reset tag on the PLC.

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Why not do that in the PLC? It would be much more reliable.

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It would be more reliable to get it done in PLC but I don't have much PLC experience. How would I look for changes in the String's tag through PLC.

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That depends on where the string is coming from. Does the PLC have the string value in memory?

If it does then,

  • Compare PartName with prevPartName.
  • If changed then turn on Reset OneShot in the PLC. Use that to reset whatever has to be reset.
  • Set prevPartName = PartName.
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What type of PLC?

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Its an AB compactLogix 1769.

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Assuming that you have a String type tag that is storing this information then you would just compare for a change in the value using a NEQ and then MOV the current value into a LastValue Tag.

Copy and paste this into a rung, and replace the tag names with the relevant references.

 NEQ LastPartName PartName BST OTE PartNameChange NXB MOV PartName LastPartName BND

This will turn on the PartNameChange Bit for 1 scan, if you need it on longer than that you can utilize an OTL, OTU, and TON to reset the bit after some delay.

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OK, but what are the BST, NXB and BND operations?

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Here is an example where the name change will set the bool. You can reset the bool with a button. It just uses a property change script.

If you want the bool to auto reset after a period of time, that is possible, but I didn't show that in the attached example.

To test make sure to put in preview mode.

PartName.zip (2.8 KB)

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They're the branch instructions and will be explained in the Logix5000 / Studio5000 help files. When you paste in the code it will be converted to ladder logic and the meaning should be obvious.

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As @transistor said, those create a branch on the rung.

BST = Branch Start (instructions following this will be on the top rung)
NXB = Next Branch (Add one at the start of each new branch)
BND = Branch End

It will look basically like this:

|--NEQ------------------------+------------OTE----+--|
|                             |------------MOV----|
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