WDIO offsets

[Alejandro79]

Hi, i need help with the ladder configuration/setup dialog.
I can´t get exactly how the offsets work, i just fumble with them until i get the desired result. Are the offsets relative to something? Are they relative? To what?
I called my "Output module offset from hot bus" at 10, and it shows up at 20.
Help anyone? Thanks a lot.

Regards.
Alejandro.

[Anonymous]

Hi Alejandro,

The "Output module offset from hot bus" value is the offset distance between
the bus and centerline of the output module. If you have a value of 10, then
the centerline of the output module should be 10 units offset from the bus
wire. Is this not what you are seeing? Please let me know.

thanks,
Nate.


wrote in message news:5014077@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi, i need help with the ladder configuration/setup dialog.
I can´t get exactly how the offsets work, i just fumble with them until i
get the desired result. Are the offsets relative to something? Are they
relative? To what?
I called my "Output module offset from hot bus" at 10, and it shows up at
20.
Help anyone? Thanks a lot.

Regards.
Alejandro.

[Alejandro79]

Hi Nate, sorry for the late reply.
No, it´s not what i´m seeing. I write offset 10 and get 20 for example. For me it works like they were relative offsets. I have an input module, and if i use the both offsets (input and output modules) it works kind of like a slider. Maybe it´s in the way I defined the modules? We use ZWorld PLCs and they didn´t come with the libraries.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Hi Alejandro,

The values are related and ultimately tie back to the ladder's insertion
coordinate. Let's say that you have it set up to insert vertical ladder
columns. The left-hand vertical bus of the ladder starts at X coordinate of
25.0 and the ladder width is 100 units (meaning that the right-hand vertical
bus wire has an X coordinate value of 125.0.

"Output module offset from hot bus" = 10.0 means that an output module is
going to insert into the first ladder at X-coordinate of 35.0 (25.0 + 10.0)
"Input module offset from neutral" = 10.0 means that an input module is
going to insert into the first ladder at X-coordinate 115.0 (25.0 + 100.0 -
10.0)

Let's say you set up to have two ladders per drawing and ladder to ladder
distance is 150 units. That means that the second ladder will pop in at
X-coordinate 175.0 (25.0 + 150.0). Output module into the 2nd ladder will go
in at X-coordinate 185.0 (175.0 + 10.0) and input module at 265.0 (175.0 +
100.0 - 10.0).

Does this explanation answer your question or am I totally missing it?

Nate.


wrote in message news:5017697@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hi Nate, sorry for the late reply.
No, it´s not what i´m seeing. I write offset 10 and get 20 for example. For
me it works like they were relative offsets. I have an input module, and if
i use the both offsets (input and output modules) it works kind of like a
slider. Maybe it´s in the way I defined the modules? We use ZWorld PLCs and
they didn´t come with the libraries.

Thanks.