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Re: [ECS] TC+ Communication Error Carl Keyes Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:43:52 PST

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Jerry,

I'm also using a TC+ 2.40d with ECS 4.0.
I get the same error message from time to
time as well. I just re-start and it generally will
locate it. No real solution I afraid.
My ir-interface, JDS also, has the same
problem from time to time.
I'm going to try Marks' latest beta ver.
tonight to see if he got dimming to work
with it. It currently won't dim with a TC+.
Only On and Off commands work.

There may be one other issue happening.
I created a new Relay-G item that was
functioning fine till I had to re-start
ECS and got the error message, Station #
0 not defined" on that item when loading.
The fix was to move it's postion in the cfg
to AFTER the PLC-Interface-2G item.
If the new relay item needed to be loaded
after the interface item ECS should have saved it
there in the first place.
I suppose it's possible that your cfg isn't reading
plc item in the proper sequence.(?)

later,

Carl 


>From: Jerry Swords <MIABreeze@accesspro.net>
>Reply-To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
>To: ECS <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
>Subject: [ECS] TC+ Communication Error
>Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:28:38 -0500
>
>I've been "warming up" to ECS using a CM11A interface.  Gradually, I've
>transferred operations that don't require digital/analog input from my 
TC+
>to ECS.
>
>Today, I intended to disconnect the CM11A both physically and in ECS, 
attach
>my TC+ to the same serial port, configure the TC+ in ECS, and use it 
for PLC
>functions, as well as IO and relay functions.  However, after 
configuring
>the PLC-Interface-2G item in ECS with COM3, Station #0, I get a "ERROR:
>PLC-Interface-2G not responding on COM3" message when attempting to 
save to
>ecs.cfg.
>
>I tried the autoexec.bat fix mentioned in the help files, with the same
>results.  Since I am using the 2.4d firmware released in 1998 (9600 
bps), I
>don't think my TC+ would be using the old commands, anyway.  The TC+ 
will
>still operate normally using JDS's WinEVM software, on COM3, so the 
computer
>is talking to the TC+, but ECS isn't.  I even used WinEVM to execute 
the
>stop and clear program functions, to ensure that the TC+ did not have 
the
>old WinEVM program running.
>
>I would really appreciate any advice that other TimeCommander Plus 
users (or
>anyone) may have to offer.
>
>Thank you,
>Jerry Swords
>

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