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Hardy HI6500 Reference guide

  • Hello! I've reviewed the HI 6500 Programmer's Quick Reference Guide. This document contains essential information on how to interact with the device using various commands, parameters, and the USB interface. I am ready to answer your questions regarding the HI 6500 functionality and specific details described in this document, like using input and output tables, command execution, parameter configuration and more.
  • What is the default IP address?
    How can I change the parameters?
    How do I read a parameter?
    How do I write an integer parameter?
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HI6500Programmer's QuickReference
TheProgrammer’sQuickReferenceguideisintendedtobeahelpfulandefficientreferencetoolforpowerusersand
technicalpersonnelwheninterfacingwiththisHardyproduct.ItisnotdesignedtoreplacetheUser’sGuide.
UsersGuide:
http://www.hardysolutions.com/tenants/hardy/documents/HI6500seriesUserGuid_0116.pdf
OnlineUnit:
http://hi6500.hardysolutions.com/
DefaultIPAddress:
192.168.0.100
NOTE:Unitshaveaninternalwebpagetouse.
InputTable:
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OutputTable:
Commands:
COMMANDS
E.G.AC2Calcommandthroughtheoutputtable:
COMMANDBEINGGIVEN
Eachcommandwillechointhe“Command”tagoftheinputtableonceithasbeenrunandwillhaveitsstatus
returnedintothe“CommandStatus”tag.
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Example:AC2Calcommandbeingechoedback(66)andfailurestatusduetomotion(3).
COMMANDECHO
Statusreturnswillvary.AcompletelistofstatusreturnsislistedintheUsersGuide(startingonpage38).
COMMANDSTATUSES
GeneralTip:
“0x”and“16#”areusedtosignifyaHexvalue.
Hexadecimalcommandsandstatusesarecommonhoweveradecimalvaluecanalsobeused.
 E.G.Ahexcommandof0x66wouldbeequaltoadecimalvalueof102.
COMMANDSINHEXANDDECIMAL
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Example:AC2Calibratecommandof“0x66”wouldbeenteredas“16#0000_0066”
Parameters:
Parameterscanbechangedwiththebuilt‐inwebpageortheAOPbydoubleclickingontheunitinthe
controllerorganizeroftheprogram.TheID#25mustbe“Enabled”tousethisfeature.
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ParameterMessageTip:
Parameterscanbechangedinthe“C”(Configuration)tableandaModuleReconfiguretypeMSGinstruction
canbeexecutedtowritethe“C”parameterstotheunit.
Example:
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ReadingParametersManually:
Acommandof“0”isareadparametercommand.
TheparameterIDmustbechosentoreadaparameter.
TheparameterIDsarelocatedinthemanual.(Startingonpage115)
PARAMETERVALUES
E.G.Areadparametercommandtoreadthenumberofaverages(0x2082)
READINGAPARAMETER
ThecommandwillechoandtheparametervaluewillappearintheinputtableofthePLC.
THEREADPARAMETERECHO
WritingParametersManually:
Acommandof“1000”isthewriteintegercommandtowriteanintegervaluetoanintegertypeparameter.
E.G.Writingavalueof50tothenumberofaveragesparameter.
WRITINGAPARAMETER
Theinputtablewillechoandthewrittendatawillappear.
THEWRITEPARAMETERECHO
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UsingtheUSB
SavingParameterstoaUSBdriveiseasyusingthedisplayorwebpage.
TheparameterswillbeasmalltextfileinsideanHI6500folderontheUSB.
NOTE:USBsvary.Ifthereadorwritedoesnotappeartofunction,tryanotherUSB.
RestoringParameters:
Uponbootup,theHI6500willsearchaconnectedUSBforarestore.txtfileinanHI6500folder.
Itwillrestorethevaluesthatareintherestore.txtfile.
Therestore.txtfileisthesameformatastheparams.txtfile.
Aparams.txtfilecanberenamedrestore.txttocreateadefaultparameterrestorationfile.
Forexample,acommonlyrestoredparameteristheIPaddress.
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Inthisexample,wehavedeletedtheotherparametersandjustlefttheIPaddress.
NOTE:Thefirstlineisignored.Alwayspasteafirmwarerevisionlinethenthedesiredrestoreinformation.
USBPARAMSTEXTFILE
00007985FirmwareRevision=HI65002.1.4.0
00003101FixedIP=192.168.0.100
Savethefileasrestore.txtintheHI6500folderoftheUSB.
USBRESTORETEXTFILE
IfthisfileissavedintheHI6500folder,theneverytimetheUSBisinstalledandpoweriscycled,thefixedIP
willchangeto192.168.0.100.
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