In my Node-red flow, i am taking data from Siemens PLC through OPC-UA node in node-red. I'm getting data perfectly for some-time(meaning whatever changes i make in Tia portal program is also shows in node-red debug window.[Refer to screenshot -1]).
But after certain time(2-3 minutes), whatever changes i made at Tia portal program does not reflected back in node-red debug window[Refer to screenshot -2]. I don't know why?
Also, OPCUA node status is also changing from "'Active subscribing' to 'keep-alive' to 'active subscribing'..........[Refer to screenshot -3]"
I am using
- Tia portal[Siemens V16]
- PLC sim advanced V2.0
- Node-red(windows 11)
- OPCUA contrib node(but not IIOT OPCUA node)
Those who need my-node-red flow, i have pasted it here.
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"info": "what i wrote:\nmsg.payload = {\n \"Excel_log_bit\": if(msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"Excel_log_bit\"'] == true){\n return 1;\n else{\n return 0;\n },\n\n \"H_CoExtRunTime\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_CoExtRunTime\"'],\n \"H_TotDefDrum\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_TotDefDrum\"'],\n \"H_TotProdDrum\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_TotProdDrum\"'],\n \"H_Act_Length\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_Act_Length\"'],\n \"AvgSpeed\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"AvgSpeed\"'],\n \"H_AWGrm/Mtr\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_AWGrm/Mtr\"'],\n \"H_CoExtScrapAct\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_CoExtScrapAct\"'],\n \"H_Defects\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_Defects\"']\n}\nreturn msg;\n\n\ni was getting error, so i pasted the incorrect program as it is into microsoft bing chat gpt, to which it gave me :\nmsg.payload = {\n \"Excel_log_bit\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"Excel_log_bit\"'] == true? 1 : 0,\n \"H_CoExtRunTime\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_CoExtRunTime\"'],\n \"H_TotDefDrum\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_TotDefDrum\"'],\n \"H_TotProdDrum\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_TotProdDrum\"'],\n \"H_Act_Length\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_Act_Length\"'],\n \"AvgSpeed\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"AvgSpeed\"'],\n \"H_AWGrm/Mtr\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_AWGrm/Mtr\"'],\n \"H_CoExtScrapAct\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_CoExtScrapAct\"'],\n \"H_Defects\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_Defects\"']\n}\nreturn msg;\n\nRESULT = It worked\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThen i asked him => correct this program and use if/else statement if required:\nmsg.payload = {\n \"Excel_log_bit\": if(msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"Excel_log_bit\"'] == true){\n return 1;\n else{\n return 0;\n },\n\n \"H_CoExtRunTime\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_CoExtRunTime\"'],\n \"H_TotDefDrum\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_TotDefDrum\"'],\n \"H_TotProdDrum\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_TotProdDrum\"'],\n \"H_Act_Length\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_Act_Length\"'],\n \"AvgSpeed\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"AvgSpeed\"'],\n \"H_AWGrm/Mtr\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_AWGrm/Mtr\"'],\n \"H_CoExtScrapAct\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_CoExtScrapAct\"'],\n \"H_Defects\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_Defects\"']\n}\n\n\n\nto which it replied:\n\nvar Excel_log_bit_value;\nif (msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"Excel_log_bit\"'] == true) {\n Excel_log_bit_value = 1;\n} else {\n Excel_log_bit_value = 0;\n}\n\nmsg.payload = {\n \"Excel_log_bit\": Excel_log_bit_value,\n \"H_CoExtRunTime\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_CoExtRunTime\"'],\n \"H_TotDefDrum\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_TotDefDrum\"'],\n \"H_TotProdDrum\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_TotProdDrum\"'],\n \"H_Act_Length\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_Act_Length\"'],\n \"AvgSpeed\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"AvgSpeed\"'],\n \"H_AWGrm/Mtr\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_AWGrm/Mtr\"'],\n \"H_CoExtScrapAct\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_CoExtScrapAct\"'],\n \"H_Defects\": msg.payload['ns=3;s=\\\"SQL\".\"H_Defects\"']\n}\n\n\nResult - It also worked",
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"info": "If you ever get problem with changes not being reflected in debug node for subsequent changing in tia portal, then you should refer to this link.\n\n\ntype in gooogle -> opcua node interval in node red\n\n\nor directlly - https://support.industry.siemens.com/forum/in/en/posts/using-opc-ua-sampling-intervals-with-flow-creator-node-red/263016\n",
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