Migration from NS to NB series Omron PT

[miguelrz10]

Good day everyone,

As everyone knows, NB designer is not as good as CX-designer in general terms.

My case is this one:  All systems at my company use NS series and some of them NT series PT's.  So there're 20 of them, or so.  Now, I have bought a new NB5Q-TW00B, and I need to program it.

Is it possible to migrate the program from a NT or NS, to a NB ??  I've read you have to design all the project again.  It'd take value time just to copy the same project.  I think it should, because it's the same brand of Operator Panel, Omron.

 

Thanks.

[Jay Anthony]

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I think it should, because it's the same brand of Operator Panel, Omron.

And there is where the rub lies.  Omron makes the hardware.  Someone else makes the firmware.

What model NT or NS are you converting to NB5?

Screenshots and jpegs come to mind.

[miguelrz10]

The NT one is NT31C-ST141B-EV1.  And the NB one is a NB5Q-TW00B.
When I've had to migrate the program from NT to NS, it's easy to do it.  This case I've not found a simple solution. 

Do I have to create all design again to NB series?  (there're about 50 tabs, it'll take a long time).

 

Thanks.

[Michael Walsh]

Unfortunately, yes.  There is no translation utility.

[miguelrz10]

On 13/5/2016 at 10:55 AM, Michael Walsh said:

Unfortunately, yes.  There is no translation utility.

Ok, It's a bit disappointed not to have the hability of migrating the program, with the fact they both are made by Omron (even whether the firmware is by someone else).

Thank you for your support.

[IO_Rack]

Omron's solution is to convert to an NS series HMI. I've done this conversion (NT to NS) several times and it is very good compared to most manufacturers. The NB is a low cost HMI. As with most manufacturers, you get what you pay for.