WEEK 7

Thursday 14th,  Today Adrian and Xabi have started performing Exercise 2, while Aritz performed Exercise 1 and Andoni on 3. When Adrian and Xabi have finished the exercise they have started, they have done the profibus exercises that we had to deal with the previous challenge.  Aritz when the corresponding exercise has ended has started doing Exercise 4. 

Friday 15th, Today we've continued with the new challenge.  Unai has returned to class after seating in Galicia for a few days.While Xabi and Aritz continued with the final model,trying to reset the mockup. And in the end they didn't get it and they left it for Monday. Unai and Adrian continue to do the exercises that we have pending the previous challenge, three profibus exercises. They have had several problems doing the exercises as these were quite complex.And even teachers didn't know how to do these exercises. 

Monday 18th, Today we have continued to make the final model, we have continued to try to reset the panel, this is what Xabi and Aritz have been commissioned. While Unai and Adrian have continued to do the Profibus exercises. These have also had problems today to do these exercises but in the end thanks to perseverance and the help of the teacher have managed to do an exercise. We hope that tomorrow they will finish these exercises and get ready to do the final model as well.

Tuesday 19th, we continue working on our challenge, the exercises are finished, so now we are only focused on the model. Aritz, Andoni, and Xabier are resetting the mockup so that when you press the RESET every element of the mockup, it returns to its initial state and thus you can start the process again. On the other hand Adrian and Unai are with the PROFIBUS exercises of the previous challenge that Javi told us that we should do them. Tomorrow they'll start with the screen, and they will try to make a practical and original screen.

Wednesday 20th, today Unai and Adrian have finally completed the profibus exercises after a lot of effort and time spent. While Xabier, Aritz and Andoni have also completed the simple process of the model to be performed. We've also started with the screen. We are quite happy with the result of today as it allows us to have room for improvement in the end of the challenge. We hope to make the improvements that have been proposed to us, but we do not yet know if we will be able to make it.

WEEK 6

On Thursday 7, we did a lot of things. There was the final day to do the daft and we were very bad. We had some problems when we started to connect the project with the PLC and the computer. There were 2 ways of doing that and with Profibus we couldn´t. We could comunicate with MPI but when we started to send all the bits and bytes, there was a big problem. Adrian and Unai were doing some exercises with MPI comunication, specifically X_GET and X_PUT comunication. It was a little bit difficult because they were a los of Inputs and Outputs and it was new for us. Aritz and Xabi were with the project. We had to comunicate 4 PLCs so we connected with MPI. We wasted too much time doing some exercises that anybody could do it.

On Friday 8, we did the second exam. It spend a lot of time doing the exam because they were different things to do. In the exam, we had to do 2 GRAFCET,  1 X_GET and X_PUT,  connect 2 PLCs and do a big program. It was a little bit difficult but we think that we are going to pass the exam with a good mark.

On Monday 11, we started with the presentations of the challenges, each group had to expose their work and explain what they had done during the three weeks of the challenge. We also had to talk about the problems that arose to us, and talk about how we got the solution. Then we went to each model, and we showed the work to the other classmates. Finally, the teacher came to each group to see if we had all the tasks done and completed correctly.


On Tuesday 12, today is the first day of the next challenge. we've started watching an introductory video about the program we're going to use during the challenge. That's what we've been willing to do the exercises on that program. One of them is to create a parking program for cars and pedestrians. Another of them is the filling of some bottles, another tries to perform the validation of bottles and apart from that place their respective labels and the final one, is about creating a program that would perform a machine to wash clothes.

On wednesday 13, we finished all the exercises of the new challenge, they were quite simple and we had practically no problem. On the other hand Professor Javi came and told us that we had to recover the PROFIBUS part of the previous challenge. Tomorrow we'll start with the model, investigating all the entrances and exits that have.

WEEK 5

On 31 Thursday, today the teacher show us the marks of the last week exams. The results have been good, but as always we can do it better. We have been doing some English exercises, and we also started creating the Curriculum Vitae in English. Apart from this, in the proyect we have continued comunicating the 4 models, after been trying all the day we finally get it, so we also started with the exercises of MPI and PROFIBUS.

On 01 Friday, we didn't have class.

On 04 Monday, we have done a lot of things. Is the final week before the exam and we have a lot of things to do. While Xabier and Aritz continued doing the proyect,
Adrian and Unai continued doing some exercises of comunication because we have to send this exercises to Javi and Jon.  They have had some problems to finish but they get it. Unai and Adrian have a hardwork to do, so they are very excited.

On 05 Tuesday we have done a lot of things. First, we did a list to know what we had to do. When we did that list, we saw that there are a lot of things so we start doing. First, we started with the exercises which are on moodle but there were very difficult. Then, we continued with the proyect and we saw that there were some problems. 


The problems were very difficult to give a solution so we asked to Jon and Javi. After that, we started with Mpi and Profibus connections but there were very difficult. The Mpi connection was "easy" because we had 3 videos to know how to do. However, Profibus connection was difficult because we hadn't any videos on YouTube and the things that were on moodle were soo bad.

On 06 Wednesday, Today we have continued with the profibus exercises and the X_get and X_put functions. We have had many problems since we have asked the teachers and we have done what Javi had told us and it did not work for us, but when Jon has come he tolds us that it was done differently, we have also tried to do it in the way he said and nothing. Finally we have stayed until almost 3:00 PM and Jon seems to have achieved something but next day in class we will have to look if it is the right way.

WEEK 4

On Thursday 24, we did an English exam, and we hope to have a nice exam grade. Unai and Adrian had work hard for this exam, because their English is not the best one. We continued texting if all the models we programmed before, were working correctly, and yes they were. Also we had been investigating about the OB100, that is a startup. ¿What does this mean? It is a program that only launches once (at the beginning), when we start the process. Finally we finished the day investigating about the MPI comunications.

On Friday 25, we started with comunications exercises, but it had been a fail. We didn't understand it very well and we also didn't know how to do it. But finally, we started doing the organization chart of all the models, and we finished two of them. Aritz, continued with the OB100, and he finished but we didn't know if it runs correctly, because sometimes it didn't launch at the beginning. Finally,we tried to connect the models with a PROFIBUS connection.

On Monday 28, we had continued with comunications exercises, and we also finished the organization chart of the third model, so there is one more left. Andoni started with the HMI, but we discovered, that we didn't have the license to connect it to the computer or to the models. We were having a lot of issues to connect the computer with the PLC's and this had delayed us a long time. Also, we have to mention that some cables, that we use to the MPI connection, they don't run correctly.

On Tuesday 29, we had continued with comunications exercises, but we were starting to find difficulties, we didn't think that it would be so difficult and that we didn't going to need so many time, but hopefully we are learning a lot in this challenge. We also saw a fail in the model 0. We will comunicate to Andoni to check it, because is his model. We have finished the first exercise of comunications. In the last hour, Adrian, Xabier, and Unai had been writing the blog of the previous days, while Aritz and Andoni went to dual.

On Wednesday 30, we have been doing other comunications exercises. Adrian, Xabier, and Unai have been doing the Global Dates, donde they have had a lot of problems, so they didn't finish it. Andoni and Aritz have been connecting two models through PROFIBUS connection, but unfortunately they didn't get it. Tomorrow we will see the English exams.

WEEK 3

On Thursday 17, we have started the day with English class, and we have done several exercises, listenings, writings...After that we have continued with our challenge, that we started two days ago. We continued doing a Word document, where we have to search information about network conexions. The teacher has been speaking with us about the idea of the challenge, and he explained us the different gadgets we need to use and how their work.

On Friday 18, Unai and Xabier started with de 6th model. It is very simple, a robotic arm has to carry a piece from the initial position to the final position. The programming was not too difficult, but it was a bit long. Aritz was ill that day and he didn't come, but Adrian and Andoni started doing some exercises about PLC's, during this challenge apart from the 4 different models we have to do some extra exercises. In this video we can see the running of the model 6.

On Monday 21, Andoni started with his model, the number 0. There are 4 different cylinders and the piece has to move from the initial pisition to the final position, when the presence sensor activates. This model was more difficult than the previous one. Xabier and Unai started investigating the 2th model, and Adrian finished the exercises, and he started with Aritz programming the 4th model. In this video we can see the running of the model 0.

 

On Tuesday 22, Adrian and Aritz started the 4th model, but in the beginning they had some problems with the computer and the programm, so they move to other computer and they finally started working. The model has to bring one piece from the initial position to the final position, it was a bit confusing because at first we didn't know how to programm the initial position, but after being trying all the day, we finally finished. Andoni, Unai and Xabier were investigating the final model to start with it next day. In this video we can see the running of the model 4.

On Wednesday 23, Unai and Xabier started with the final model, we find it easy comparing to the other ones. The only problem we had was that a cylinder was broke and we had to repair it. The model consist on two cylinders that have to move a piece sucking out with air, the main condition was that if the sensor does not activate, the process can't continue. Adrian was ill and he didn't come to class, while Aritz and Andoni started with the HMI, that we have to program for the next days. In this video we can see the running of the model 2.

WEEK 2

This week we haven't done a lot of things. On Thursday, we introduce the final project to be evaluated. We hope to have a good mark, because we have done all the tasks we could. However, there was one thing that we couldn't be able to connect, that thing was the servomotor. We didn't have the licenses and the knowledge to complete it.

On Friday, we divided in two turns to do an exam about the challenge.The exam was about a car garage, with two different sensors, two counters, a motor, and finally a key to activated the garage door. The exam had a big difficulty, the time. It was so long and we only had three hours to complete it.

Then the weekend come to us, and we enjoy it because of San Faustos 2019. Aritz and Adrian drunk to much, and Unai and Xabier stay at home like a very responsable students. On Monday, we had holiday and we didn´t come to class.

On Tuesday, we pass the check list where the teachers saw our work during the challenge, we luckly get a 10 out of 10. Then after this, we started preparing the presentation of the challenge to show and explain properly our project to other groups.We finnaly had success and our classmates understood all the project.

Today, on Wednesday the other groups have finished theirs presentations. After that the teacher ask us to make an exercise in TIA Portal V13. It has been so easy, and we have finished the exercise. Finally, we have rotated to the 5th challenge. And we have started to do some exercises of Moodle.
Apart from that, when we start doing Moodle exercises, we have seen that there are a lot of things to search on Internet. We have a lot of parameters, definitions... and we didn´t know how to do it. Moreover, when we have started with this challenge, the group that was before as, they have erased all the programming of this PLCs, so we have nothing.

This 2 days of the week, we have to finish with moodle exercises to start with the comunications of the three PLCs. Previously, we have commented that the other group have erased all the programmig, but also they have disconnected all wires. In our opinion, we think that there is not right, because when they started with this challenge, they had something programmed.

And now we are finishing the blog.
Here you have this image to see what challenge we are going to do.
We will be able?

WEEK 1

This week we have done a lot of things. Our challenge is about programming a screen called HMI_NA5 that is a screen from the company called Omrom. With this screen, we have to do basically 2 things. On the one hand, we have to put a lot of different parametres of a electric motor and a servomotor. On the other hand, we have to be able to modificate this parameters by this type of screen.

The first days we spend a lot of time doing exercises in the computer and programming some PLCs. First problems came when we try to connect the PLC with the computer. We were not able to connect because some parameters of the PLC were wrong. Andoni and Adrian spend a lot of time trying to do some exercises that were explained in moodle, but this explication was too bad. Because of that, they waste a lot of time watching videos in youtube, trying to find some information. While Unai and Xabier were doing some exercises about a variable frequency drive, Aritz started trying to connect the screen with the PLC. This one was too difficult, but he finally got it.

Another problem started when Andoni and Adrian finished they work and they tried to see if all the exercises were done well or bad. Apart from that, the explications that were in the first page, were so bad. Furthermore, when Unai and Xabier started programming the PLC, they saw that the PLC that we had wasn´t the same of the manual of moodle. For that reason, we knew that the parameters that we had were differents, so that´s a big problem.

While Aritz were connecting all the components of the program, he saw that the license of the Omron program was very old and it was expired. So Javi gave us a new license to be able to connect all the things properly. Once we get the last version of the programm in our three computers, in that moment we were ready to connect the programm from the computer to the other gadjets, such as the HMI_NA5 screen, the frecuency variator...etc. Unai and Xabier finished the frecuency variator exercises, and they started with the second task that was about programming the final challenge. At this moment of the challenge Aritz finished comunicating the computer with the other gadjets.

Finally, after been trying to connect all the gadjets several times, we got everything to work. Also we add some improvemets to the process, for example a laser, three counters, and some pilots.