VBA Code Controlling PLC Tags in Studio 5000 Through FactoryTalk View Studio Site Edition

Using VBA code in FactoryTalk View Studio to control PLC tags in Studio 5000. This video is just an example of a best practice to get VBA to communicate to a PLC processor but is not limited to just this one example.

Treat this video as an eye-opener of many different applications that you could use this technique.

Private Sub VBACodeTrigger_Change()

On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
If Not IsError(VBACodeTrigger.Value) Then
If VBACodeTrigger.Value = 1 Then
ExecuteCommand "VBAmacro"
End If
End If
Exit Sub

ErrorHandler:
LogDiagnosticsMessage Err.Description, FTDiagSeverityError
End Sub

0:00 Example of VBA controlling PLC tags
1:00 HMI memory tag for VBA control
1:50 Adding a numeric display
2:25 Reason we change the name of the numeric display
2:50 Expose To VBA to VBA Control
3:40 Adding an HMI button
4:05 Using the &Set feature in button
5:05 Ladder Logic Seal In Circuit For Testing
7:11 Setting up FactoryTalk Linx shortcuts for HMI communications
7:59 Making a Macro in FactoryTalk View Studio
9:36 Opening VBA Code
10:25 Writing the VBA Code
14:46 Adding a second macro
16:45 Testing the VBA code
17:36 Creating an HMI Client for testing
19:05 VBA Code Testing through the HMI Client
20:30 Recommended videos for you

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