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# #nino-well — 2025-08-27
**10:00 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756314040931499):**
[[F09C6AE4BU3_em15-sp1_110v-120v-input-vfd-user-manual.pdf]]
**10:01 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756314085184769):** Slightly different model than what I was expecting. looks like all is the same except for the modbus registers are different. same layout just different numbers
**10:01 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756314109670569):** ok.. shouldnt be too bad to update the registers
**10:01 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756314118270179):** once we're online i can help
**10:02 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756314126120189):** copy!
**13:03 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756325010122509):** hows it going out there?
**13:56 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756328194688999):**
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**13:57 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756328261976759):** ok.. ready for me? let me know when it should be online and i'll switch gears
**13:58 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756328307745199):** standby
**13:59 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756328362125579):** control word is 8192
**14:00 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756328433827799):** speed command write to 4096
**14:02 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756328572826909):** ok we are powered and should be online
**14:03 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756328594660019):** copy. standby
**14:08 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756328909594599):** pi is not online in the VPN console
**14:10 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329017021669):** want me to connect to your laptop?
**14:11 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329089491799):** try again?
**14:11 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329106967839):** power was still off to the pi
**14:11 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329113945749):** copy. standby
**14:12 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329178292479):** nothing yet
**14:15 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329356922389):** pi is plugged into a switch with starlink?
**14:16 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329372517709):** have you confirmed that starlink is up and working? are you on the wifi or also plugged in?
**14:22 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329748986799):** do I need to get off the wifi?
**14:22 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329755702099):** shouldnt need to
**14:22 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329761421779):** wifi is working
**14:23 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329802585209):** it doesnt look like the pi has internet access
**14:23 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329827398039):** i can connect or you can do an IP scan to see if the pi has picked up an IP address
**14:24 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756329852238889):** feel free to connect
**14:27 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330026079939):** Not much flashing on the switch
**14:27 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330034982689):**
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**14:30 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330212321359):** are you sure the pi is powered?
**14:30 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330220347229):** check all rj45 connections? everything seated?
**14:30 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330251863759):** lights on the pi?
**14:31 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330263018439):** Pi has power. Lights on
**14:31 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330274281599):** Checking cables
**14:31 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330303506469):** Oh Starlink cable has no lights. Standby
**14:32 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330348408979):** there it is!
**14:32 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330374488409):** everything up and running, and looking good.. we just need to get these registers sorted out
**14:33 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330382388789):** Copy!
**14:33 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330435581929):** onine with the PLC.
**14:33 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330438969359):** Tell me what the com port parameters are
**14:34 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330444062889):** in the PLC?
**14:34 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330446768789):** Yes
**14:34 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330477242029):**
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**14:34 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330497845739):**
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**14:35 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330506447629):** 9600 8N2
**14:35 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330507683549):** node 1
**14:35 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330507963259):** Change 2 to 1 plz
**14:35 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330510384989):** yes
**14:37 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330624860919):** are there any modules attached to the PLC?
**14:37 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330628729769):** its faulted looking for a missing module
**14:38 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330713366759):** is the slave ID of the drive 2?
**14:39 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330761312439):** I took th AI module off
**14:39 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330772577839):** i removed it from the program and its happy
**14:39 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330787717479):** can we verify the slave ID? these messages are setup for ID 2
**14:40 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330802250169):** Just fixed
**14:40 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330839918389):** you set the drive to ID2? does it need a power cycle?
**14:40 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330857040409):** I see RX on plc
**14:41 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330862302249):** its timing out.
**14:41 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330877928039):** Hmmm. Let me power cycle
**14:41 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330885689699):** Pi will drop
**14:41 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330898215069):** ok
**14:42 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756330957608229):** Back on
**14:44 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331087715559):** sitll timing out
**14:47 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331267411099):** You changed to 1 data bit?
**14:47 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331273487439):** 8N1?
**14:48 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331294453499):**
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**14:48 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331316901759):** Copy
**14:48 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331319326899):**
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**14:48 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331331625259):** ive tried to offset the address by 1 on either side which didnt help
**14:49 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331343271329):** i tried to read in starting at address 0, which didnt help
**14:49 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331348781819):** do we need a wire swap?
**14:49 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331356751089):** What is the exception code?
**14:49 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331381641629):** Check in tags
**14:50 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331400322549):** its empty. its not populating
**14:50 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331420286589):** Then should be work8ng. Where are you see8mg timeout
**14:50 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331420560059):** the error bit never lights up
**14:50 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331422703439):** just the time out
**14:50 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331441147899):** Are you see8ng data?
**14:51 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331477539259):** do you have productivity installed?
**14:51 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331502697559):** Uh not sure. I installed it on the office pc
**14:51 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331519988979):** no problem.
**14:52 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331529647429):** there is a status bit for time out.. and it shows on the instruction block
**14:52 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331532065739):** just a boolean
**14:52 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331564915729):** Funny thing is I see RX light on port
**14:52 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331575949139):**
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**14:53 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331582520759):** and all values are 0
**14:53 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331593830029):** i even tried slave ID 1 just in case.
**14:53 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331594970359):** same thing
**14:53 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331618250599):** I will try wire swap
**14:54 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331670232059):** Now no RX light
**14:55 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331704501819):** ok.. well let me try to disable all the other messages
**14:55 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331706893939):** and work with one at a time
**14:55 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756331709851999):** Swapping back
**15:00 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332043473259):** Downloading Productivity
**15:00 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332050473009):** speed command write to 4096 and status words start at 4096? is that right? just different commands?
**15:01 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332074034719):** Maybe try moving up to 4097 on read
**15:01 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332080979119):** i have
**15:02 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332162532069):** K
**15:02 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332177234599):** the write message looks like it might be completing succesfully
**15:03 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332180990739):** for speed command
**15:04 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332283806629):** do you want to work on the modbus messages locally there? im not sure how much more help i can be in the meantime
**15:05 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332312447209):** Yeah I'll work on it here
**15:05 [Mason Radke](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332320378739):** ok let me know if i can do anything
**15:05 [Kevin](https://slack.com/archives/C094GTB7ACS/p1756332327159999):** Thanks!