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<s>[INST] Read DH+ Diagnostic Counters 1756DHRIO Hello,how to Read DH+ Diagnostic Counters 1756DHRIO in RSLogix 5000 and read Active Node Table thank.. [/INST] You will have to use MSG instructions, of type CIP Generic, to retrieve these informations. See the following technotes for details (TechConnect authorization required) Aid 18310 - Aid 29909 - Diagnostic CountersAid 17690 - Active node table Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] 1305 frequency The frequency on my 1305 always resets to 0 after a shutdown. Can I get it to resume to an existing frequency that it was when powered back up? [/INST] pat, I guess you're using the HMI to set your Frequency Command, by the Increment / Decrement arrows, right ? Then, cycling power to the drive will set the frequency command to the value stored in HIM memory. :smileysurprised: Pressing both keys simultaneously stores the current HIM frequency command in HIM memory. The Speed Indicator LEDs will flash momentarily to indicate a successful save (if speed is above 20 percent); so the next time you restart, you will start from that value... obviously it cannot be the same as it was before the drive was powered down, just a fixed starting frequency you may decide. Hope this helps, - fuzzy logic thanks that solved my problem I'm happy for that.... any Kudos to this *poor* guy that helped you a couple of times ?! :smileytongue: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] RSLinx Enterprise Hy there, My problem is the following: I have a PanelView Plus 600 and COmpact Logix L23E QB1B, both with built-in ethernet ports. I am trying to make a project and have conected through a switch the panel the PC and the PLC. In RSLinx I can see fine the PC,PLC and Panel both on the rs232 port and on ethernet drivers. But when i open rslinx enterprise in FactoryTalk I see the PLC as a question mark both under erial and ethernet driver. Can you give me an ideea of what I am doing wrong Thank you [/INST] 1769-L23E will only show up in RSLinx Enterprise Communication Setup if minimum: You have FactoryTalk View Studio 5.0 installedYou have RSLinx Enterprise 5.17.00 installed. (See Answer ID 54104 - to download this version.)You have FactoryTalk Service Platform 2.10.01 installed. (See Answer ID 54104 - to download this version.)If you still can not see 1769-L23E delete Ethernet Driver and add again.The minimum firmware version of the PanelView Plus terminal needs to be 5.00.03 for successful communication to a 1769-L2x processor.This can be obtained from the Firmware Update web page. - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] the replacement of 1756-L55 When replace 1756-L55 by 1756-L6x, how is the application program ? Must we change any thing in the application program ? Please advise [/INST] Obviously you need to change the Controller Type in the Controller Properties...:smileytongue:After that, the program is recompiled, normally, if you mantain the same firmware level, there aren't particular things to change.Otherwise, you have to be aware you may encounter some issues with your hardware (maybe you need to upgrade firmware for your modules)and also you may need more controller memory using the newer firmware (and newer software version); check for this in the Release Notes of RS5000 under Controller Memory Changes. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] PLC5/60 IS TELLING ME CONFIGURATION EDITS NOT ACCEPTED BY PLC WHEN TRYING TO CONFIG REMOTE IO. PLC5/60 IS TELLING ME CONFIGURATION EDITS NOT ACCEPTED BY PLC WHEN TRYING TO CONFIG REMOTE IO. IVE DONE THIS HUNDREDS OF TIMES BEFORE AND HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS PROBLEM. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I CONFIGURED THREE RACKS ONTHE SAME CHANNEL WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. [/INST] Please verify your settings as most probably there is an overlap in the RIO addresses you're using (maybe you have configured the same as the local chassis)...or the Diagnostic file selected is already used on another channel... Hope this helps, - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Creating modules using VBA block Hi, I am trying to create an arena logic (which has three modules) using a VBA block. But I am getting an error saying that m.Modules.Create(..) is failed. the exact error is Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)': Method 'Create' of object 'IModules' failed. however, when I run the vba code only (using the execute button on vba editor) it perfectly create the three modules. So I think the problem is with the VBA blocks firing event. But I need a VBA block to trigger the creation process as an attribute involved in the creation process is defined after the simulation is started. Has anyone encountered this problem and has successfully solved it? Does anyone have any alternative way of tackling this problem? Thanks a bunch... [/INST] Without knowing much about your code, I'd wonder first if this is a timing issue. Maybe you are trying to make a call to something that is not fully initialized? If you are running the VBA code in the Display_AnimationStart event, try putting it in the code in the Release event of a button object - if that works, a timing issue is likely. If not, we have to look elsewhere. \n </s>

<s>[INST] Emonitor Odyssey Time Waveform First off I'd like to congratulate Rockwell on setting up this service. However as a condition monitoring guy I only use Entek products and suggest that you set up a forum specifically for this product range. My question relates to time waveform collection. I currently collect waveforms to supplement some of my vibration spectra. This involves collecting the waveforms and spectra as separate readings and therefore extends the data collection time. Is it possible to configure Odyssey so that the time waveform displayed is the same one that the spectrum is derived from? I.E. the TWF is only collected once and is displayed in both time domain and frequency domain? [/INST] This is the second request we've had on the eMonitor/Entek stuff. We are definitely considering a separate board for that product line. In the meantime, I suggest putting these questions in the HMI board (I'm told by the eMonitor support folks that this is the closest fit we've got for right now). Thanks,JHutch There is a little link chain about 9th or 10th icon over in the tool bar, or if you right click and choose linked, it will link or unlink all the plots you are currently viewing in a window to the same location id. You can create this view, it's not a default view, but most people will create it by using the split pain option. Once you get the plot view the way you like it, go to view and save view and save it. If you ever want to use the view again, click on the plot icon and select the view. Well if you only want to collect time waveform and derive the Spectrum from that TW in the Emonitor, then its possible. You can calculate Spectrum from Time waveform. You need to define the calculated measurement point for each location. Use FFT function to calculate FFT from TW while configuring the calculated measurement.Once you define a calculated measurement point, you need to update the calculations manually every time you unload the new TWF data to software.You can update the calculations by right clicking on calculated measurement point and in Process select Update Calculations. It'll take some time to update. You'll get a successful update message at the end. Hope this info will help you. To create a Calculated measurement, Refer to Knowledgebase document ( ID 39689). Alan... Depending on the actual data collection instrument you use, you can nearly always configure the time domain collection specs/filter/etc the same as the spectrum and get them to be collected together. Some collectors will do this, but the time domain you get in Emonitor may not be the same units as the spectrum. For instance, if you are using an accelerometer and have set up an IPS spectrum and IPS time domain with same collection specs/filter you may get the spectrum you want, but the time domain may say its IPS, but be in Gs... collector dependent... Other collectors will honor the unit settings in Emonitor and you may get the same units actually being displayed in spectra and time domain with the same collection specs. Now on to the practical side of things - as a condition monitoring guy, you are probably doing walk around stuff with an accelerometer/magnet and wanting to get G's time domain and IPS spectrum for the most part. You are wanting to minimize the amount of time you spend in actual collection too, for efficiency, all balanced with the value of the collected data... An acceleration time domain if collected at the same Fmax as the spectrum often doesn't give you the quality of results that you might truly want. The FFT, effectively, samples at 2.56 time the Fmax you set based on those Nyquist and Shannon guys and throwing away some FFT lines cause of low pass filter limits. This rate is needed to avoid the aliasing (foldback frequencies in the FFT due to sampling too slow). To visually characterize the time domain, you need a lot more than 2.56 samples per sine wave period, typically 10 to 25 per period. Throw in that you probably want the time domain to look for impacts from bearings/gears, then you are talking real fast rise time signals, sort duration pulses or ringdowns. The Fmax you use for a general machine health FFT results in too slow a sampling rate to effectively capture and visualize these impactive events well in most cases. The point I am meandering to here is that you might want to consider pumping up the Fmax for the time domain measurement so you can get and visualize the fast rise time data. Adjust the number of lines so you can get at least 3, shoot for 4 to 7 revolutions of the shaft in that time domain block too. This seems like a lot of extra time in collection, but realize that you do not need to do any averaging on this free run time domain, only one block of data is needed... Example - 1800 RPM w/antifriction bearings Spectrum, 1600 Lines, 2000 Hz Fmax, 6Hz HP filter, 4 averages, 50% overlap [DAT 2.40 seconds] Time, 1600 Lines, 5000 Hz Fmax, 6Hz HP Filter, 1 averages, 50% overlap [DAT 0.32 seconds] Total Data Acquisition Time = 2.72 seconds Dissimilar measurement specs, but you get more valuable and usable data with only a little bit of extra DAT needed over no time domain at all. If you use the lower Fmax as in the spectrum as well as those typical 4 averages, that time domain measure takes LOTS longer collect and provides, I feel, less valuable data. I don't know which collector you are using, but collectors such as the dataPAC1500, EnPAC 2500, CMVA60/65, etc. are easily able to bundle the dissimilar measurement specs at a single location together and they can be collected with a single keypress rather than treating them as separate measurements in the collector requiring you to move to the next point between each of them. My two cents... Regards, Brian :-) \n </s>

<s>[INST] 1794-IRT8 series A/B 1794-IRT8 module has series A and B. Why there is no option for series A or B when adding a new 1794-IRT8 module in RSLogix 5000? Also, after the 1794-IRT8 module is added, why the module property can not show the module's series information? [/INST] There is no option for series A or B because there is no major difference between the two. The only two things I see are these: As of 1794-IRT8 Series B, firmware revision C, CJC diagnostic bits will indicate if the two CJCs used on the module are measuring temperatures different by 5 degrees or more. A warning bit will be set.- If the wire off detection bit is enabled by configuration software, the wire off condition on any channel will be registered by setting a diagnostic bit for the corresponding input.Temperature reading will go to a Maximum value if 1794-IRT8 Series A is used.Temperature reading will go to Zero if 1794-IRT8 Series B is used. I don't know why the module info doesn't show the series. Hi guys, I think the *trick* is explained in Aid 39244 ... :smileysurprised: Basically, these modules DO NOT follow the standard Electronic Keying rules - fuzzy logic It's a cruel world! But it explains the behaviour. :smileywink: Why do these modules not follow the standard Electronic Keying rules? A design defect? That has been decided due to the possibility for series B module to act as a series A module by a jumper wire (Aid 29787), so who want to use this *feature* has not to deal with keying mismatch...this is definitely a decided exception. - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] RSview32 75 points licence Hi ! I have a customer using a 75 points licence for RSView32, thus I need to spare points. I need to configure some alarms. The question is, if I set alarms bits on a DINT (in a CompactLogix), and points on the different bits in RSView32, is it considered as using only one point for the licence ? THX a lot Joe [/INST] Joe,using RSView32, every time you declare a new Alarm Tag you use a tag that counts towards the I/O tag limit... :smileysad: .... also if you're using a bit inside a DINT...also if you use every time the same tag ! :smileysurprised: Just to be sure, you may check Tag Limits in Tag Statistics, following what is indicated in technote 43741 Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Hi Joe, It all comes down to how your tags are configured. Let's say you have a DINT in the controller - do you have 32 tags in RSView32 pointing to individual bits within that DINT, or do you have 1 tag that points to the DINT and use bitwise operators to read individual bits? This will either count as 32 tags or 1 tag respectively. Now let's take this a little further. You want to do alarming. You cannot use a bitwise operator in a tag's address, so you might think that you need 1 tag per bit. However, will a little finesse, you can work around this. Let's say you use a derived tag to extract individual bits from your device tag (see tech note 4403 for a detailed description of how to use bitwise operators in general). The derived tag could extract the value of the bits and store them in memory tags, which could be alarmed. So now you have 1 device tag and 32 memory tags representing the individual bits. Here's an example illustrating how to read bit 9 from your device tag into a memory tag:TagName: MemoryTag9Expression: DeviceTag & 512The tag MemoryTag9 would be alarmed. Obviously the derived tag needs to be running or else none of your alarms will work. Wow Jonathan... nice trick ! :smileysurprised: I think in this case it could be very useful to avoid to buy an upgraded licences just for few tags... (side note: I have rated your message to 5 as it is very well explained :smileywink: ) - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Visual Basic 6 / RSLinx Enterprise I want to write some values to a ControlLogix PLC from within Visual Basic 6. I know that if I had RSLinx Classic installed then I could do this using DDE (or OPC). However the application is using RSLinx Enterprise (within a FactoryTalk Directory). Therefore I don't think DDE or OPC would work. Is there a way I can do this from VB6? Can I access data items in the FactoryTalk directory or somehow communicate to the PLC? Thank you, [/INST] Take a look at this link: http://www.rockwellautomation.com/rockwellsoftware/data/gateway/ FactoryTalk Gateway (formerly RSOPC Gateway) allow third-party OPC clients to connect to FactoryTalk application. Here a couple of technotes that explain configuration... Aid 33691Aid 33541 Hope this helps...- fuzzy logic Thanks fuzzy, that would appear to do what I need, the downside being the cost of having to buy the Gateway licence. I assume there's no other way around it? It seems annoying you can access RS Linx Classic using OPC but not Linx Enterprise. I notice from the ordering codes that they all appear to include RS Linx Enterprise as well, but my customer already has this? Is there a way to just get the Gateway as an extra? Can you confirm the difference between the Standalone and Distributed? I would only need to write values into a Logix controller that is setup through RS Linx Enterprise (and FactoryTalk View SE currently communicates with it)? And can you WRITE data to the PLC using the gateway? Thanks again. georgel, following the order codes for the Gateway without RSLinx Enterprise: 9355-OPD2xxxENE9355-OPS2350ENE Basically, the FactoryTalk Gateway turns the FactoryTalk Live Data transmission into OPC so it is accessible to third-party clients. This means a third-party client now has access to the FactoryTalk Services Platform, a services-oriented architecture infrastructure inherent in the Rockwell Software FactoryTalk suite. This is the why you cannot directly *talk* OPC with FactoryTalk Live Data (and RSLinx Enterprise) Aid 38467 explains the differances between the Standalone and Distributed... For sure you can write to PLC, as any other OPC server it gives you this possibility... also you may secure tag write access for your application, area, sub-area... see Getting Result Guide... Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic georgel, take also a look to the following technote: Aid 38811 It explains the possibility to access the SE display client object model from VB... I don't know if it is applicable to you, there are some limitations as per the fact it should be realized on client side... Maybe you can get the PLC tags thru an SE client Display....:smileysurprised: Hope this helps...:smileyhappy: - fuzzy logic This may or may not work for your situation. If your VB app is running on a machine where a Display Client is running then you could use the object model. Look at Tech ID 38811 (SE) or 5699 (RSView32). Hope that helps. Thanks for both of you. The VB object model may indeed be of use, I'll give it a go. On the FactoryTalk Gateway front I'm getting mixed messages from Rockwell about whether they still sell it both with and without RS Linx Enterprise. \n </s>

<s>[INST] 1756OB16E Output pulsing I have a 1756OB16E card that has an output pulsing. I have searched the program and it is not being controlled by anything else, yet it still is running at a relatively high frequency pulse. I can force it on with no change. I have put it in a rung with other outputs and it still pulses. I changed the aliased to a different output and then that one will pulse, but when I put them in the same rung, the origial output (zero) will pulse. This card is electronically fused so I have isolated it from the system with the same results so it is not an excessive load. I have changed the card, with the same results. I have limited room in this cabinet and this is my last available output, and I could really use it to complete the project I have been handed. Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks,Glenn [/INST] Still sounds like a code issue to me since it moved to a different output when you changed the alias. Check to see if you have any FLL, COPY, or mask instructions that could be writing to a whole module. Also, cross reference the actual I/O point, not the alias, to see if anyone else may have used this in the logic instead of the alias. the output information is use somewhere else. Just make a cross reference directly on the output configuration. You will see. The fuse isn't tripping and you have logic that resets it do you? Does your project have multiple Tasks, Programs, Routines etc.? If so, try temporarily inhibiting other Tasks or unscheduling other Programs, and blocking JSRs to other Routines in the same Program and see if any of those actions cause the pulse to stop. Working your way down the resource/execution tree, you can localize what is interfering, if in fact it is code. Your statement about forcing the output wasn't quite clear: did you say that forcing the output (and enabling forces, of course) had the output continuing to pulse? If so, then it's unlikely it's the code. I'd suspect some kind of communication connect/disconnect cycle. Do you have multiple controllers trying to access this card, possibly one over a network? (The card can have only one controller owning its configuration and output data.) Is there a MSG instruction somewhere misdirected to the slot containing this output card? If you navigate to the card in the I/O Config tree online and open up the config dialog for the card, what is the comm status? (It should ALWAYS be Running.) Is this card being connected direct somehow in a remote chassis when that remote chassis already has a rack-optimized connection? Not sure how you would get that configuration to verify, but check it out. What version of RSLogix 5000 software? What controller cat. no. and firmware rev? What I/O card series and firmware level? What kind of connection and what RPI? In the cross-reference tool, enter the overall card address for the output structure ( like Local:4:O ) and see if there are any other references that could touch that bit. Same for the configuration structure ( Local:4:C ). Check for any COP (copy) instruction that is walking off the end of its destination tag, possibly into memory used for I/O comms. Any COP with a number of elements greater than 1 should be suspect. I hope one of these ideas helps!!! Dale, W8ABZ \n </s>

<s>[INST] how to calbrate 1771-IFE Rec C What is the procedure for calibrating a 1771-IFE RevC analog input module? I have the book on the A and B modules which explains it but the C book says nothing other than what registers are used.I need details... [/INST] Here some useful links: http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=54580 http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=54589 http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=43370 \n </s>

<s>[INST] Disable Pop alarm screen on PVP I am writing a new PVP program and woudl like to use the pre-canned alarm list, alarm ack buttons... but do not want the alarm screen to pop up every time a new alarm occurs. Is there a way to disable the alarm screen from popping up, but still use the alarms within FT View Studio. Thanks [/INST] If you do not want the alarm display to pop:Uncheck the Display option for all alarm messages on the Messages tab in Alarm Setup. This option calls the configured alarm display to the foreground. This is useful when using multiple displays with Alarm List Objects inserted for continuous alarm information.Alternatively one can:In the advanced tab of the alarm setup make sure the field for Current Alarms Display is empty.Then you will need a goto button to open up the multiline alarm display manually, it will not open automatically when an alarm is triggered because the field was left empty in the previous step.Now when you open the multiline alarm display and ack all the alarms the display will stay open until the close button is pressed. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Thanks, I did figure it out and I got it running just like your alternate solution. This was exactly what I was looking for. We keep an alam display on the bottom of all our screens and have a dedicated screen that will show all alarms and allow acknowledging. The pop-ups are real annoying. Thanks again Just a thought, but what you describe sounds more like a local message display than an alarm. JHutch Somewhat, but I still want the alarm characteristics, like the latching in the alarms until acknowledged. The acknowledging of alarms, and the alarms to go away after acknowledged and cleared. I also want a list where I can show all the outstanding alarms. I just don't care for the pop-up window. \n </s>

<s>[INST] User Name in Alarm Log Viewer My client requires to log all device switching to manual mode by operator. There is a problem with logging of current logged in user name - in HMI Tag Alarm Summary Editor [/INST] Sorry, buggy browser. I start from beginning My client requires to log all device switching to manual mode by operator. For that I created HMI tags with alarms, which I log. There is a problem with logging of current logged in user name - in HMI Tag Alarm Summary Editor it shows NT AUTORITY in Operator field, which is useless. Rockwell TechSupport gave up on that, by the way, I checked. Then I decided to log user message when alarm is generated and show it in HMI Alarm Log Viewer, but I couldn't find a way to put user name in it. There is got to be a way of logging user name because it's logged in FactoryTalk Diagnostics Viewer. Any ideas? OK, another attempt to strike a conversation :) To put my question simple: Is there a way to log current user name along with alarms? Yes. It's just a string object tied to the function CurrentUserName(). Take a look at Tech ID 44150. Add a string to your graphic and set it for the CurrentUserName(). The system tag System\User won't work in RSView SE since it's for RSView32. Thank you for reply. That wasn't exactly what I need to do. I do show current user name using that feature. But the problem is - how to LOG it along with alarm messages? The customer wants to know WHO was logged in when an event happened. By the way, it's for FTView SE 5.0 This is a normal behavior... an alarm is not triggered by user, but by HMI server. Extracted from Aid 52918 : Alarms are logged regardless if a user is logged on or not. For example, an HMI server could be logging alarmings even if no one has logged onto that computer yet, since SE runs as a service. For this reason, alarms will always be marked as user NT AUTHORITY. There is no way to change this, since alarms are detected and logged by the HMI server, not the SE client. So, also in the HMI Tag Alarm Log Viewer, the User Name column is filled with NTAUTHORITY. By the way, if a logged user acknoledges alarms, its User Name is reported in the Log Viewer (the action is done by user in this case). See attachment... Hope that helps... - fuzzy logic Right, it starts to make sense now. If HMI Alarm Logger has no relation to SE user accounts, it will not have information about the current user. I tried to generate message for Logger using AlarmLogRemark whenever new user logs in, but I couldn't pass current user name to the message text. Function call AlarmLogRemark New user logged in: /TCurrUser (where CurrUser is an HMI tag of type string) doesn't pass tag value, only tag name.Has anyone managed to pass current user name to HMI Alarm Logger message, or to have it in HMI Alarms at all? If not, it looks like the end of the quest for me. Thanks everyone, fuzzy logic in particular. Use the following command in a User Login Macro: AlarmLogRemark yourtexthere Then, in HMI Tag Alarm Log Viewer, in the User Name column, will appear thename of the user just logged in. :smileyhappy: See screenshot.... Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic OMG, I totally forgot about Login macro! I knocked on that door - I called AlarmLogRemark in Event triggered by VBA ThisApp_Login, but in that case User Name in LogViewer was FactoryTalkService.Thank you, fuzzy logic. The case is closed! \n </s>

<s>[INST] 1794-IF4I Over Controlnet with Logix Processor problem. I have a system with a Contrologix L61 processor. I have a flex I/O drop using a 1794-ACN. The remote drop has 4 Discret Input modules and I 1794-IF4I. I configured the network using RSNetworx, and I am receiving the discret input correctly. However, I am not receiving any Analog data, and the OK indicator is flashig green on the 1794-IF4I. I do have the 24VDC field power connected to the module, and the .FieldPowerOff is set to 0. However, the .Powerup is set to 1, which if I understand correctly is an indication that the module has not been configured. The configuration words for the module are not zero, and I have selected the configuration for the card in the modules properties. I am sure this is a basic question, but I have been unable to locate any explicit information on using the module with the contrologix processor. I am assuming that I do not need to use any Block Transfer insturction to configure the module or recieve it's data? Thanks for any help. [/INST] Take a look to technotes Aid 32245 and Aid 39190 in order to understand which is the condition that makes the ok Led flash green... You don't need Block Tranfer for sure ! :smileywink: Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Technote 39190 has the statement. The correct Terminal base units are: 1794-TB2, 1794-TB3, 1794-TB3S, 1794-TB3T and 1794-TB3TS However, if you look at the installation instruction for the module, it shows a wiring diagram for a 1794-TBN. I am wondering if the -TBN is acceptable or not? If it is not that is my problem as I am using the the -TBN base. Hmmm. In effect Selection Guide and installation instructions state -TBN is ok for the module... Check the other technote... did you toggle the IC bit ? - fuzzy logic Yes, I did toggle the IC bit, and the .powerup bit never did clear, which I am assuming indicates that it never received a valid configuration. The technote did refer to the 14th bit being set to one, but the way the controlgix processor maps out the config an status, it doesn't appear to be listed in the module tags. One more question: Is it all ok in I/O tree of Controllogix ? I mean no yellow triangles, no errors on modules.... Also, may be stupid observation but... double check the connector connection under that module's base( I mean the bus connection) ... sometimes the little pins are folded inside.... - fuzzy logic Yes, everything looks ok in the I/O tree no yellow triangles. RSNetworx for controlnet sees that card ok as well. I will have to double check the pins the next time I am onsite. Thanks. \n </s>

<s>[INST] ControlLogix & FTviewSE HiI need to create reports from a ControlLogix PLC using FactoryTalk View SE (standalone).These reportss need to be saved as both Excel spreadsheets & notepad (.txt) files.Is this possible? Thanks in advance [/INST] TonySTS, I hope to have well understood your needs... :smileysurprised: If you need to log variables and then view them using excel, there are a couple of technote about it. Aid 29789Aid 33924 Otherwise let us know again, posting your request with some new details... :smileytongue: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Panel Mate 1700 Version 4.1 I have a Panel Mate that has password protection set to enter offline mode. I require password A to enter offline mode. Unfortunately I checked the box that allowed password A to be changed. I recently visited this Panel Mate and found that someone had changed the password and I have no idea what the password is. Is there any method or password that trumps password A? I would expect some key sequence to force it to offline mode but have been unsuccessful. I have tried to use the feature that forces the display to go to a page. The closest I can get is page 1001 which is the configuration page. It appears that offline mode is not considered a page. [/INST] Rockwell Automation doesn't support PanelMate (not our product)... now if you meant something else and your fingers typed without your input (I swear mine do that sometimes!), amend your question and we'll take it from there! JHutch My apologies, our workplace is mainly Allen-Bradley and I typed without much thought. I typed correctly but thought incorrectly. Thanks for the reply \n </s>

<s>[INST] 1394 series B amplifiers on Sercos Kinetix 1394C-SJT22-D System module When Configuring the Axis under the Properties Tab Drive/Motor The Amplifier Catalog Number of the module I am using is not available from the Pulldown menu. All Available Module are 1394C-XXXX, I am using older servo amplifiers (Series B) and My part [/INST] Just a question to clarify.... did you try to select as Amplifier the 1394C-xxxx instead of none ? - fuzzy logic Yes I did, and when I selected the 1394C version of the amplifier, the Sercos ring would not complete the power up phasing. Selecting None allows the system to complete that cycle and everthing seems to be working (early stages of system upgrade from GML to Sercos). I contacted RA tech Support and they suggest upgrading the firmware from it's current version of 1.069 to 1.87, thinking that this may clear this issue up. I will post the results once I have them. \n </s>

<s>[INST] FactoryTalk Services Platform: Maximum number of projects or servers? Greetings Does anybody have an idea of how many View SE Projects can be hosted on one FactoryTalk Directory?\Secondly, What is the Server Limit? I have browsed the knowledgebase without finding the info. Regards [/INST] Following a collection of technotes that could help on that: Aid 58382 - Multiple FactoryTalk Applications within a Single FactoryTalk DirectoryAid 58803 - Network FactoryTalk Directory (FTD) Best PracticesAid 32549 - View SE Distributed System Design Considerations Hope this helps, - fuzzy logic Hi Fuzzy Logic, Once again you have been great with your assistance. Thanks for the TechNotes. Although there is good information about the maximum number of servers that a single application can handle I.E. 10, and the MAX Clients = 50, The origional Question remains unsolved. How many HMI Applications can be hosed on 1 FTD. Currently we have several HMI APPS Sharing 1 FTD in multiple areas of the plant. We are currently rolling out CPR9 and consolidating the Numerous FTD's. Currently we have around 36 SE Applications running with Redundant HMI and Redundant RSLinx Enterprise Server Configuration I.E 4 Servers per Application. We have one department that will have over 10 Applications on 1 FTD. The IO And APP Servers will be conbined, so the Server hardware will be reduced by 5%, but the question still remains if a Single FTD can Handle more than 10 Projects. Here is an Extract of the Tech Note Many Thanks for your positive feedback, Kelesis... :smileyhappy: Did you see the first indicated technote?Here an extract: However, in a production environment, it is highly recommended that only one active FT Application exist in the FTD. An active FT Application is defined as an application that has:Data Servers actively communicating with plant floor devicesHMI Servers loadedClients actively communicating with any Servers- fuzzy logic Hi OK, This has now opened up a can of worms. I have been in contact with Rockwell Automation Middle East, South Africa, and Europe. Everybody has a Different Opinion about what the best most practical design is. Here's a bit of Background. We Have Multiple Departments with this Design: 1. FTD with RSOPC Gateway and FTAssetCentre running on one Server.2. Multiple Level 2 systems (2 Application and 2 Data servers) redundant. worst Case Scenario 6 Applications per FactoryTalk Direcrory.3. FactoryTalk Security is Implemented plant wide with multiple users and permissions assigned.4. That's a total of around 25 Servers per FactoryTalk Directory. In the TechNote it states that 10 Servers supported per HMI Application??? Or FactoryTalk Directory???Next it says that Rockwell Highly recommends that you only run 1 FTD per Application? Who the Hell wrote that TechNote? - Does he live in a cave? Currently the Migration to CPR9 SR2 is to provide a more stable, uniform environment for our engineers and clients to maintain. We are achieving this by doing the following. Standardising the patches on all systems - I.E. CPR9 SR2.Reducing the server install base by 50% by incorporating the APP and Data Servers into one Box.Splitting the FTAC and FTD onto their own Boxes. If we follow the recommendation of having one FTD per Project then what happens to the whole design philosophy that was originally signed off by Rockwell themselves? Hi, reading the various technotes on the argument, you may find the indication to the system limits; there, you may understand that a distributed application should consist of a maximum 10 HMI servers and should have its FTD. Well, this FTD should not be shared with other applications (then, no more HMI servers :smileysurprised: ) in a production environment.... Anyway Kelesis, reading the story in your posts, and understanding the complexity of your installations, I strongly suggest to get in touch with your Rockwell representative and ask to meet a View SE Specialist (Commercial Enginner / Solution Architect). Let him re-analyse your systems and suggest the best way to go. - fuzzy logic Thanks fuzzy_logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Worst Fears Realized For years I've used the EVMove copy protection without problem. But this year Rockwell forced the integrators to go to the FactoryTalk protection. I get why, so I play along (like I have a choice). On Friday, I'm editing my RSLogix programs (5, 500, and 5000), on line with our network. Everything normal. Last month, I borrowed the licenses (RSLgx5P, RS500P, RS5K_700, etc) <rant> Can't Rockwell give these names in ENGLISH !!!! </rant>)and never even noticed the expiration of my EVMove licenses. All's well with the world. Go to client site on this past weekend. No network, no internet, limited cell phone signal. RSLogix 5000 works,RSLogix 500 works. RSLogix gives me Unexpected error from activation system error 2. Check FactoryTalk Activation. Yep, there's RSLgx5.EXECheck Diagnostic Viewer. Yep, there's where I booted my laptop, and RSLinx got it's license. Yep, there's where I fired up 500 and 5000. And there's the error. This is exactly the sort of situation that I was afraid that I'd be in. No software.and no help. Thank God I still had my EVMove license, and could roll back the PC clock to where it wasn't expired. The RSLgx5.EXE worked with the (old) EVMove license. But for some reason (and that's what I'm looking for in this post), RSLogix 5 can't find the borrowed FactoryTalk license on my laptop. RSLogix 5 can find it on our network just fine (although I don't KNOW that it's using (up) the network license instead of the checked out one). But for some reason, it can't find a legit license on my laptop. How do I fix this? õ¿õ¬ [/INST] Wow, I can understand your feeling Allen ! :smileysurprised: Anyway, my collegue has had the same issue at customer site... you have to call in Rockwell Tech Support as they have a solution... something to deal with activation file that has to be modified.... Good Luck ! ... and keep safe your evmove license... as longer as you can ! :smileytongue: - fuzzy logic We reinstalled RsLogix5 from the new toolkit. Most older versionsapparently do not work with FactoryTalk. I had the same exact problem. I called customer support, and evidently, the problem lies with the lower case letters in the RSLgx5P. To fix the problem, do the following: 1. Return ALL licenses back to the server (from everyone's machines). 2. Stop the Factory Talk Activation server. 3. Make a backup copy of the activation file. 4. Open the license file and change RSLgx5P.EXE to RSLGX5P.EXE. \n </s>

<s>[INST] Sometimes I can't go online even using crossover cable on a 5/05- othertimes I can't save program I am having a problem with a 5/05 processor. I just replaced with a brand new one on Monday - so that isn't it. Sometimes I get a red X and can't even get online. Other times I can get online, but then can't save the program. Sometimes no problems at all. On Monday I tried to back up the program before replaceing processor with a new one and couldn't get on. Then tried direct using a crossover cable - no luck. Any ideas? ThanksGeorge [/INST] nan \n </s>

<s>[INST] SE and scanner data How can I make scanner data always go to a string display or string input.Without having focus on the display. [/INST] You may cache your display using /ZA command (Cache Display and Always Updating)for example in a startup macro. From FactoryTalk View SE online Help: /ZA loads the specified graphic display into the cache and continually updates the graphic display, even when it is not visible. Then, when you will open the display, your value will be already up-to-date. See also Aid 46012 , Aid 45937 and attached screenshot, taken from View SE User Guide part 2, page 19-38. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic I'm assuming that you mean a barcode scanner attached as a keyboard wedge through a USB or serial port on the client PC. If that is what you mean, I don't have a great answer. I jumped through a bunch of hoops in VBA to make sure the correct form had focus and that incoming keystrokes from the scanner were sent to the right control. Very cumbersome and ugly and doesn't always work as expected. Definitely no easy way to do this. Also, simply caching a graphic won't be enough - it would need to have focus in order for a wedge to insert the scanned text into the input field. If you can guarantee that your barcode entry screen is displayed and has the focus, it is simple for a barcode wedge to insert the data into any of input fields. This is by far the easiest method. Anything beyond that would require something beyond plain SE - perhaps some custom Visual Basic or Visual C++ code to intercept data entry and redirect via the SE object model into your tags. Technically possible, but not the easiest application to support. I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to scan directly into the serial port of your controller and bypass SE completely. Maybe some other users out there have done things similar to this? It is a USB barcode scanner connected to the client PC.I usually do connect the scanner to the PLC but it is to far away this time.What I have done is when the opperator wants to scan in a new job he has to touch a button that opens a popup with the 3 string fields that way there is focus.I also has to configure the scanner to send an Enter then Tab. The data has to be entered to get to the PLC and Tab moves focus to the next string input box. \n </s>

<s>[INST] PowerFlex 700 Drive fault [/INST] Dave, I think a little bit of information is missing. ;) JHutch I agree to you completely but would like to tell you,a lot of information is missing Cheers:smileyvery-happy: \n </s>

<s>[INST] CAN YOU PASS THE CAPTION VALUE OF GOTO DISPLAY BUTTON TO THE DISPLAY BEING CALLED? ANYONE KNOW? I AM SURE I COULD DO IT WITH A MEMORY STRING TAG AND USE IT IN BOTH THE CAPTION AND THE PARAMETER LIST BUT WAS TRYING TO AVOID THAT. [/INST] Only way to pass something to a display is through Parameters. - fuzzy logic Yes I understand that but is there someway to use the GotoDisplayButton.Caption in that paramter list? No way to do that using ViewME. :smileysad: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] 1762-OF4 Ramp I'm controlling a process in which one part is controlling the speed of a pump. Under normal running conditions, the pump follows the line speed of the machine. The Accel/Decel rate is set by the line speed of the machine.There are times when the operator must jog or run the pump manually. Under this condition the speed command to the pump drive is 100%.Using a micrlogix 1400 and a 1762-OF4 analog output module, how do I rampthe output of the Analog module. Thank-you [/INST] Here is a screen shot from a .pdf file I had stuck back. Can't remember where or when I used it but a friend sent it to me some time ago. I think he got it off the website www.mrplc.com. One other thing...you could use a SCP instruction and use the .ACC of a timer for the input and scale it to the Min and Max parameters. This might be easier than my previous post of the .pdf file. Thanks for the help. Using the timer and SCP instruction did the trick. I guess I wasmaking this more difficult than it really was. Thanks again \n </s>

<s>[INST] Auxilary Contacts on Service Disconnect If I have a roof mounted motor controlled by PF400 and I put a service discon. on the roof to be in code. Do I need to put aux cont. in my discon to protect the drive if someone shuts off the power while it is running, at 3grand apiece I DO NOT Want it burn it up. [/INST] DDP, as per my experience, opening the ouput line of a drive when the motor is running, can potentially damage the drive... I've seen it happen many times...:smileysad: Normally this protection devices should be used when drive is already stopped, to be a safety precaution before a maintanance guy want to work on the motor or the mechanical part beside it, to avoid an uncontrolled restart of the motor. It should not be intended as a way to stop the motor.So you have to be sure to stop the drive before open it, to avoid a potential burn... - fuzzy logic So I guess the answer is yes it should have aux contacts tied into the stop curcuit. I sounds a heck of alot cheaper than a new drive. I am a firm believer in belts and suspenders, you can't make everything fool proof but, what you can control, you should try. For now at least I am just a ''maintenance guy'', but I know my enginner wants to retire some day and I will be benifitting from looking into the future at cost savings. Thanks for the input FL!DDP DID IT! \n </s>

<s>[INST] CompactLogix I/O placement I am new to CompactLogix, having previously worked with PLC-5 and ControlLogix. Given 2 existing banks: Bank1 order (left to right):1769-L35E, IF8, IF8, 1769-PA2 (pwr sply), IT6, OF2/B, OF4CI Bank2 order (left to right):IA16, IA16, IA16, IA16, 1769-PA4 (pwr sply), OA16, OA16, OA16, OA16 I need to add one additional OF4CI module to the above layout. If I add it to the right of the existingOF4CI module won't that re-number the slot numbers of all modules in bank 2? Should I add it to the right of the last OA16 in bank2? Are there any issues with placing low andhigh voltage modules side by side? [/INST] Unfortunately if you add the new module to the right of the existing OF4CI module all the slot numbers of all modules in bank 2 will be renumbered .... :smileysad: To avoid this, you're right, you need to place it in the second bank, to the right of the last OA16. No particular issue reguarding module placement... obviously, when possible, all *sensitive* modules should be placed far from high voltage and preferably near to the processor... :smileytongue:This of course to avoid *noises*... Hope this helps....- fuzzy logic It did help, thanks! \n </s>

<s>[INST] PanelView Component and acknowledging alarms Does anyone know if it is possible to write to a tag in the controller when you acknowledge an alarm in the PVC alarm banner? [/INST] Not directly - there's no way to have the Ack button on the banner also write to an external tag. You could potentially have the controller monitor the screen number, but just because you transitioned from alarm -> normal screen doesn't mean the alarm was acked (the user could have hit the close button or something). My only thought is that you could modify the alarm banner to have a pushbutton that writes to a controller tag to signal an alarm ack (replace the Ack button with a momentary PB)...and then have the controller send a separate signal back to the PVc's Acknowledge All Alarms bit...which would clear the banner, and ack all active alarms. It's kind of a roundabout method, plus I'm not sure you'd necessarily want to have all alarms acknowledged. Yea I was afraid of that. Seems you try to save money on HMIs and then end up spending as much on programming time to duplicate functionality of higher priced units. Thanks for the suggestion. I think this will do what I need for this application. \n </s>

<s>[INST] Activate DTR pin CH1??? Hi, How can i activate DTR pin in channel 1 of an Micrologix 1500 using Ladder Logic???? Thanks in advance, lectularius [/INST] Hi, the DTR control bit (S:33/14) and the DTR force bit (S:33/15) use to realize what you need in a SLC cpu CH0, are not available in the Micrologix 1500. So, it seems not possible.... :smileysad: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Message (Read/Write) between MX1100 and Compactlogix L32E Help I would like to send data (read and write) between a micrologix MX1100 and a compactlogix L32E. Can anyone provide me with an example on how I can do this or point me to where I can find examples? Thanks [/INST] See knowledgebase answer id 33161 Thank you \n </s>

<s>[INST] Toolkit Activations We are a systems integrator with a RS Toolkit License, currently EVRSI license, but I hear moving to FT Activation for next year. I need to be able to run a few older versions of some of the RS to support some customers. I'm planning to use VMWare to accomplish this, but I'm curious as to how I will have to set up the activations so I have access to them from whichever platform I happen to be operating from. [/INST] I think the best way to use the same activation on the two operating systems (the host and vmware) is to use USB dongle as Host ID for your FactoryTalk Activations. As per other users experiences (also confirmed by KB note below), this is possible using last dongle drivers...http://forums.rockwellautomation.com/rockwell/board/message?board.id=Activations&thread.id=99 Aid 39822 Here some technotes on USB dongle : Aid 32585Aid 54553 Hope this helps....:smileywink: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] String import fail in xls format with FT Studio. Hello All. If I export the language strings from an application if mine everything is fine.But.After the modification in the xls file the import is fail because the program think that some of the failure messages are not part of the application. I tried to import the original file back without modification but that's also not working. Stopping with the same failure.For example one line from 200 from importerrors.txt:/M151_01_06:M151_01_06_ME Alarm Message File_MachineAlarms_{::[CP_PLC_1]Program:_00W11_MainChainDrive.AOI_MainChain_Servo.HALH_NegSoftOvertravelFault} does not exist in this application. No Strings for this description were imported. The funny is that the first part of the translated xls is ok so it is visible after I restarting the FT studio but the rest of it isn't.I'm using Office 2007. Can this be the problem? I mean the new office is using xlsx extension and its making something when I use the old xls format. Thanks for the answers/solutions in advance.Merry Christmas and Happy new year. BR. Hurrican. [/INST] Please review Aid 55901 and see if it helps.... - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] RSEMULATE5000 Error Hi,I have installed RSEMULATE ver 15 and RSLOGIX 5000 ver 15.Whenever, I am download any PLC code into the EMULATOR and put it in REMOTE RUN mode, the CPU on the EMULATOR shows a Big RED CROSS and goes in to a condition where the RSLOGIX 5000 is not able to communicate with the RSEMULATE CPU. Does anybody know solution to this issue.-Arun [/INST] This problem could be related to some settings in Data Execution Prevention (DEP), for Win XP sp2 or Server 2003... Take a look to Aid 35236 to see if helps... - fuzzy logic Hey Buddy,Thanks for the solution. It came a right time. Appreciate your response.-Arun \n </s>

<s>[INST] FTViewSE 5.0 E-signature / List Selector / Program scoped tags Hi experts ! Customer is having issues with 3 subjects 1) Electronic signature It is a good tool to log value changes of integers. But they want to use it for strings. But we can't find a way to use it this way, so we could see in the log, like for integers, old value and new value. 2) List selector Using control and piloted and list selectors, when you come back to the first position (value 0 by default) the selector disappear. The only fix we found was to give another value to the first position, for example 100. 3) Program scoped tags Using program scoped tags in a ControlLogix, sometimes values refresh are not updating. We have to use controller scoped tags. Thanks for helping ! [/INST] Hello JoeCH, Regarding the ESignature button questions you asked, 1. You could set string values by changing the ESignature Operation from Set Value to Download Input Values. This should write all values in all input fields regardless of whether they are numeric or string. 2. I've tested both these controls and did not see them disappear when the value was set back to 0. Maybe they have Visibility animations on them that cause them to be invisible? 3. For your tag update problem, you need to figure out where the problem lies. When the tags fail to update, do you seen any communication errors in the Factorytalk log? Usually when tag values updates are intermittent, the things I've seen cause this are A) the controller overwriting the value that the HMI wrote, or B) communication bandwidth issues. You might use the Rockwell Software Data client (under Start-> Programs-> Rockwell Software-> FactoryTalk Tools) and RSLogix 5000 to compare to against the values that you see in the HMI project. Hope this helps. \n </s>

<s>[INST] PROSOFT Modbus module sitting on Redundant CLX Chassis hi as per above subject, anybody can confirm whether the Modbus module data retain/running whenever there is switchover from primary to secondary? FYI, there will be each separate Modbus module residing in each CLX primary and secondary chassis. Please kindly help to verify. [/INST] Before starting to discuss about Prosoft Module behavior during switchover, let me add some notes: 1. Which is your redundancy type ? Assuming is the one using 1757-SRM modules2. Primary and Secondary chassis WILL NOT SUPPORT Modbus module installation; following a list of what is allowed in those chassis. 1 - 1756-Ax Chassis 1 - 1756-Px Power Supply 1 to 2 - 1756-L55Mxx or 1 - 1756-L6x Processor ( V15.57) 1 - 1756-SRM Redundancy Module 1 to 3 - 1756-CNB(R)/D/E ControlNet Communication modules ( V15.57) or 1 to 7 - 1756-CNB(R)/D/E ControlNet Communication modules ( V15.60) * 1 to 2 - Optional 1756-ENBT or 1756-EWEB Ethernet Communications Modules. ( V15.57) * No I/O or other modules permitted in local chassis. A more detailed guide is in Aid 42750 Usually the Modbus modules are installed in the remote chassis. See also the Redundancy User Manual chapter 2 Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Compactlogix plc with Eurotherm 6100e Chart Recorder HI all, I have a project on the go using a Compactlogix plc coupled via Ethernet port to a Eurotherm 6100e paperless chart recorder. I want to send 6 temperature values from the plc to the chart recorder for continuous logging and display. Reading the 6100e manual, I see it uses Modbus protocol and I can use function codes 06 or 16 to send one word or several words at a time. I have assembled the data I need to send in some contiguous files, with the temperatures as 16-bit integers (0.1 degree resolution). In RSLogix5000, I have the MSG instruction which can be configured for 'generic CIP' and I assume that is what I should be using. However, it asks me to define things like 'service code, class, instance, attribute' as hex values. Also, I assume that somewhere I should be telling it the IP address of the recorder so it knows where to send its data. I am no expert with this stuff and was wondering if anyone has set up one of these recorders with an AB plc and can point me in the right direction. [/INST] Modbus TCP/IP protocol isn't supported natively on the Ethernet port of a Compactlogix... your device should support Ethernet/IP protocol to connect to it directly... For this application I may suggest you instead to take a look to a Prosoft module, MVI69-MNET The MVI69-MNET module is a single slot solution that provides a powerful connection between Rockwell Automation's CompactLogix processor and Modbus TCP/IP network applications. - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Not able to add a module in Rslogix5000 Hi! I have a fast analog module 1769 IF4FXOF2F.I am using rslogix 5000 version 17.When i try to add new module in the compact bus,I am not able to find the above mentioned catalogue number.What am i supposed to do to add this new module into my project!...have done onething have called up near by support people they said they will get back in sometime....but i have no time to wait...someone please help...! [/INST] Try to reinstall the rslogix5000 with all components and libraries. If you still have that problem try to get some parch for that rslogix version.Regards Have a look to the User Manual - App. C, you may configure it using a Generic Profile. The manual gives also informations about the Channel Configuration inside the Configuration Data file.... Hope this helps, - fuzzy logic Another solution is to download and install the latest Add-On Profile for RSLogix 5000 at the following link: http://support.rockwellautomation.com/controlflash/LogixProfiler.asp As you may see inside the attached Install Notes, the profile for your module has been added. Hope this helps, - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] PLC-5 and Modbus Is there a way to use a PLC-5 with Modbus? Maybe a stupid question, but I could not find any post regarding PLC-5 and modbus. I know when I did an application with SLC I had to buy a RS-232 to RS-485 converter. [/INST] PLC-5 serial port cannot be configured as Modbus Master / Slave. :smileysad:So you will need either a module in the chassis to support this communication, or a gateway. Most used I think is the one from Prosoft , MVI71-MCMFor Gateway, see this LINK Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Thanks for the info, I will check it out. \n </s>

<s>[INST] PowerFlex 70 Parameter 53 PowerFlex 70 Drive, parameter 53 resets to 3 instead of default 0. Could not find anything in the logic to tell the drive to reset to 3. Has anyone had a similar problem and figured out a solution. Tried the live chat, but nobody's home in the drive department. [/INST] Hmmm... did you already try to Reset the drive to default (P. 197) ? Other useful infos: PF is a Standard or EC version ?Firmware version?Is it connected to a PLC via network card ? Which ?Did you Load parameters from previously saved User Set ? - fuzzy logic No, I have not. This problem is for a customer and I have not had a chance to address it in the field yet. I will have to retrieve their settings and try that. Thank you. \n </s>

<s>[INST] Factory Talk View SE - mouse cursor stuck i am running FTV SE, when i change diplay screens the mouse pointer gets stuck within a box that looks about the same size as a button on the previous screen. Full movement can be restored by pressing the 'Windows' key on my keyboard, twice or by opening and closing Task Manager. The latest (as of yesterday) rolled-up patch for SE has been installed. Can anyone help me out please? [/INST] Bump!! Alas, I don't have access to the TechConnect stuff in the knowledgebase! But it looks like article 4994 could contain an answer to this if anyone could have a look for me......... Hi sollors, it looks like the same problem you have....as it is inside a TechConnect reserved doc, I can't attach it here...if you want, send me a Private Message here in the Forum with your e-mail address, I will send you back some infos... Hope this helps, - fuzzy logic Hi sollors, e-mail just sent...let me know ! :smileyhappy: - fuzzy logic Fuzzy, How about posting the link to the Tech Note in case anyone else has the same issue. It would save them the time of searching for it. Here we are.... :smileywink: Aid 4994 - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Safety Instruction Safety L6XS for SafeOff (dual channel Output - single channel feedback input) Hello, I'm looking for a safety instruction in my L62S that can handle the safe-off functionality as follows:- Safe-Off switching done by 2 safety outputs (dual channel) to 2 relays on same SafeOff-board of K6000-drive- Feedback of Safe-Off status: 2 feedback contacts on SafeOff-board of K6000 drive are wired in series and put finally to 1 safety input. I thing about using the ROUT-instruction (redundant output instruction), that requires 2 feedback contacts together with 2 outputs.The 2 outputs are no problem. But for the 2 feedback contacts (inputs) in the ROUT-instruction, I thought about using for Feedback1- and Feedback2-field the same safety Input. So far so good.Then I read the help function of the Rout instruction again and saw that it will do Pulse-checking on both inputsignals (feedback1 and feedback2-inputs).If it makes pulse checking according SIL3/CAT4 on both inputs what will the instruction do when there are 2times the same input configured? Will it go in error?Can I have a similar safety instruction with no Pulse testing on the 2 feedback input signals, or a similar safety instruction for dual channel safety output with single channel feedback input? Regards,Frank V. [/INST] Hi Frank, Pulse checking is done by configuring the safety in- and outputs, it has nothing to do with the ROUT function.If the input is configured for testpulse and that input does not get the correct testpulse signal, it will fail. So your solution is to configure only one feedback signal for testpulse. Only one testpuls output goes to your feedback input. In your ROUT block, use the input for both feedbacks and you are ready. p.s.Testpuls is mainly used for more diagnosis. Your application will also work without testpuls. Success,Cya Hi Cee Ya, Thanks for this reply. It was very helpfull! Regards,FV. \n </s>

<s>[INST] Connection of Freewave Radio to 1756-L61 Goal- Allow Remote access to tag information in 1756-L61 via the serial port. Using DF1/MODBUS protocol. I have a HTplus Freewave radio. 1- I need to find out if the cable (1756-CP3) will work for connection to a freewave HT plus radio. The Hosting Company I am working with does not have RS Linx yet and asked to provide the witha DF1/MODBUS connection instead of the Ethernet connection. 2- How do I use the above connection, (if possible) to place the needed Tag information in the correct Registers? (N7...In RS 500 app) I have done this with a MicroLogix1200 and a MDS Transnet Radio using the same cable used forprogramming the unit. Moving information into the N7 registers was easy but I seem to get lost whendealing with the addressing of the RS 5000. I have looked through the pdf link:http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/ap/cig-ap129_-en-p.pdfI am not sure if this is the way to go.... I am still fairly green with Modbus etc.But with a little helpI know I can [/INST] Two questions to clarify: From *where* do you need to access tag infos? I mean SCADA, Database other software...Which is the exact model of your Freewave radio ? HTPlus seems to be Ethernet... Then, you may use DF1 if it is available, you could also map ControlLogix tags to an address similar to the one you've already used (N7:0 etc.)... Aid 7355 explains that... - fuzzy logic First, let's address the serial cable. The supplemental data sheet for the Freewave HT Plus describes the serial port as RS-232, 422, 485, DCE. The DCE description is the important one. It means Data Communication Equipment, and that designates which pins perform which function. Your PC, and the ControlLogix, both have DTE, Data Terminal Equipment type ports. To connect DTE to DCE, use a straight through serial cable. To connect DTE to DTE, use a null modem serial cable. Because the 1756-CP3 programming cable is a null modem type cable, it will not work to connect the ControlLogix to the Freewave HT Plus radio serial port. I recommend fabricating a cable with only pins 2, 3, and 5. This is because Freewave must have used a nonstandard pinout in order to fit both RS232 and RS422./485 interfaces in the same connector, so jumpers or pin connections present in a full 9-pin cable (like the 1756-CP3) might have unintentional consequences for the radio port. Next, let's address the devices. I can see that your target remote device will be a 1756-L61 controller. But I don't see what your master device will be. You say that your customer does not have RSLinx. So what do they have ? If you are unfamiliar with Modbus RTU protocol and serial connections in general, using the Modbus via ladder logic application note is going to be a very steep learning curve. Tell us more about the software side of the application. The Host Co. have there own software for gathering SCADA. According to them it has the ability to communicate DF1 with the Logix processor. Accessing the Data will be through a VPN to the customer LAN then to a router connected to a VLAN (FreeWave Backbone). I Have a FreeWave HTplus (HTP-900RE).This will give me the ability to communicate DF1 (serial connection) and communicate Via Ethernetwith RS LINX after the host Co. has there system updated (which may not happen). In addition to my question about the Cable, connecting the freewave to the Logix processor can beachieved by using a gender bender & a crossover.......with the AB 1756CP3/A RB40 0807 Cable?? Thank you for your time. About the addressing using DF1.... if that SCADA support the ControlLogix native tag address(as seems, reading your post), then it is quite easy to *see* all the tags in that controller directly. Otherwise, you have to map as PLC/SLC messages following the technote I've indicated in my previous post. - fuzzy logic The 1756-CP3 and 1747-CP3 cables are full null modem cables that swap not just RX and TX (pins 2 and 3) but also pins 4/6 and 7/8 for DSR/DTR and RTS/CTS functions, and jumper pins 1 and 6. Here's a nice pinout picture: http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=5315 Because the Freewave port is claimed to also have RS-422 and -485 pins (but they do not call out which pins they are on) in the DB9 connector, those jumpers might create short circuits or other loading that interferes with the function of the port. You could certainly try a 1756-CP3 with a crossover or null modem adapter, but I would be a lot more comfortable with a simplified cable with only pins 2, 3, and 5. Lets say that I need to expose the tags by mapping them for PLC/SLC messaging. Will this expose the tags and enable the host to see them thru the serial port of the 1756 L-61? Will this effect the Communication with the Panelview Plus 1000 via Ethernet? Yes, for sure... the tags are exposed to every comm channel... I mean, the cpu is seen as a PLC-5 by those devices that needs to do so... and this can be done either through Serial port or another comm module, through the backplane. PanelviewPlus will continue to communicate with the controller as before, using CLX native tags. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Russian text RSView32 Hi, I have produced an English version of a SCADA and would like to display Russian tag descriptions and text on graphics. Has anyone any experience? I've been trawling through KB's but nothing really relevant to RSView32 (correct me if I'm wrong) I've added Russian to the Regional and Language Options as per Technote P92247972 but wanted some tips before I continue.The tag database gives me ???????? when copying and pasting within a csv file and ?????????? when copying and pasting directly into a graphic.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks,Suz. [/INST] Hi Suz, It's been a long time since I've done a Cyrillic application and I haven't done enough to get the steps drilled into me. But here's what I remember: Use the command LTagSubstitute - I always use the Command Wizard to help select the command parameters for this. Leave Language as Default and Sheet as Sheet1. This creates an Excel spreadsheet called languageswitch.xls.Open the Excel file languageswitch.xls and insert a new column for the language.Add the Cyrillic translations in the column next to the English text strings.Save the spreadsheet.To switch RSView32 to use the Russian text, issue the command LTagSubstitute Russian Sheet1. To go back to English, issue the command LTagSubstitute Default Sheet1. I think I remember having to use a Cyrillic font - you can look at www.fingertipsoft.com/ref/cyrillic/fontlist.html for some possible options. It might be sufficient to have a Unicode font. I hope this gets you at least into the ballpark. Good luck. Hi, Thanks for getting back to me. I don't have many string tags in my database, I'm more interested in updating the exisiting tag database with Russian descriptions and adding text to graphics. Any thoughts? Tech support pointed me in the same direction as LTagSubstitute Thanks, Suz. Suz, try tech note 45978. It mentions Asian languages, but should cover any non-Latin character sets. FYI, changing text in screens is going to require string tags (to the best of my knowledge). So the LTagSubstitute option is really the way to go. Hi, I managed to get exactly what I was looking for :smileyvery-happy: With the help of the tech support guys I now have Russian text on my graphics and Russian descriptions in my database. I had to change the default input language and keyboard to Russian then reboot. I was advised that the opsys would now be Russian but I didn't have that problem. Although when I type in a text file I get Russian characters it accepted my password at login :womansurprised: Anyway, I'm happy and away to get on with it. Thanks for replying. Suzanne. \n </s>

<s>[INST] SLC 500 connection with PIC I am running Windows XP and trying to connect to a SLC 500 via a 1747-PIC. I am unable to connect no matter what I try. The other guys at the plant are not sure whether or not this laptop has ever been connected to the SLC, and I was wondering if the PIC has an issue with Windows XP. This is the only thing I can think of. Can't find a newer driver for it anywhere. Does anyone have any suggestions? [/INST] First we have to say the RSLinx PIC driver is supported on Win XP, except when the OS has the SP3 installed. PIC device is old technology that is no longer being developed.An alternative is to use a 1747-UIC instead, that is an USB to Serial (DH-485) converter. If you have not SP3 installed on your Win XP, then read the follow.... :smileysurprised: Unfortunately, I've seen many many PIC driver issues until now, and I can say it was very difficult to solve them (sometimes there was no way to have it run ).There are plenty of technotes about it... I would like to suggest some of them, which I've used in the past, sometimes with success. Aid 9839 - Aid 9772 - Aid 16442 - Aid 43852 Be aware you'll need a TechConnect Authorization to access these technotes... Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic The PIC driver must be used on a real serial port (not a USB to RS232 convertor). I have used with Windows XP before, though not sure of the SP at the time.It is possible the SLC could be set to 9600 baud. When you configure the PIC driver, there is a baud rate option for 19200 or 9600.I suggest restarting the computer after configuring the PIC driver. The UIC works great, but can't do 9600 (had to assist someone with this once). \n </s>

<s>[INST] Determine if data file is being used I am re-working a PLC 5 application that was previously done by an outside contractor. I am trying to remove some of the unused data files. I'm not sure the Find is working correctly. For example, I have a data file of F16 that I added and I use in several program files. When I search on F16, nothing is found. How can I accurately determine if a data file is being used in a program file? I am using version 7.1 of RSLogix 5. [/INST] Hi, If you go into the Data Files folder and select the specific Data File (F16 - Float for example), there is a button called 'Usage'. Select that button and look for addresses that have an X in their location. These addresses are used in the program. Addresses with a . are not being used. As a test, you can create a new Integer data table file (Nxx). Set the number of elements to 10 for this example. Then create a MOV instruction in logic with the Source as Nxx:0 and the Destination as Nxx:1. Now, going back to the Data Files folder, if you select the 'Usage' button for Data File Nxx, you will see next to Nxx:0 and under offset 0 and 1 an X indicating these addresses have been used. All other addresses will have a . indicating these addresses are not used. \n </s>

<s>[INST] rsBizWare Enterprise Manager (MMC) 'Login Failed' on Server Manager Hi, I got a problem and I just can't solve it tried everything so I ended here. If I start the rsBizware Enterprise Manager, I am asked to register a Server Manager. I choose Yes and enter the hostname. Then the tree appaers with a red traffic light at 'Server Manager on (host)', I click it and a form appears 'Could not connect to the Server Manager. Would you like to start it?'. I press Yes. Normally, in the past, a login screen would appear (Login to Server Manager) were I fill in 'admin admin' and the production server etc would come in the tree. But now (dont know why but I have done everything the 'configuration tool' asked, though configuring DNS and SQL besides) it just does not appaer. After 10 seconds the light remains red and if i press the + symbol it explodes 'Login Failed'. Tried everything like changing DNS, Stopping and Starting Services... nothing helps it just won't work. Please help! [/INST] First I have to say I'm not an expert on this, so I apologize if reply is not in line with your request... just I'm trying to give help... :smileytongue: Take a look to the following technotes, that seems to me inherent to your issue... Aid 33433 - Aid 42119 Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] 700-CF Hazardous Location Certification Hi, I'm aware of 700-CF Control Relay having uL certification, however, is it carrying uL1604 hazardous location certificate or Class 1 Div 2 certification as well? Please kindly help, urgent. [/INST] No it isn't... neither of the two... :smileysad: Reference LINK - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] PLC5, ST using IF THEN with arithmatic I have a structured text section than I am using to determine if an address is within certain bounds. I want to determine if the address is between another address +/- 0.5. IF (B39:6/1 AND (F37:4 > (F18:40 - 0.5)) AND (F37:4 < (F18:40 + 0.5))) OR (B39:6/4 AND (F37:4 > (F18:45 - 0.5)) AND (F37:4 < (F18:45 + 0.5))) THEN B39:17/10 := 1;ELSE B39:17/10 := 0;END_IF;I do not belive any of the IF statements evaluate to be TRUE. My question is does structured text support the addition and subtraction I am performing in the comparisons? Thanks, Shane Nieukirk [/INST] IF (Bit_1 AND (Float_1 > (Float_2 - 0.5)) AND (Float_1 < (Float_2 + 0.5))) OR (Bit_2 AND (Float_1 > (Float_3 - 0.5)) AND (Float_1 < (Float_3 + 0.5))) THEN Out_1 := 1;ELSE Out_1 := 0;END_IF; The logic is sound; it works in a CLX, I don't know if PLC5 handles ST differently. I guess, the simplest question would be, do you have a JSR in LAD 0 with no preconditions? You are correct. My issue wasn't anything in my Structured Text section. I had separated the math into another section of the ST section. When I did this, I discovered that F18:0 + 0.5 wasn't being updated. It was at that point I realized I failed to add a JSR instruction when I added the ST section! At least, I won't make that mistake for a while... ;D If I had a penny for each time I've done that... I usually say it like this: At least, I won't make that mistake for a while... until the next time I make that mistake! ;) JHutch \n </s>

<s>[INST] MACRO WHAT IS THE MEANING OF INVOKE IN MACRO [/INST] Here, taken from the User Guide: Use this command with ActiveX® objects. Use the command to: - call an object’s method - assign the value returned by a method to a tag - set an object’s property to a tag value or a constant - set a tag to the value of an object’s property Aid 23292 contains an example of its use inside a project. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic You can't get a more thorough answer than what Fuzzy already gave you. The short synopsis is that Invoke allows you to access Properties, Methods or Events of ActiveX controls. If you are using RSView32, that's the ONLY way you can do it (other than binding tags to any exposed properties). In SE, since ActiveX controls can be directly exposed, there is no need to use Invoke. It is there for compatibility with RSView32 projects that have been converted to SE. Example: You want to add items to a ListBox ActiveX control. You would use Invoke to populate the list as shown below:Invoke ME.ListBox1.AddItem(Item1)Invoke ME.ListBox2.AddItem(Item2) Hope that helps. Thanks i got something from ur explanation.....:-) Thaks i my point.....and can u tell wat r d other macro usage...with Activex If you are asking how macros can interact with ActiveX controls, the only way is by using the Invoke command. That's because the Properties, Methods and Events are not directly exposed. The only way to inteact with ActiveX objects from a macro is by using Invoke. If you want to read/write ActiveX properties that happen to be exposed, you can bind a tag to them by right-clicking the ActiveX and selecting Animation-> Properties. Make sure the data type of the tag matches the data type of the property. That's not always easy or possible to do. To trigger an action from an ActiveX event, right-click the ActiveX and selecting Animation-> Properties. \n </s>

<s>[INST] F100 on 4M When I was setting the communication parameters on one of the 4M drives (through the keypad), and after cycling power on the 480AC line to the drives, 1 off the drives was showing F100. (Parameter Checksum Fault). Forcing me to reset all parameters back to default, and then reenter them. What causes this fault! (or better, how can we avoid this). I don’t want my customer to have to do this, but remember having similar checksum problems on a GV300 systems years back. In that case the drives were on a DC bus and Rockwell claimed the problem was that the bus voltage dropped to quick.These drives are not on a DC bus.Guys, any thoughts here would be awsome! [/INST] Unfortunately it isn't documented a probable cause for this fault, just it is indicated to Restore Default Parameters and retry...It could be a random and false checksum error, but if it often reappears, then it is a true checksum fault and the drive will need to be replaced. - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] the fault LED start to blinking of my 1761-L16BWA I have a brand new from box 1761-L16BWA model plc, by mistake and when I want to to connect the input i did some sort citcuit between the positive and negative terminals of the 24V on board power supply, and as a reslut the fault LED start to blinking, how can I fix this problem dears and deep thanks [/INST] May you also please report the status of the other leds on your PLC ? - fuzzy logic thanks, the Power led is ON, and the fault is flasing, the run is off, and the force off. thnaks again for your help. So, following the screenshot that indicates there is an Application fault that should be investigated connecting to the PLC using RSLogix500..and searching for the Fault Code and Info... Did you try to measure if the 24V is still present on the PLC terminals? If not, the internal PS could be damaged and maybe this will also cause other problems... Anyway, the best is to connect to it to monitor which is the fault... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic thanks, i got this screen shot, and i will try it on Sunday the PS still giving 24 VDC, i will try to connect it with the RSLogix500 and to clear the fault, and other mentioned things, thanks \n </s>

<s>[INST] PowerFlex 700S Hour Meter Is there a way I can pull an hour meter of any kind off this drive? Thanks [/INST] I'm not sure to have correctly understood the request.... :smileysurprised: The only Hour meter I know inside a PF700s is related to the total time the drivehas been RUNNING.... Elapsed Run Time par 298. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Yes that helps. Thanks Is that to say there is not an option for run time of the motor? No way.... :smileysad: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] FTView 5.0 Backup Restore Utility Tag DB problem Sometimes when I run the Backup restore tool, the backup completes and no errors are reported, however the tag DB is 200 KB in size. The tag db file should be in the range of 5-10 MB. I have seen this issue at 2 sites, both running CPR 9, but never on CPR7 (servers were upgraded from CPR7 to CPR9). If you run the tool again the tag DB is the correct size and the backup is correct. [/INST] I know I have seen what you are describing, but have yet to pin-point the cause. I am suspecting that the HMI Backup Utility was not properly installed. The installation instructions give directions for configuring it to run as a service. If you are backing up a running HMI server and only get the 200KB tag database, try re-installing per the directions and see if that helps. The section of the install instructions I'm referring to is shown below: 3.4. Once located to the desired path location, register the process “Rockwell HMI Backup Server.exe” as a service as follows: 3.4.1. Open the DOS cmd prompt and navigate to the correct directory location; 3.4.2. Enter command (including quotes) as follows: “Rockwell HMI Backup Server.exe” /service I have reinstalled it twice. I thought that I have kicked this twice (permissions, path lengths) but it always seems to return. I think it may fail the first time you try it after a reboot, after that it works fine. I know to check the size of the tag DB every time that I do a backup. It is strange that it is only on CPR9. I figured it out myself. The customer had copied the HMIBACKUPRESTORE.exe to the desktop and was running it from there. I replaced the .exe with a shortcut to the original location and it has worked ever since. \n </s>

<s>[INST] KepServer on RSViewME station, what version do I need? Hi: I have:1) VersaView CE box with RSView ME v4.x2) RSViewME v5.x on my development laptop.3) A *.pfe file on my laptop.4) A v5.x APA file on my laptop I need to modify an existing project I've inherited. I know I can down compile to a v4.x MER file, but what version of Kepserver should I have on my laptop? How can I tell what version is on the VersaView (directory location?)? Do the two need to match? [/INST] You have to check here: http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=33968 There are all the answers you need (more or less :smileywink: ) But why don't you update the PanelView Plus CE to v. 5 ?:smileysurprised: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Time Problem in datalog and Datalog problem. Hello, I'm a new member at this forum. And I hope that I choose the write topic. We use RSVieuw 32 - Works 5000 at our company. I'm currently trying to make the data log that’s recorded by RSVieuw visible in Excel. Everything is working well! But I have one question. When I open the DBF file (database file) in Excel There seems to be a problem with the time registration. We log every minute. This works fine until the hour ends. Then the time registration go's to 0:00 and will be like this for 12 minutes. This error occurs every hour. After the 12 minutes the time will count further Example :10:00 0:00- 0:00- (for 12 minutes)10:13 The reason I want to fix this is because if I want to make a chart in excel the time line gives an error. Is there any mod or update available for this problem? We run RSVieuw sins 2003 and have never updated it. We have also a problem with the database length. I want to log a week in 1 DBF file. Here fore you need 10080 Rows60 min X 24 hour X 7 day’s = 10080 Rows. It looks like that the DBF file is limited until 6 day’s Is it possible to change this to 7 day’s ? Thanks for your answer! [/INST] R.Nieling, unfortunately I have found any information on your strange issue about time recording... maybe other users have seen this problem in the past ...About Datalog limitation, I think the problem is elsewhere, you may log 1 billion records max... also excel limit is about 65500 rows.. My suggestion is to upgrade your current version of RSView32 software, maybe these problems will solve themselves with new installation files. :smileytongue: I'm afraid to not be much helpful... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic Hello fuzzy logic , Thanks for the quick reply!The time question is solved. It was no problem form RSVieuw but from Excel. The problem with logging is “Solved”. We did not see that RSVieuw logs from Sunday till Saturday. That was our mistake! Sorry! How can we change it to a data log from Monday till Sunday? (7 days a week) Thanks for your answer! R.Nieling, you may try the procedure explained at page 7-28 / 7-29 of the following User manual for RSView32 : http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/um/vw32-um001_-en-e.pdf Hope this helps... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] SLC 505 help RSlogic 500 help Hi guys just wondering if someone can help me out? I am trying to put a offset in some of my analog devices. The inputs are 4-20ma presure transmitters measuring water levels. I need to know how i can put a offset in so it will read the proper water level? Thanks. One measurement for example is reading 270.1 feet but the actualy level is 273.5 feet. How do i make this read correctly? thanks [/INST] You can use an ADD function to add the offset to the current analog value, and then consume the corrected value instead of the module's posted value. This assumes that the offset is a constant. Making it read correctly from the outset is a matter of scaling the transmitter. If this is not an option, then check out the SCL function. This allows scaling and offset to be applied to the incoming data. enjoy... jpp Hydroman, Consider using the SCP instruction. This let you scale your inputs using the equation y = mb + b. \n </s>

<s>[INST] install 22-COMM-D into powerflex 400 We have powerflex 400 part 22C-D060A103. We want to install devicenet communication 22-COMM-D. Do we need to buy communication adapter cover ? [/INST] RiverVN,no you dont need to buy communication cover for this rating.It is required for only PF 40 small rating drives. :smileywink: Thank you very much RiverVN,pls mark my post as accepted solution so that the thread is closed.:smileyhappy: \n </s>

<s>[INST] Indirect Access to Tag Data addressing in ControlLogix I know and have got it to work using the MSG_Control.RemoteElement to get data from a programmed location. Is there a way to Wright that data to a programmed area? I wish to be able to MSG (CIP Data Table Write) to another Controller in the same rack information but want to select both the source and destination before the enable. The only workaround I see now is to create a temporary location to send the data to then Copy the temp Values to the final location. [/INST] Unfortunately, the MSG_Control.RemoteElement can select only one address, and if the msg will be Write, then this address is the Destination tag; no way to specify both Source and Destination programmatically. You need to use some workaround like the one you describe in your post, to copy the data to send in the *fixed* Source element before enable the message. Or, you may use .LocalIndex to change the element number in the Source tag... it isn't the same as to change the Source element totally, but it is a possibility.... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic The LocalIndex and RemoteIndex looks like it will be the solution. I have 6 UDT in each processor with 50 elements each. What I'm going to try is create 6 MSG Read instructions one for each UDT Destination areas with the [*] option in each. I then can use the .RemoteElement to select the source and execute the desired MSG relevant to my desired store location with the .LocalIndex selection the element to store to.I will not get to this until Friday but looks like we have a solution Thanks Corey UPDATE: Using the.LocalIndex and the .RemoteElement has been successful. I had to create 12 MSG instructions. Two MSG instructions for each array. 6 MSG's to Read Data from the other processor to 1 of 6 selected Array. Then 6MSG's to Write Data from 1 of 6 selected Array to the other processor. \n </s>

<s>[INST] 1788 cnc card losing keeper I'm using a flexlogix 1794-L34 with a 1788-CNC daughtercard, everytime the power is cycled the controller loses the keeper. Anyone else run in to this problem? Updated the firmware to 1.8, still not working ?correctly. [/INST] Do you have Powerflex 7 series on your Controlnet network ? Several issues have been found when ControlNet Network only has a Keeper device and uses PowerFlex 7x drives with 20-Comm-C Modules...see Aid 52333 to see if it applies to your case... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] solution for replace 1747-L542P Is there any solution for replace 1747-L542P? Please advise [/INST] Unfortunately there isn't a direct replacement... :smileysad: I guess you may realize this with *modern* controllers, but it should be completelyredesigned.... I've found a thread in another forum that is quite old, but has some infos... - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] 1762 Expansion IO Greetings, I'm going to be using a MicroLogix 1200 for a project, and I'm purchasing some expansion IO modules at the same time. Are the expansion IO modules powered through the IO bus - or are they like the micrologix, requiring a seperate module power supply and IO power supply.? [/INST] Justin, the embedded controller power supply will power the expansion modules. You may add up to 6 expansion modules in any order, size and type (depending on power budget). Aid 40959 give indications about the calculation of expansion modules current requirements. Also check the Micrologix Selection Guide, pages 60-61 Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic I am trying to control a 0-10v fan with the 1762-IF2OF2 analog output card. when i read +vout to com with a multimeter, I get 10.5V at 32760 as the output. but when i wire the fan to it..... it does not move.... please help \n </s>

<s>[INST] Problem with 1756-DH/RIO I'm facing a little problem with a 1756-DH/RIO module installed at the site. The module is communicating with an SLC 5/04 through channel A which is configured to be DH+ at 57.6 k. The problem is that communication has been broken since last week. The 'ok' LED on the module is constant green, and the channel A LED is flashing green. The properties of the module show a minor recoverable fault (no other details). When I reset the module through RSLogix the fault comes up again. The node address of the module is 10, and that of SLC 5/04 is 1. In RSLinx I can only see the node address 10. I have checked the cable, its ok. Kindly suggest what could I do to counter the problem? [/INST] Hi, what about the led status over 5/04 ? Also, try to go online to it with RSlogix500, and verify the settings for Channel 1, maybe somebody has changed them ?! The Green Flashing Led means that it is the only node on the network... what about the display indication over -DHRIO module ? Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic The DH+ led on the 5/04 is constant red. When I tried to go online the 5/04 through the Prog. Terminal, I could only see the DHRIO on the DH+ network. The 5/04 wasn't visible even there. The settings for channel would not have been changed, as nobody has access to the system. The display of the DHRIO card is showing A DH, A # 10 only, A ok, B IO, scan, offline I apologize to not be so clear in my previous post... I was suggesting to go online with the SLC, I have forgotten to say ... using the serial port ... :smileytongue: then, double check the 5/04 settings are ok for your network... Anyway, the red DH+ led on the cpu is not a good thing... did you cycle power to that cpu ?Does the led stay still constantly red ? There is a technote that explains a similar problem (Aid 14319) I have the suspect of an hardware failure on that cpu... :smileysad: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] ODBC Data Hello everybody!!! Well, I am trying to do a little report to a customer. How? I am using an ODBC DNS Microsoft Access Driver to send the data to a DBProduct.mdb, and using Access I will produce a report. Everythings looks good, but the Access file doesn't have any data. Why? Any idea? I am working with FactoryTalk View 5.00, Windows XP SP 2 and Microsoft Access 2002. If I show this file all the 3 tables are empty. I used that in the past without problem. I would be very glad to hear from you soon. With best regards, Yari [/INST] Yari, have a look to the following technote.... seems to be what you need :smileytongue: Aid 39707 Hope this helps.... - fuzzy logic fuzzy logic, thanks for your advice. I had already seen this ID 39707. But the file wich is asociated with the ODBC stay always empty. As I said, this works with RSView SE 4.00 without problem, but with FactoryTalk View looks like the link with the ODBC doesn't work. A second file is generated but with the extension is .OBF where I could see all the data. So, any other idea? Yari Linkified for convenience - JHutch Jg Yari, I've setup an ODBC Datalog following step-by-step the procedure in the Technote, and this works fine (using FactoryTalk ViewSE v5.00)The .obf file is an ODBC Backup... data are logged in that file (path you have specified in Datalog Setup under ViewSE) when normal log in the ODBC database fails.Are you sure you have setup the use of SYSTEM DSN and not USER DSN in the ODBC Data Source Administration ?Also, be sure to click on Create Tables in Datalog setup, otherwise your .mdb files remains empty :smileysurprised: - fuzzy logic fuzzy logic, I found the problem, something is wrong with my computer :smileysad:. I made the same in another computer and is still working without problem. Many, many thanks for your help and have a nice day. With best regards, Yari \n </s>

<s>[INST] Redundant Controllogix w/Serial PLC5 message mapping We are setting up a system to receive commands from an existing system that sends commands via RS-232 DF1 messages. We have tested, and proved that the new controllogix system will receive the commands from the existing system. However, the final system will use a Redundant controllogix configuration. (2 - CPU Chassis, with 1756-RM Modules, IO on Controlnet, etc) We have the ability to switch which controller (Primary/Backup) will connected to the existing DF1 transmitter, (Using a serial switch) but will there be any problems with this configuration using redundancy?? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers [/INST] The -SRM modules had a relay onboard that you could use with a serial switch to route a serial connection to the Primary controller; there was even a bit about doing that in the Redundancy User Manual. Does the new -RM have an onboard relay like that as well ? The method you describe is the standard method for interfacing Redundant ControlLogix to serial connections. Unfortunately, it seems the -RM doesn't have the onboard relay as the -SRM series B has.... :smileysad: Try to take a look to the suggested wiring and configuration from Aid 34231, an unused output from a remote module could be used to obtain a similar result... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Thanks. I was less concerned with how to do it, then how the Redundancy manager would handle this. There are 1300 IO located quite some distance away, over controlnet (Fiber). For the switching I planned on using a FlexIO module to control the switcher locally. Thanks for the help. Shadcomm, You probably already have this info..... To switch your relay, you can a GSV to the Redundancy class, PhysicalChassisID attribute, which returns a 1 or 2 depending on which chassis (controller) is primary, and if it's equal to 1, energize the relay. If it's backwards (or if you end up replacing one or the other 1756-Axx chassic), change the 1 to a 2. Lots of other good data in the Redundancy class worth monitoring and (maybe) displaying on your HMI.... Dale, W8ABZ \n </s>

<s>[INST] Flash upgrade 1756SC-IF8H to 1756-IF8H Does anybody know if it is possible to flash a spectrum controls card so that is behaves like the rockwell version? I.e. I can use the rockwell add-on profile and not the spectrum profile. [/INST] Unfortunately this isn't possible.... :smileysad: Q: Will I be able to do a flash upgrade of existing Spectrum Controls HART modules to the new Rockwell catalog number firmware revision?A: No, the Spectrum Controls catalog number modules will only be compatible with the Spectrum Controls firmware and the Spectrum Controls module profile. [Reference] - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Issue installing Logix 5000 v16.03 I get the following error during the installation.. I had v16.00 and v17.... I didn't need v17 anymore so I un-installed it and I un-installed v16.00. before re-installing v16.03. If I clicked ignore the install continued but I got this message with 6-7 more dll files. anyone have any ideas? thanks Yvon [/INST] Try to see if Aid 60188 could help... it is about v17 installation, but really seems the same problem.... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Thank you, I clicked ignore until it completed and the app seems fine. but I will do the DLL check. Yvon \n </s>

<s>[INST] Ethernet Network Hi everyone, i'm looking for improving my ethernet network performance, i'm looking for some ethernet switch Manage as many of you will definitely recommend to use. But is there a particular model that will work better with controllogix platform or any kind will just do the job after being configure as well. thx [/INST] Hi Flames, Aid 22044 contains a document with Switches features recommendations for use with Ethernet/IP network... for sure Stratix Switches are tested and optimized to work with Ethernet/IP, and offer some features to easily integrate them into RS5000 for Configuration and Diagnostic purposes.... For sure also Hirschmann offer good Switches that work with Ethernet/IP (i.e. RS20, RS30, MICE models). Other users will also add their preferences... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic We use Phoenix Contact managed switches they are like $560. Did wonders for network especially if you use Ethernet/IPhttp://www.phoenixcontact.com/automation/32119_30385.htm Ethernet/IP uses both TCP and UDP. UDP is a multi-cast protocol that can really slow all network performance down. If a switch supports Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) it can control where the UDP messages go and keep overall network performance up. I lot of products support IGMP. I like N-Tron switches. See the following article for more information. http://www.n-tron.com/pdf/rockwellautomationappnotev8.pdf It is a very salesy article and sort of an application guide for their products. Still at the beginning it contains some good info. Following is my story of woe. I had a network of several ControlLogix and RSView SE with several clients. Every thing was on a nice high expensive Cisco switch that IT specified. After a couple of weekw the IT guys finally figured out who was loading down the network with all this broadcast traffic and made me unplug from the factory network. After lots of politics I got permission to plug in at night to download updates. After some more research and politics I replaced the Cisco switch with an N-Tron. Everyone was happy after that. Flames, I've used the Hirschmann managed switches on a couple projects with good result. However, to get a more complete answer, I've entered a query to Mr. EtherNet/IP on the ODVA (www.odva.org) website. I'll post again if/when I get a reply. Dale, W8ABZ thx for your help, let me know when you learn more from your post. I have a lot of budies on my network, few panelview plus, Flex I/O, Other Plc communication !!! Flames, At odva.org, The automated thank you for your inquiry response says it could be a week or two until I get a reply. (It's like that with any voluntary-contributory organization -- I would not have expected an immediate answer.) So if you're in a hurry, just go for it. As I'm sure you're aware, the biggest switch feature you'll need (for I/O, Produced/Consumed tags, etc.) is IGMP Snooping. This keeps the multicast traffic only on the ports that need it. I'm curious how many PV+s is a few. A PV+ with a lot of tags and fast screen updates can really crank out the messages, and more than a few of them talking to the same controller can keep its communication task hopping. Make sure you have plenty of CPU available for comms (adjusting Controller Communications Time Slice if necessary). And if you currently use an unmanaged switch, any of the N-Tron, Phoenix, Hirschmann, Cisco (e.g., 2755) or A-B Stratix switches will be a vast improvement! Good Luck!Dale, W8ABZ i have right now, 1 panelview plus 1000 and 2 panelview plus 600, also as far of Flex I/O is over 12 full rack over that network, also a SLC 5/05 is over that network. What do you think about unmanaged switch talking to other switch?Have you get some feedback over your other post also. thx If your network is totally isolated. If you will never need to be connected to the Web. If you will nevery need to be connected to the factory netork. In this case you might get away with an unmaged switch. From my experience as a control system evolves there is no such thing as an absolutely totally isolated network. You really need IGMP Snooping. I doubt you will get that on an unmanged switch. Flames, Nothing back from Mr. EtherNet/IP yet, so I posted a reminder at the odva.org website. I did find an interesting paper that discusses the types of traffic generated in an EtherNet/IP network and how the various level 2 (managed switch) and level 3 (router) switching devices deal with them. http://www.odva.org/Portals/0/Library/Publications_NotNumbered/Utilization_of_Modern_Switching_Technology_in_EtherNetIP_Networks.pdf A more thorough document, covering everything from IP addressing and physical LAN hardware on up, through network commissioning, is: http://www.odva.org/Portals/0/Library/Publications_Numbered/PUB00035R0_Infrastructure_Guide.pdf If you get through this last document, you'll truly be an EtherNet/IP guru! I hope these help you understand the reasons why a managed switch (with VLAN, Port Mirroring, and most especially, IGMP snooping) is critical to success on EtherNet/IP networks, especially those with I/O and Produce/Consume (class 1) connections (those that have an RPI). As before, if I hear more from ODVA, I'll post. Dale, W8ABZ A couple of things to go along with the prior comments that have been posted. It's not always enough to buy a managed switch with IGMP snooping. You have to actually manage it, which at the very least means turning on the IGMP snooping. If it's not turned on, you wasted your money. Same for VLANs - they have to be managed. IGMP snooping also requires that at least one querier be present on the network to generate multicast membership queries. You can have a whole mess of IGMP snooping switches waiting patiently (forever) for a designated querier to ask about membership. IGMP is a layer 3 (network layer) protocol, and switches are a principally a Layer 2 (data link layer) device. Note: IGMP is different than IGMP snooping. The membership query is a Layer 3 packet, since IGMP was originally designed for routers, not switches. Routers have long been able to issue membership queries. More recently, newer switches can do so too (making them partly a Layer 3 player). The setup within switches to enable listening and responding to query packets is often a separate selection from designating a switch as a querier. I've heard mixed reviews about the effectiveness of more than one querier, but there's no doubt that fewer than one leaves you virtually no better off than using hubs (repeaters) if your traffic is predominantly multicast, as it is in I/O networks. If you want to know if you've done an effective job of network design, mirror your trunk port (the one hooked out to other systems) and monitor the traffic with WireShark. Don't expect the multicast traffic to be zero (the membership queries themselves are multicast), but they should be a very small part of the overall traffic on the trunk port. Especially make note of the source address of those multicasts. If the source is the address of an I/O rack, a drive or such, you're probably not containing them. Many people look at their first WireShark capture, and become alarmed to see destination addresses they don't recognize. Multicast groups have IP addresses in the Class D range, which is 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. So, IP nodes wishing to multicast to others will not send data to a unicast address (the most recognizable ones), but to the Class D address of the multicast group. The receiver of these multicasts (if they've subscribed to the group) will bind that multicast address to its own network interface card, along with their own unique unicast address. You can get WireShark for free, and Google lots of information about it. It's the de facto standard in packet analysis. If you're not doing packet captures once in a while, you're only guessing about the effectiveness of your equipment and your design. Also, if you're not mirroring to your capture port, you're not seeing the true picture. \n </s>

<s>[INST] Using MSG instruction over Ethernet Can I use MSG instruction to comunicate two controllers over dfferents subnets using WAN beetwen them? Using ENBT module in both? I've already configured over the same subnet. Thanks. [/INST] joscata, You should be able to do this as long as the Subnet Masks and IP Gateway addresses are set correctly on the ENBTs, you have a valid IP route (configured and happy gateways/routers/etc.) between the subnets, and no firewall blocking the IP port number(s) for CIP packets. I think the MSG default timeouts are probably sufficient, depending on your WAN speed, but you'll certainly want to monitor for .ER bits and handle retries, whatever. It would probably be a good idea to take your notebook, set up its ethernet port with an available IP address on one subnet, with mask/gateway set up, and make sure your can ping the ENBT on the other subnet. Do this from each end. If you can ping the ENBTs from opposite subnets but you can't get the ENBTs to talk using MSGs, check for firewall settings that block IP ports for CIP traffic. Might want to have some packet sniffing software handy to see what's happening on the wire, trap IP port numbers, etc. Most critical, though: the subnet mask and gateway IP settings need to be correct in the ENBTs' port setups -- if wrong, all further effort is for naught. Good Luck!Dale, W8ABZ It all falls back to somewhere on your network you need a router or a managed layer 3 switch with routing capabilities. Set the gateway address in your ENBT to the router (gateway) address and configure the router to re-route to the different subnet. It's not hard but it IS based on the mfg of router you'll be using. All are similiar...but different. \n </s>

<s>[INST] RSView32 multi-window I have a customer that wants display mulitple RSView Windows simultaneously on a single large screen (46-50) LCD in a 2x2 grid. Does anyone know how to do this? [/INST] If you size the main RSView32 window to fit the extended desktop, you can issue Display commands with /X and /Y switches to specify the coordinates where you want the graphic to appear. You might want to check out tech note 8377 as well. \n </s>

<s>[INST] QualityOf() I recently encountered an issue with the RSSQL Diff() function. Using Kepware as my OPC server communicating to a Allenn Bradley 1400 PLC, I discovered that powering down the PLC causes the Diff() Function to see different values each time it executes. This is my assumption anyway because every second execution of the transaction containing the Diff() function causes a value spike equal to the rollover value of the function.1)Can I use the QualityOf() function in the Transaction Stores Data expression builder to prevent storage of transaction data when the quality of the data point is not good? Would the expression look something like this QualityOf(Data_Point) = 0?2)And perhaps more importantly, why would the Diff() function see different values of a data point from a PLC that is not connected? [/INST] nan \n </s>

<s>[INST] McAfee Security Corrupted My RSLogix 5000 Activation I installed McAfee Security onto a laptop computer with RSLogix 5000. I now get the 'Product Activation Failed' screen with the message 'The following activations were not successfully checked out: RS5K_000.exe. When I try to view my activation it does not show on the 'Current Activations' (even after refreshing). However, it was loaded in the 'Rehost Activations'. I Rehosted the activation and then activated it again. Now I do not have any activations in my system. [/INST] Which is the actual situation? Do you still see the activation file in rehost tab ? Did you try to search for the *.lic file inside the path shown on the Setting tab ? Or inside your “entire” PC…if you have successfully ended the rehosting process it should be in your PC…Which is the Host ID you have specified during the rehost?And last but not least… which is the Operating System you have on this PC ? Sorry for the series of questions, but some infos are needed to try to help you…. :smileytongue: - fuzzy logic The actual situation: There is no indication the activation ever occurred. There are no product activations in the 'Current Activations' tab or the 'Rehost Activations' tab. When I view the information for the download on the activation web site, I see the download occurred but somehow did not make it to my PC. No activations located in the rehost tab. There are no *.lic file in the activation path/folder. I found one license file for RSNetWork but none for RSLogix 5000. The Host ID I used was the default Ethernet card. The OS is MSW XP pro. SP3. The Logix 5000 program was working fine until I loaded McAfee (4.x) on the machine. Is the an issue with this virus protection program and RSLogix 5000? Ok, thanks for the infos.... :smileywink: Well, I think here the rehosting process has not been completed correctly, the file is not on your pc, so i think now the only way to get it is to call in the Technical Support... giving them your Serial number and Product Key, they will be able to help you to reactivate your software. This is the first step to do, then, when the activation is in the correct place in your PC, should appear at least in the rehost tab; after that it would be possible to check other things that may prevent your activation to work, for example the firewall settings if McAfee contains it... (Aid 35092). Also, I suggest to assign your Disk serial number has Host ID, sometimes power management features, network card integration, and other settings make the network card unavailable. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] logging messages from excel i wuld like to be able to log messages direcly from an excel worksheet to a page in me. this way i dont have to go back and chane the page everytime someone wants new info displayed.....any ideas? [/INST] Dana,the short answer is there is no object in ME that can read data from Excel. The only way that occurs to me is to have VBA code in your Excel spreadsheet write data to your controller (using RSLinx Classic). Then you could read those tags in ME. For instructions on how to use DDE to write values from VBA to RSLinx, see the RSLinx help file. Search on the phrase Microsoft Excel DDE via VBA. There are also several tech notes, including 4677. Hope this answers the question. \n </s>

<s>[INST] DISPLAYS i am looking for a display that i can hang by the line or in an office that is just a counter display that i can use to show the total production count as the day goes on, one with a contact closure, triggered from a plc will work just fine, any ideas will be greatly appreciated, thank you [/INST] I guess you already know what I'm writing... :smileytongue: Rockwell Automation cannot give you such a display; there are Panelviews or Inviews but both with trigger realized via comms port...and also without the functionality to manage an internal counter as you are requesting.. :smileysad: - fuzzy logic On the other hand, even something as simple as one of our new PanelView Component displays will allow you to read a counter register from our processors, and they have built-in Ethernet capability. If you maintain a production count in a register somewhere in a processor, this can be a cheap and easy way to handle it. i am already putting the production numbers on a panelview, but that is close to the line, i was looking for a marqie, or a larger display to hang above the line so everyone can see the numbers, let me know, thank you Try the InView Message Displays from AB. You can get them in different sizes....some viewable from a couple hundred feet and in different colors. There are other message display mfgs such as http://www.foks-automation.com/Industrial-Message-Displays.htm and http://www.redlion.net/Products/DigitalandAnalog/ProductFamilies/LD.html to name a couple that isn't AB. I've used Vorne in the past with success. Worked will with contact driven displays for counters and downtime, with a web interface. www.vorne.com \n </s>

<s>[INST] MicroLogix1100, PowerFlex40, and RSLogix500 I am writing an application that uses a MicroLogix1100 Channel 0 in Modbus RTU mode to control a PowerFlex40 drive. The application requires several READ REGISTER(s) (03) instructions. I am writing the message parameters to set the starting address of the VFD parameter location (.TFN) and number of registers to read (.NB). When the rung is verified it is accepted, but when the verify all is used, I get the error Word is not writable at word level. Will this method work in a processor? BST MOV 1 MG250:4.TFN NXB MOV 4 MG250:4.NB NXB MOV 1 N251:8 BND [/INST] Ned, the .NB is a read only value, thus it is not possible to use in a move instruction...you cannot write inside it a value programmatically, but only way is through the Setup Screen of the message... - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] problems with sl500 go to error and put in fail i have problems with a cpu sl500 5/5 some times go to error and stop plc and show fail im reset the fail and run again my question is is posible write one routing in the plc for reset for no go to error i have one aplication critical and is danger when stop the sistem [/INST] Should be nice if you could check which error is... you have to go online with the software and see inside the ERRORS tab (register is S:6). In any case, seems possible that error is a math overflow (sometimes it happens with counter registers); in that case is enough to create an unconditioned rung in LAD2 (the last rung) with Unlatch of bit S:5/0; this doesn't solve the eroor, but keeps cpu running. ..but the best is first to understand which error is.... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic im see in the plc error 36h is in pid im see in s:54 and in s:6 im see 0h An invalid value is being used for a PID instruction parameter. For some reason, An invalid value was loaded into a PID instruction by the user program or by the user via the data monitor function for this instruction. You have to monitor manually the PID instruction to see which value is changing to an invalid value; you may also monitor the MS byte of the second word of the Control Block of that PID instruction :smileysurprised: and verify the exadecimal number tha represent the sub error code; a table is reported on this manual, pages 9-21/9-22 http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rm/1747-rm001_-en-p.pdf - fuzzy logic To answer your question - Yes, it is possible to have the SLC execute a routine when it faults, so that it can recover from the fault. The important word is possible. Some errors are recoverable, some are not. The one you mentioned is a recoverable error. But an indirect address with a pointer outside of the range of the data table (a very common error) is not. And, even if you have a recoverable error, you have to program the SLC to fix the error and reset itself. In short, you have to anticipate what the error will be. But if you know what the error will be, why are you allowing that error to happen in the first place? Quick how-to: Create a LAD file (I typically use LAD 13, unlucky number). Don't have a JSR to it. Enter the number of that LAD file (13) in S:29 (on the Error tab of the Processor Status). When the SLC faults, it will execute that LAD program. The LAD program should, among other things, clear S:6 (fault code) and S:1/13 (Major Fault). \n </s>

<s>[INST] Contact Ratings on 800F Hi, Standard contacts are rated at 17V(5mA) but what does this actually mean? Is it >17V and >5mA, or >17V or >5mA? I need to switch 16V @ 24mA can I use standard contacts or not? Regards,Tim. [/INST] Timmus, please see the attached document... anyway 5 mA is the minimum current... Hope this helps, - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] RSBatch Active-X in RSView-SE (.OCX) Hi, I have a question about the RSBatch Acitve-X in RSView-SE. (Without installing FT-RSBatch-Software) I have imported batchv01.ocx, batchv02.ocx and SignatureListOCX.ocx. (Object-ActiveX Control...-Register...) (Source: batch_axcuser.pdf)These files contain the following controls:ControlRecipeList controlPromptsList controlProcedureView controlSignatureList control I see the new Active-X'es in the list. Now, when I select batchview.ControlRecipeList, batchview.PromptList or BatchView2.ProcedureView, click OK,I get the following message: Failed to create object. I don't know alot about Active-X components, so I don't know what could be wrong. Maybe I need to place other files (.dll maybe) in a specific folder? Can someone help me on this issue? Thanks alot! Kind regards, Tom [/INST] Tom, I don't know specifically these ActiveX, but I got this error sometimes. Be sure to save the .ocx files in a folder in c:\... avoid USB hard drives.This folder must be left there *forever*, also after the files registration. After that, try to register again your files, using the procedure in Aid 29730. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic Tom, if I understand you correctly, the Batch ActiveX controls do appear when you attempt to add an ActiveX control into the graphic? If they appear in the list, then they are registered. It's been a long time since I had an RSBatch ActiveX control project, but regarding ActiveX controls in general, one cause for a failed to create object would be that they are not installed properly. Did you copy these .OCX files to this computer or did you install the RSBatch Client? Try installing the client and see if that works for you. Hope that helps! Hello, I have indeed copied the .OCX files from a batch-server and I agree, this could be the problem.I thought about it, but I don't know what operators can do with the batch-client exactly. I'll try it out to be sure. Thanks for your replies! Hi, I've installed the Batch-Client, I see the ActiveX'es in the list (batchview.ControlRecipeList, batchview.PromptList and BatchView2.ProcedureView). I can select one and click the OK-button. I have a box standing on my screen now, but there is also a message in it. It says: The current user does not have permission to view YYY. (YYY = RecipeList, Prompt or Procedure). (While client is running, the boxes aren't vissible). Someone knows where it went wrong? So, another issue to solve... :smileytongue: Greetings Tom, it sounds like the original failed to create object is fixed. As far as your new errror The current user does not have permission to view YYY, I can't say that I've seen that one before. I wonder if it might be related to the error A required privilege is not held by the client that appears in the Batch View client if the current user does not have the Windows privilege “Act as part of operating system”. See tech note 28234 - maybe it will help? \n </s>

<s>[INST] RS5K Compare Tool - error Unable to get interface to controller object Technote ID 39051 in the Knowledgebase describes a RSLogix5000 compare tool problem. The compare tool is unable to get interface to controller object. I have installed V3.0.5.73 of the Compare tool and still have the problem. Has a solution been found? [/INST] AJZ, The only time I've had problems with the compare tool is when either ACD file includes Trend definitions. Try copying the ACD files to new copies, opening them up, deleting any Trends, saving, then running the Compare Tool on them. While you have them open, you might as well save as L5K and save a step. Aim the Compare Tool at the L5K files. I don't know if this is your issue, but I hope this helps! Dale, W8ABZ \n </s>

<s>[INST] PF 70 ON COMMON DC BUS? HI ALLCAN PF 70 RUN ON COMMON DC BUS?DO WE HAVE DOCUMENTS FOR THIS?THNXS IN ADVANCE [/INST] PF70 has not DC bus terminals, therefore it cannot works with common dc bus.You may consider PF700. thanks for the reply but is there nyway by which we can get it done through powerflex 70 only? I know of several instance, ours included, in which AB supplie custom open-framed drives that had a common DC bus. Most of the industry is trying to get away from a common DC bus because of the difficulty in maintaining the drives and because AC drives are so inexpensive these days. If you must use a common DC bus, you may need to get a special order from AB. fordtt, don't know what you are talking about Most of the industry is trying to get away from a common DC bus because of the difficulty in maintaining the drives and because AC drives are so inexpensive these days., because that has nothing to do with it, it's got nothing to do with how cheap drives are either. In fact most manufacturers are making it easier to common bus. With loads that are constantly regenerating common bus or a regenerative system (not using DB resistors)....in my opinion is a must. Let me ask a question, if I have a constantly regenerating load, does it matter that I buy a high efficiciency motor and burn it off to a resistor or burn it in motor heat with a standard motor (I'ts amazing to me that I have witnessed energy saving standards that madated an efficient motor be put in an application for a motor which regenerated all day long to a huge db resistor)? To me it's a matter of what you are doing to recycle electricity that is constantly being regenerated! I will agree with you on contact Rockwell to see what they can or can't do. Let me add this, depending on the system it's actually easier to maintain sometimes as a common bus (load sharing) system. Sorry, still don't see as many new common DC bus schemes in place. Notice I didn't that there weren't any...but he's talking about the pflex 70 which typically are used for smaller loads (less than 50HP). We DO in fact, use common DC bus systems in large drive applications. Large HP drives usually come with options to convert to a common DC bus, esp. ABB, GE, and Siemens. Off-the-shelf AC drives are becoming less expensive, with more configuration options, more network options, than ever before. Also, why would you make a big deal out of putting an engergy efficient motor on a VFD? The drives can deliver 100% torque at 0% speed. A high-efficiency motor is only highly efficient if its ran toward the top of the motor curve...not at a lower speed. This has digressed past anyone's benefit but the point is, if you want a common DC system...find a drive that can be converted, not convert a drive that isnt designed to. ... I meant to post this with the last one but couldn't find it. We did a project last year with a common DC configuration to help mitigate upstream harmonics thoughout the mill. Check out tech id 17712 and also attached is a link from AB but it uses the 1336 drives instead: http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/at/drives-at002_-en-p.pdf Hi! PF70 Frame E have +DC/-DC conections available. Please see 20A-UM001L-EN-P.PDF user manual page 1-9, figure 1.4.I don't know if these terminals are after or before the DC-BUS pre-charge, but you could find out with some measurements. Maybe tech support could aswer it. Maybe I'm wrong, but these terminals seems to be only Test Points, not DC input... just, frame E has two terminals dedicated in the terminal block... :smileysurprised: - fuzzy logic Fuzzy,does that mean i can measure dc bus voltage level but can not connect it in a common dc bus configuration? Really I can't give an answer to the why these terminals are in the terminal block (maybe better to ask to Rockwell Drives guys). :smileysad:Anyway, I can suppose that there is no way to use that as a DC input teminals (as common DC bus configuration) also because there is no documentation available for that.In fact, in the Application Guide mentioned some posts ago in this thread, only you may find PF700 (or 40P...). Indeed it is quite old (2007) :smileysurprised: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Panelview Plus 1250 Unable to Communicate. Dear All, What the reason Panelview Plus 1250 can't communicated with EtherNet/IP (1756 - ENBT)?I tried to changed the new EtherNet and cable (cross over) but still had problem. We have 3 machine the same parameter and setting, all parameter for setting configuration almost same. One of 3 machines now can communicate. Thanks [/INST] What is the error message you are seeing? Remember that an RSLinx Enterprise shortcut must point to a controller, not just to a 1756-ENBT. If you post the RSLinx Enterprise configuration as well as the 1756-ENBT configuration it might help a Forum member see what is wrong. Hello Ken, Thanks replied my note. What i see is the panelview can't start up RSLinx on the screen before start up theapplication. What should i do? I'm agree with Ken, more details are needed... also it is not so clear to me your last post... do you see an error about RSLinx Enterprise at PVP startup ? Type in the EXACT error message... Which is the firmware / software are you using ? Is there already an application in the Panelview that tries to start at powerup ? - fuzzy logic Fuzzy, No error appear during start up, only all Data from PLC error.I tried to communicate direct to my laptop, but still not see the Panelview.My laptop can communicate with other PV, using same configuration and PLC file.How can i download the new sofware or frimware? Thanks Well, try to see if you can ping the Panelview Plus over Ethernet... If you cannot, then I suggest to check in the Configuration Setup of the PVP the IP address configured, and in case change it to one compatiblewith your network. After you can succesfully ping it, try the following:Make sure you configure your ethernet driver and DF1 under your Target tab in RSLinx Enterprise. If you do not then the Serial and ethernet drivers are disabled in the RSLinx Enterprise in the terminal. Rebuild the MER.On the PanelView Plus go to: Terminal Settings --> Network and Communications --> RSLinx Enterprise Communications --> Restore Default.Delete the MER from the terminal and then reboot the terminal.After the reboot you should be able to see the PanelView Plus now in RSLinx Enterprise.View the terminal in the local tab before trying to upload/download. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Are you able to successfully test run the app from Studio and get data from the processor? More often than not in this situation, I find that the reason no data is showing up is because the app has invalid tags on everything. If it won't test run and get data, it'll never run for real in the PV+. JHutch \n </s>

<s>[INST] Opens the FactoryTalk Administration Console. I cannot logon to admin console. After username, password entered, it hangs up with hour glass Regards Raj [/INST] Vid, some informations are missed here...:smileytongue: Which is the software version are you using ? (CPR7 or CPR9 - Studio v4 or v5)From where are you trying to login? (Development PC, Client, Server)Did you change users and passwords after installation of the software?Did you try to use Administrator as user and leave empty the password field? The more effort you put into Forum posts, the more help you can expect to receive. :smileyvery-happy: - fuzzy logic Hi, The software is Plantmetrics CPR7 development stage.Recently, we completed a project using PlantMetrics (CPR 7) and RSSQL. I attempted to link a new set of Tags from the controller to PlantMetrics via 'Performance Parameters'. However, this was unsuccessful and caused the OEE graphs to all display 'Not Fully Initialized'. When we attempted to create a new database from scratch, I was unable to correctly configure the database connectors via the Server in 'RSBizWare Enterprise Manager' as the warning message of You have not configured your Transaction Manager kept appearing when there was nothing in the box other than the configured OLE Connector. Finally, when I tried to create the Servers Applications for PlantMetrics in the FactoryTalk Administration Console, I was unable to open the program [FactoryTalk Administration Console] as it kept freezing and I was unable to proceed. Hope this explain the situation Vid, you may want to try the following technote, if it is your OS mentioned... Aid 40098 It is related to hanging in FactoryTalk Admin Console... Also check the Aid 27476 for Planmetrics not fully initialized error. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] ALMD Instruction I'm using the ALMD instruction for my alarming and I want to turn on a siren and light if any alarm is active and unacknowledged, and leave the light on and turn the siren off if alarm is active and acknowledged. Is there common status tags within the logix controller to tell me this data. [/INST] You may use the status bits of the instructions... see the attached screenshot... InAlarmUnack has to be used for your first condition (turn on a siren and light)InAlarm and Acked together for your second condition (light on and turn the siren off) For further informations, see the Reference Manual , chapter 1 starting from page 30 Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Is it possible to set up the Alarms and Events server to drive this? I'm not familiar with the setup of it, but other HMI's I've seen have the ability for the alarm server to set/clear controller tags for horn, lights, etc. The ones I've seen can do the unacknowledged alarm part. Not sure about the any alarm (acked) part. We've also used in-alarm and unacked-alarm status functions in expressions with traditional SE tag-based alarming to drive animation. You could use Derived Tags with it to drive controller tags based on alarm group status. If you group the alarm tags in folders by controller (vs. other artificial hierarchy -- area), you can use the in-alarm status of the group. Or group them by where your horns and lights are located. Sorry, I'm not in front of a system now to look up the syntax. Perhaps cross-post this issue in an HMI forum..... Good luck!Dale, W8ABZ Thanks Fuzzy Logic.As I have 100+ alarms I was hoping there may be a quicker way. I found something on the knowledge base using RSView to set a tag in the PLC, but I'm not a big fan of using a HMI as control. \n </s>

<s>[INST] Loading From Memory Module to PLC (Micrologix 1500) Hi, Does anyone have the process for loading a PLC config from a memory module to the processor, I appreciate any help Thanks in advance Mike T [/INST] You may do the Load either from within the software (RSLogix 500, on the menu, Select Comms-->EEPROM-->Load from EEPROM), or using the Status bits S:1/10 and S:1/11 as indicated in the Online Help of RS500...you may find an extract here attached to this post.... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Can not stop Rockwell application services When I try to stop Rockwell application services to move the activation from a desktop with EVMOVEW utility I see the below message: Could not stop Rockwell application services on local computerError 5: Access denied see atttach file [/INST] hifirst restart your computer and again try move activations..cheers Very rarely do you need to stop the application services to free up the activation. Most commonly you just need to shut down the Rockwell Programs, and Linx usually gets people because you need to right click and choose exit, the x just tosses it to the task bar. If you cannot stop the Rockwell Application service, chances are that something is using it. Maybe you have an SE HMI server configured to run automatically? Try running the SE Service Manager under Start-> Run-> Rockwell Software-> Factory Talk View-> Tools. If that doesn't do the trick, then maybe a remote client is hanging on for dear life. You might try disconnecting the network cable. Hope that helps. If you have FactoryTalk View Studio ME installed, look in the Processes tab in your Windows Task Manager for RSLinxNG.exe. If it is there, shut it down; this is the RSLinx Enterprise service and even if you have it configured for Manual in your Local Services, it will remain running after you close Factory Talk View Studio ME. \n </s>

<s>[INST] SE to Excel via DDE - String Problem Hi, I am trying to enter into a String tag within SE and get the String to appear in Excel via DDE but I only get the 1st Character of the String showing in Excel - I have been told that this is a problem with all DDE servers - but I am still not convinced. Analog values go to and from excel fine. String values go from Excel to SE fine, but not from SE to Excel. The tag within SE is Type: String - Length:82 - Type: Device - Address: DDE:excel|[SE_DDE_Client.xls]Sheet1!r1c1 Cell within Excel is Text format. Thanks, Richard Beardmore [/INST] I'll take a stab at this, but DDE in SE is bad news - very unreliable. I thought I heard someone say it wasn't supported, but I can't remember any details on that. Might try adding SCn to the address where n is the length of the string, something like this: DDE:excel|[SE_DDE_Client.xls]Sheet1!r1c1,SC50 If that doesn't work, you could also use VBA to write to the cell in the spreadsheet. See tech note 43371 for an example of how to do this. \n </s>

<s>[INST] Delete Factory Talk Directory How can you delete a Factory Talk directory and I mean really delete? It seams like the uninstalls leave as much behind as they get rid of. I want to uninstall ALL RS software and be able to start from scratch. I do not want to keep hitting gosts of past usages of the computer. I suspect the only way to do this is to reformat the hard drive and reinstall Windows. I really do not want to do this and loose the installs/licenses of all the other software on the computer. [/INST] There are methods to complete uninstall FactoryTalk Services from a PC... however they are internal Rockwell Automation docs, and the only way to use them is to call in the Technical Support...they will walk you through the required steps... :smileysurprised: Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic You might consider deleting all files/folders pertaining to Rockwell Software and removing any obvious Rockwell entries in the registry. Other than that, see Fuzzy's answer. Blindly deleting things in the registry can be very dangerous. I have tried this before using search functions and typical AB/RS key words. It had limited sucess. You really need some guide to know where to look. I want to really uninstall everything. RSView, RSLinx, RSLogix. RSLinx is the hardest thing to kill. If AB/RS is going to do so many partial unistalls they should at least have a utililty called Total Clean or maybe Total Scrub. I also wish there was a clean uninstall. Since there is none from Rockwell, you might try a 3rd-party tool such as Registry Clean Expert. You can get this and other tools from the following link:http://www.regclean.us/Speaking personally, I would recommend trying this on a virtual PC before trying it on a real system. While I haven't used this one, I have used the old Microsoft RegClean tool, but that is no longer available from Microsoft and was never really supported on Windows 2000 and above. Yes, there is a way to do that. As fuzzy says, though, it is a Rockwell internal only document. However, TechSupport will be able to walk you through that procedure, if you call in. (It'd be hard to do it over a chat, since you have to reboot a couple times.) Now, the reason why: If it isn't done EXACTLY right, it can cause more harm than good. As you said, deleting registry entries is not something to be done lightly. Also, FactoryTalk is integrated into more than just FactoryTalk Studio. Often folks want to completely remove the Studio stuff, not realizing that something like RSLogix 5000 is going to go belly up, too. Since you're trying to get rid of ALL Rockwell products and start over from scratch, the procedure is probably a good idea for you. Give us a call. If someone tries to talk you out of it, tell 'em to come talk to me! :) JHutch \n </s>

<s>[INST] New libraries graphics objects for RSview? Tell please where I can download new libraries graphics objects for RSView? [/INST] You may find some libraries here : Aid 34729 It is a *reserved* TechConnect document, Maybe you can't open it... :smileysad: If you have trouble following the link, check to make sure your TechConnect authorization number is included in your profile. See the following technote for more information: http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=50871 These libraries are valid for RSView32 and you may also import them into ViewSE (ViewME cannot import them... :smileysad: ) - fuzzy logic Thanks, but I had in view of what fresher library for RSViewSE. Can already have appeared new 3D objects? (in style WinXP for example) New and beautiful objects I saw on interfaces in InTouch 10. Me that similar interests that.Really for RSViewSE till now has appeared anything new? I think there is anything new in it... :smileysad: Anyway, if the images you like are in .bmp or .jpg, you may import them in RSView SE (now FactoryTalkView SE)... Pictures, images, autocad saves; all these can be imported into the images library and used by SE. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic I and do. But a problem that in bmp pictures it is impossible to use some commands of animation.All the same, many thanks for consultation. :smileyhappy: Yes, you're right.... :smileysad: To obtain full animation you need to have groups of simple polygon objects, as the Library objects are.... (.wmf or .dxf files should help on that...) - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] PF40 DATA OVER ETHERNET I was planning to use PF40 with low HP motors and control them over Ethernet using the 22 or 20-Comm-E card (dont remember wich one is the rigth), anyway ; I also need to get some info about motor status like comand frecuency, actual frecuency and current, but into RsLgx 5000 when I configured the drive comm device I see the datalinks grayed so I cant use it to read current or any other data out the default data I guess, my question is if I go Devicenet comms instead of Ethernet could I configured datalinks just like the PF 700 drives or this is a PF 70/700 exclusive feature Thanks R Walle [/INST] Unfortunately, Powerflex 4x has not the possibility to use Datalinks... Only way you have in order to read/write parameters is through Explicit Messaging. Aid 38670 22-COMM-E User Manual - chapter 6 as examples Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] PowerFlex70 EC Drives via Ethernet Anyone know the whereabouts in the documentation to calculate the packets per second (PPS) or CIP/TCP connections for a 20-Comm-E adapter? Trying to get a handle on configuring 40 PFlex70 drives on a ControlLogix system. I know it depends on the RPI but not sure about the 20-comm-E adapter... [/INST] fordtt, why don't you use the free tool for Ethernet/IP calculation ? Here the LINK to download it... Take a look to the following screenshot.. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic Thanks but I've got it. The newest version is 1.3 and the one on the Rockwell site is v1.0. Our distributor gave us the newest copy. I was just trying to find some documentation that shows a calculation. I've got the calculations for digital and analog I/O. I wasn't sure if the number of datalinks selected affected the pps of the adapter....I guess not. Thanks again. fordtt, you may also find some useful informations on Ethernet/IP in the following document: http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/ap/enet-ap001_-en-p.pdf Anyway, the formula is: Packets/Second= (2 x connections)/RPI As you mentioned...datalinks doesn't affect it.... they are in the same connection as Command and status... Hope this helps... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Allen-Bradley Power Flex 4 I was involved in a project that required three conveyors to run at the same speed and the engineer suggested that we connect three motors in parallel, connected to an A-B PowerFlex 4. When we tried to run the drive it acted very strange. Two of the motors were rated at .8 amps and the third was rated at 1.4 amps. If we connected only one of the motors it would run just fine. Is it possible to connect three motors to one drive? Thanks, Dan G [/INST] Yes it is possible, with the following provisions: 1. Motors all the same size ( matched impedances )2. VSD drive size = load motors + 13. Output choke used ( same rating as the drive )4. Separate overloads to each motor ( no bimetals ) 140M units are ok5. set VSD for standard v/Hz ( no auto tuning )6. Keep total cable lengths to under 100 metres I would say that the reflected waves from each of the motors is screwing up the drive. The output choke should solve this. Is it OK to use 140M with thermal overload on output of PowerFlex 755 drive? I am running 5 motors V/Hz from 1 Frame6 55kW HD drive. But I want individual overloads. Is it OK to use the 140M with thermal overload, or should I use 140M with mag trip only. ThanksJohn Dunn Check out the following Knowledgebase documents 17221 & 18270 for RA answersThe issue with thermals is the vibration caused by the 2/4 khz carrier frequencyI have seen o/loads with snapped heater element bars ( caused by mech vibration from the carrier frequency ) \n </s>

<s>[INST] 1756-IF8 channel problem I have a problem with with analog input 1756-IF8 , the raw data for 2nd channel is alway 0 even when swapping between 1st and 2nd channels, they are wired using (single endeded current), I have checked the jumper iRTN, Please note that it was working before [/INST] If the hardware seems ok, and you can read some values if you connect the device on channel 1, then only thing I can suggest is to double check how the 2nd channel is configured in RS5000...Try to configure it in the same mode as the 1st, and then either take out and reinsert the card from chassis, or put the processor in Prog and then in Run again (needed in order to reapply the configuration to the module) Let us know.... - fuzzy logic Mar, I assume you've measured the current thru the input and it's in the range of 4 to 20 mADC. This current is applied across a 250-ohm resistor in the card and the card measures the voltage across the resistor as 1 to 5 VDC. You can measure this voltage directly, between the current input pin and signal common. If it's way more than 5 volts, the resistor is probably fried open. But you'll likely see a large data value in this case, not zero. If you see way more than 5 volts and zero data, you've probably fried the resistor and the channel.... bummer. If it's near zero, something is shorted or not getting to the card. This is the case where you'd see zero in the data. I'd pull the signal wires and apply a signal simulator, or even a AA-cell ( ! ), across the input. The AA cell, at 1.5VDC, would run a signal of 6 mA thru 250 ohms, or about 12.5% of scale. If it's 1 to 5 volts (in exact proportion to the 4 to 20mA), the resistor is good and it's something else. Check config, try some default values like 4 mA = 0 EU, 20 mA = 100 EU. Inhibit the connection and uninhibit or pull the card and re-insert to re-send the Configuration data to it. Have you tried a spare card? It takes some effort to fry an IF8 channel, but I've done it! Dale, W8ABZ \n </s>

<s>[INST] Ultra 3000i E55 fault Ultra 3000i E55 fault.when power on/off ,it wii show E55 error code. [/INST] Two main possible reasons: Personality EEprom Data Corruption, due to noise - not field fixable, you must return for repair (prevention is possible, verify proper shielding and grounding) If you have a small unit (.5kw, 1kw and 2kw) problem could be related to the 5vdc Auxilary Control power voltage.If it is not a precise 5.1vdc and free from noise, it may generate E55, User Parameter Checksum. You may try (for testing purpose) to remove the external 5vdc supply voltage from pins 2 and 3 of CN-1, power the unit and see if E55 occurs again. If not, the 5 Vdc external power could be the problem. Using a CN-1 BreakOut Board 2090-U3CBB-DM44 that has a filter inside could solve the problem. If you have a sercos drive, use a 2090-U3CBB-DM12 instead. Hope that helps... - fuzzy logic If motor power cable shields not connected at the drive,will it happen E55 (after power on/off). It may cause the first problem I've mentioned in my previous post. Take a look to the U3k Installation Manual to find out proper cables connection and grounding. - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] FactoryTalk ME program transfer utility error Launch transfer utility and gets RSLinx Enterprise Comms Tree ActiveX Control could not be loaded. Please reinstall RSLinx Enterprise. I get this message when trying to transfer a file from FactoryTalk View ME to a PanelView Plus 1000. I reinstalled FactorTalk View ME and RSLinx Classic with professional key. All of the software was upgraded in May.The bulletin says reinstall RSLinx Enterprise and nothing else. Is RSLinx Enterprise the same as RSLinx Classic with profesional key? I can't transfer the program using a compact flash card due to the fact that our vendor forgot to program an escape to configuration button! Is there some kind of reset to not auto load the application? thanks! [/INST] zzz, RSLinx Enterprise is not the same as RSLinx Classic... you need to install RSLinx Enterprise from your FactoryTalk View Studio CD.This is needed to transfer the application to a PVP. Anyway, in order to get the Configuration screen, you may do the following : restarting your PVP, you will see a white box in the left down corner of the screen; press it if you have a touch terminal (or press F1 if you have a keybord PVP) until you'll get the Configuration screen. This is only valid from PVP firmware version 4.00.12 and above. Or you may use the utility as explained in the following technote: Aid 26037 Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] RSview32 and 64-bit OS Will the latest version of RSview32 work with windows Vista 64-bit OS? [/INST] Unforunately it doesn't work.... :smileysad: Here from the Release Note of v7.50 RSView32 is now supported on Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition with Service Pack 2, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later, Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 or Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4, Windows Vista Business with Service Pack 1 (32-Bit) or Windows Vista Home Basic with Service Pack 1 (32-Bit). - fuzzy logic Fuzzy is absolutely right - no way to run RSView32 (or any other Rockwell HMI, for that matter) on a 64-bit O/S. But what you COULD do is run a Terminal Services Client on the 64-bit O/S and have it connect to a computer running RSView32 on a supported operating system. Depending on your application, that might do the trick for you. \n </s>

<s>[INST] Factory Talk Me 5.0 CPR9 installation I can't get software installed, it always gives me a 1720 error. Tech support has not been able to resolve my issue. I am using HP compaq computer. I can install it on a freshly restored unit but can't install on Older units. Any ideas as to where to look in the registry for the problem? [/INST] Here a technote that could help to solve your issue.... Aid 21780 It is a Windows Installer Package error, try the solution that *best adapts* to your situation... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic In order to enhance Forum's contributors reputation, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! What OS are you using on the machine?Any other programming software installed? \n </s>

<s>[INST] CLogix and Excel I need to capture approx 100 excel spreadsheet values and to populate CLogix tags with the caputred values at 15 second intervals. I understand that this will require macros in excel.Is there a tech note or a posting on the Knowledgebase that explainse how this can be done?Thanks [/INST] In the Knowledgebase there are many technotes reguarding DDE read and write macro for Excel. Use as keyword for search dde+ms+excel Here some of those technotes... Aid 20434 - Aid 31017 - Aid 5436 - Aid 24437 - Aid 22698 Also you may find some example DDE macros in RSLinx Classic online help. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Thank you for your response. These are great tech notes. Some of which I had found and others that I had not. I was looking for a way to automatically send the data from the excel spreadsheet every 15 seconds without pushing a button.This could be trigered by the PLC with a DDE link to a cell in excel or triggered by excel.Has anyone seen anything like this that I could use to start?Thanks again.Tony Tony, follow this LINK... there is all what you need to realize your Excel DDE link to send data to the PLC every 15 seconds. I've tested it with a sample DDE word write and works fine. Hope this helps… :smileywink: - fuzzy logic \n </s>

<s>[INST] Alarm Event OPC for IMAC Sentinel Hello, Does anybody ever had experienced on alarm management of CLX using IMAC Sentinel?I have customer using numeorus of CLX, however their standard of Alarm Management is using IMAC Sentinel. We have idea using FT Alarm&Event, however FT AE can't functioned as an AE OPC for IMAC.Please inform if you have any experience with 3rd party product for solution above. Thanks. regards,Hendru Han [/INST] I can't say that I have ever heard of IMAC Sentinel. But since it uses OPC, it cannot directly connect to to a FactoryTalk server. Here's a possibility that might work for you: if you install FactoryTalk Gateway, this will allow IMAC to communicate through FT Gateway to any data server in your FactoryTalk application. That still will not allow you to subscribe to FTAE alarms, as far as I know. But in your SE application, you could set some memory tags when FTAE alarms occur and IMAC could monitor those through FT Gateway. This would require using FTAE alarm functions in an event detector or derived tag to read the alarm status and set the memory tag. Be warned that the more of these functions you use, the longer it will take to load your SE application. It's not a clean solution, but the only one I see. Hope that helps. \n </s>

<s>[INST] RSView embedded varibles I have Embedded varibles in the information messages to let operator follow needed items. One of the varibles is a timer that is running. The varible shows in the information screen but does not change with the timer that is running. [/INST] This is a normal behavior... embedded variables in Information Messages and Alarm Messages, are shown using tag value at the moment of the trigger event and are not continuously updated. Only in Local Message you may have the embedded variable like you need. A workaround could be to use a Local Message and animate its visibility...I mean you may let it appear only when a variable change from 0 to 1 , for example.Only issue is that you have to manage that variable and also you have not the Ack already done as Information Messages have. Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic One alternative we've used successfully is to use a multi-state indicator which is updated continuously and you can make it any size you want. You enter the text you want and can embed the variable. We use an integer in the ControlLogix processor and move a number into the register based on the status. The status number corresponds to a multi-state message that is displayed on the screen. A lot easier than dealing with message files and updating displays. \n </s>

<s>[INST] Problem writing to CLX string using RSLINX OPC I can't write to a controllogix string value via RSLinx OPC. I am using theRSLINX automation server com control and C [/INST] When you said I can't write, what are you meaning exactly?Your value isn't accepted, you get an error... ?! Just to better understand... :smileywink: Anyway, I've done a test with the OPC test client coming with RSLinx Classic, and it works fine in writing to string. See the attached screenshot... Hope that helps... - fuzzy logic Thank you. I got it to work. What I wasn't doing was:-not using the .DATA[0] element.-not using the ,SC14 parameter. What does this mean? Must have somethingto do with the length.. BTW, the error I was getting was H_RESULT_FAIL and H_RESULT_TYPE_MISMATCHfrom the com object. Thanks again, Yes... Data[0] is the element from which you want to start to write, SC14 is the number of characters to write. I'm just happy that works...:smileyhappy: - fuzzy logic But it is interesting that the FTGateway returns the correct data type VT_BSTR for an alarm message, but RSLinx OPC does not. RSLinx returns VT_I2 and each of the string elements. Requires a lot of monkey work to edit alarm messages. I think there are some problems with the RSLinx OPC server. KEPware provides the correct data type also. I also see this with the data/time values from RSLinx OPC. This server returns these as a data type of 20 (VT_I8) rather than 7 (VT_Date). Any one resolve these issues? without custom coding an OPC client to behave like RSLinx OPC? \n </s>

<s>[INST] Explicit messaging to a 20 Comm module Now that I have the Explicit Messaging working great to the PFlex 7XX drive, I need to know how to set up the Set Attribute Scattered MSG to write Parameters to the actual 20 Comm E module. I can't find (or understand) the Class/Instance/Attributes that I need to specify to write to the module and not the drive. Can anyone point me in the right direction?Thanks,Bill [/INST] Bill, Class Instance and Attribute should be the same as those used to read/write parameters in the drive... Just you need to specify in the Scattered_Write_Request (source element in the example of the 20-COMM-E User Manual) the number of the adapter parameters; they start from 16384, as you can see in the screenshot. So, for example, if you want to write Accel. Time 2 in the drive, you will use 141, if you want to write the adapter parameter 03 to Enable BOOTP, you need to use 16387 (16384 + 3) Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Thank you Fuzzy, It took a minute to figure out where the 16407 needed to go, but now it is working fine. Thanks for your support. Bill \n </s>