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Posted By Mike Northey Mar 07, 2023 09:49:00 AM
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Morley, I am using octet4 in many places to control visibility of buttons and indicators. As Shawn suggested, i can also use octet4 to multiplex tags used for global connections such as remote display number and other places where the PLC tag is controlling the HMI. Now I just need a way to ...
Posted By Mike Northey Mar 07, 2023 09:42:00 AM
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Hi Shawn, thanks for the reply This particular application demands that the PLC controls the displays that are shown. And to complicate it even more, this one also has multiple HMI's. Developing an app that can simply be downloaded to all HMI's would greatly simplify things, especially for guys ...
Posted By Mike Northey Mar 03, 2023 08:25:00 AM
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I have a system that has multiple PVP7 HMI's connected to the same ControlLogix PLC. I would like to maintain ONE ViewME application and download the same application to all the HMI's. I use the IPInfo activeX to read the terminal IP so that i can use the IP address in visibility links to control what ...
Posted By Mike Northey Feb 23, 2023 08:02:00 AM
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Is it possible to send a .MER file to PVP7 terminal without overwriting the users and passwords that are configured in the terminal. Currently ensuring that i upload the MER file to capture any runtime changes to user configuration that may have occured since the last download. ------------------------------ ...
Posted By Mike Northey Feb 23, 2023 07:56:00 AM
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Trying to create a global object that supports language switching in FT View Machine Edition. The object group is a combination of an indicator and a momentary push-button. The caption text needs to change based on the language selected. I have tried literal string with parameter /*LS:0 (#10)*/ ...
Posted By Mike Northey Feb 20, 2023 08:06:00 AM
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Thank you, It is unfortunate that one can't test the actions of the button when this function is used in the animation expressions. As a workaround, I have created a local tag which i am turning on/off using a macro, then using the local tag in animation expressions. This is OK but would be better ...
Posted By Mike Northey Feb 18, 2023 01:10:00 PM
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I would like to use the CurrentUserHasCode function to disable objects in FTVME. The function works fine at runtime. When attempting to TEST run a single display in studio app, the function causes an error and the object will not work. Doesn't matter if the function is used in animation expressions or ...
Posted By Mike Northey Feb 18, 2023 01:06:00 PM
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I would like to use the CurrentUserHasCode function to disable objects in FTVME. The function works fine at runtime. When attempting to TEST run a single display in studio app, the function causes an error and the object will not work. Doesn't matter if the function is used in animation expressions or ...
Posted By Mike Northey Apr 15, 2022 05:15:00 PM
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Hi Akash, I am interested in this utility as well. Are you able to share this utility. I have attached xml file for your testing. Regards, Mike