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RE: FTView SE Studio

Posted By Shawn Tierney Mar 30, 2023 03:47:00 PM
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Do you see a help menu in FTView - all my Rockwell Software has Help menus, and help can also be accessed using F1. I believe the "online manuals" are also installed by default, as well as linked to under the help menu? Update: Yeah, I was right: DON'T Discount the HELP - Contents, ...

RE: RS Logix 5000 installation.

Posted By Shawn Tierney Mar 15, 2023 04:53:00 PM
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Are you sure you can have two minor revs installed on the same PC? 32.01.00 & 32.04.00? I've never heard of this being supported? ------------------------------ Shawn Tierney The Automation Guy and author of The Automation Blog Host of The Automation Show, Podcast, Minute, and Morning Show ...

RE: How does the FirstScan Bit of the CompactLogix PLC work?

Posted By Shawn Tierney Mar 09, 2023 04:37:00 PM
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Great question, First, the 5370 line (L1xER, L2xER, and L3xER) CompactLogix controllers had a supercap inplace of a battery. That said, with any A-B PLC I can think of, when power is lost the controller has to come out of Run mode, and you should get a First Scan/First Pass bit turning 1 for ...

RE: Is it possible to generate a .txt file?

Posted By Shawn Tierney Mar 08, 2023 05:19:00 PM
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We use to do this A LOT in RSView32 because the VBA was server side. In ViewSE the VBA is Client side, so not so good on a client-server system since the text files would be created on the clients (but it sounds like you have a single station system, so they are the same.) Honestly, imo it ...

RE: ActiveX Control with FTME

Posted By Shawn Tierney Mar 06, 2023 04:56:00 PM
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To add to what the guys already said, the first time most of us ran into this exact issue we didn't realize the patch roll-up not only updated the software but also sometimes updates the ActiveX's too, thus resulting in this error. ------------------------------ Shawn Tierney The Automation Guy ...

RE: Multiple HMI's sharing same Application ViewME PVP7

Posted By Shawn Tierney Mar 06, 2023 04:46:00 PM
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Hey Mike, Just going to share some thoughts here that might help. So this is a common request - OEMs want one file for all the HMIs, except that file has to be "a little" different for each HMI. In your case, it's the current display screen / remote display screen control via Global Connections ...

RE: FTView SE Studio symmetrical similar

Posted By Shawn Tierney Mar 01, 2023 05:21:00 PM
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So glad you liked it @fuzzy logic I have quit a bit of nostalgia for the original RSView. I use to really struggle with ControlView for Dos, so I was determined to become an expert with WinView. Funny thing is, while in an in-person WinView class at the old Icom building in West Allis, the ControlView ...

RE: How to update a CompactLogix controller when nobody onsite has Logix Designer

Posted By Shawn Tierney Mar 01, 2023 12:28:00 PM
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I'm very interested in learning why the IP Address did not update as well, seeing as it's a 5370...? BTW - Unlike some Siemens models, with A-B you can use any SD Card (of a supported memory size,) not the only one you have from Rockwell :-) ------------------------------ Shawn Tierney The ...

RE: FTView SE Studio symmetrical similar

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 28, 2023 05:17:07 PM
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RE: FTView SE Studio symmetrical similar

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 28, 2023 05:17:00 PM
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You're very welcome! If the product was new I'd lobby for an update to this feature (well, I'd still like to see updates,) but as I mentioned it's been like this since the original RSView came out in... 1995, so most of us are just use to it. Best wishes, Shawn PS - I'll try to attach the ...

RE: FTView SE Studio symmetrical similar

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 28, 2023 05:06:00 PM
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Perfect! ------------------------------ Shawn Tierney The Automation Guy and author of The Automation Blog Host of The Automation Show, Podcast, Minute, and Morning Show ------------------------------

RE: How to update a CompactLogix controller when nobody onsite has Logix Designer

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 28, 2023 04:46:00 PM
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I don't work for Rockwell, but I have been using their PLCs for a little while and can say that as far as I know (going all the way back to the early 90's,) you have never been able to do this with any A-B PLC... well, aside from burning EEPROMS and old tech like that. I also can confirm what you ...

RE: FTView SE Studio symmetrical similar

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 28, 2023 06:04:00 AM
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Personally, I've don't ever remember finding a way to get rid of, or customizing, the border of the Numeric or String Inputs. If someone else has please share. You should be able to make your Numeric and String display objects have a similar look by giving them have a transparent background and ...

RE: Using a MSG instruction to set the time in a remote CompactLogix

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 27, 2023 03:12:00 PM
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I'd be interested if you figure this out - I've always sent the info over to a tag, then used an SSV in the destination controller. ------------------------------ Shawn Tierney The Automation Guy and author of The Automation Blog Host of The Automation Show, Podcast, Minute, and Morning Show ...

RE: FTView Studio SE change BackColor and ForeColor in a StringInput

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 24, 2023 02:10:00 PM
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In FTViewSE (and RSView32) I believe you will find Numeric and String Input settings under the Display's Settings (where they are set once for the entire display.) It's a little limiting, but there are ways to get around it... ------------------------------ Shawn Tierney The Automation ...

RE: is it possible to export, edit the .CSV and then import the new tags?

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 21, 2023 05:08:00 PM
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Yes! I've done it a thousand times :-) But you must insure the format doesn't change. Compare the old file to the new and you'll probaby find something missing in the new. To avoid that, I always create a test tag of each type, and then in Excel I duplicate those. Also be careful with Excel ...

RE: Programmatically changing/selecting HMI screens from a PLC tag

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 20, 2023 03:40:00 PM
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Great news Kam! Glad you got it working :-) PS - and thank you for your kind words! ------------------------------ Shawn Tierney The Automation Guy and author of The Automation Blog Host of The Automation Show, Podcast, Minute, and Morning Show ------------------------------

RE: CompactLogix 5343 Communication Settings Changing

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 20, 2023 03:37:00 PM
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Ok, so it's not loading from non-volatile... in that case the next likely scenarios are: (1) It's setup for bootp-dhcp, and you haven't disable it / changed it to static or (2) the IP address is being changed via the code (likely via an SSV.) Shawn ------------------------------ ...

RE: CompactLogix 5343 Communication Settings Changing

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 20, 2023 03:32:00 PM
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Hi Jan, Great question. The short answer is no, but A-B PLCs/PACs have to be in program mode to save to non-volatile, so it's typically not an issue BUT it can be depending on how the system is programmed (we could talk for hours just about this :-) Sincerely, Shawn ------ ...

RE: Programmatically changing/selecting HMI screens from a PLC tag

Posted By Shawn Tierney Feb 17, 2023 04:24:00 PM
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Hey Kam, Yeah CCW is a little different then FTME, but the basic idea is the same: In each screen's properties there is a screen number In Tags you will find a Global Connection called "current screen number" Write a non-zero number to a tag you assign there, and that will ...