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RE: Resources Thread: FactoryTalk® Optix™

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 30, 2026 09:37:03 AM
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Hi Blake, I would like to share the recording of my last Webinar done for Rockwell Automation in the KTP team about Optix Edge. 21 January. Optix Ege in Action Here is the presentation https://ra.seismic.com/apps/doccenter/f362ebe5-454c-48b0-a4b4-0d97e5649eda/doc/%252Fdd4de52763-4232-57dd-df ...

RE: Resources Thread: FactoryTalk® Optix™

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 26, 2026 08:54:50 AM
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Hi Blake, I would like to share a FTOptix guide that I have curated for three years: xavierflorensa/FactoryTalk_Optix_first_steps I hope you find it helpful Best regards ------------------------------ Xavier Florensa Risoul Automation Specialist ------------------------------

RE: FT Optix: Circular buttons with mouseclick event

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 26, 2026 08:43:21 AM
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Hi @Adam Ackerman, you are right! Thank you very much I have just changed the Style, and dragging with the mouse streched the shape until it becomes circular button. Best regards ------------------------------ Xavier Florensa Risoul Automation Specialist -------------------------- ...

FT Optix: Circular buttons with mouseclick event

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 26, 2026 05:46:00 AM
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Hi everyone, Our customer asks if it is possible to have circuar buttons instead of standard FTOptix rectangular buttons. Then I looked up in the library and I found a nice diameter 22 pushbutton. But I'm missing the Mouseclick button event. I only see the Mousedown event, which seems not ...

RE: OptixPanel: Unable to download application to HMI

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 23, 2026 04:35:55 AM
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Hi @fuzzy logic, finally the customer has managed doing it from a physical laptop. The issue was with a virtual machine. Thanks for the tech note ------------------------------ Xavier Florensa Risoul Automation Specialist ------------------------------

OptixPanel: Unable to download application to HMI

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 23, 2026 03:31:00 AM
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Hi everyone, I'm downloading an FTOptix application to a brand new OptixPanel Standard. I get following message. Optix pannel version is 6.0.1.168 Should I flash the OptixPanel with same version. Does it have sense? OptixPanelStandard_6.0.1.168 Thank you very much ------------------------------ ...

FT Optix: Reading PLC Tags offline from *.acd

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 23, 2026 02:21:00 AM
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Hi everyone, normally I sucessfully read the PLC tags in FT Optix Studion online with the real PLC or Echo. But I'm not able to read PLC Tags offline from acd file Optix studio keeps searching with no result. Does anyone suceeded on this? Thank you very much ------------------------------ ...

OptixPanel Compact screen suddenly gets blank

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 22, 2026 01:28:00 PM
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Hi everyone, our OEM customer from Barcelona has send a machine to USA and now has the following issue with Optix Panel Compact. OptixPanel Compact uses only 5 Tokens but suddenly remains completely light grey screen. This happens randomly in time. After a power cycle the issue is solved. But fails ...

RE: FT Optix: How to set up Alarm messages in different languages?

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 22, 2026 08:46:46 AM
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Thank you @asemlucben, Let me talk to the customer. Regards ------------------------------ Xavier Florensa Risoul Automation Specialist ------------------------------

FT Optix: How to set up Alarm messages in different languages?

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 22, 2026 08:28:00 AM
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Hi everyone, our customer succeded with Localization according language on all label and button strings on the project. Using dictionaries as explained in this ASEM tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2S1QgnMweM But what about the Alarms. How to set up Alarm messages in different languages? ...

RE: How to get screen size in pixels FTOptix 1.6.5.1 and Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 14, 2026 02:50:00 AM
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Hi Simon, why don't you take a look at this example where a label with the current screen resolution in pixels is displayed? https://github.com/FactoryTalk-Optix/ResponsiveAppearence Hope it helps ------------------------------ Xavier Florensa Risoul Automation Specialist ---------- ...

RE: FT Optix Sync time with PLC

Posted By Xavier Florensa Jan 02, 2026 02:10:54 AM
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Dear @AutomateSHANE, I have modified your script PLCClockSync on the example you provided, adding a periodic task on the Start() method that calls same method that the button calls when you want to synchronize with PLC date and time (this method is called SetTime()). periodicTask = new PeriodicTask(SetTime, ...

RE: FT Optix: how to arrange same horizontal dimension of multiple UI elements?

Posted By Xavier Florensa Dec 30, 2025 01:24:18 PM
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Thank you @General Quarters, you are right, with this solution you manage the left alignment of all objects, but what about arranging the lenght? Should it be done manually with the mouse? ------------------------------ Xavier Florensa Risoul Automation Specialist ------------------------- ...

RE: FT Optix Sync time with PLC

Posted By Xavier Florensa Dec 30, 2025 11:05:00 AM
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Dear @Ton, I have tried with Logix Echo and the FTOptix Emulator in my laptop. With the sample project provided by @AutomateSHANE This is working fine updating Date and time from PLC, just after clicking on button Update But what I'm not able to get working is that time keeps running on the ...

RE: FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

Posted By Xavier Florensa Dec 21, 2025 11:51:27 AM
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Dear @craig1850, It is amazing the fact that this way let's you write on the screen number in the PLC using no NetLogic script at all! So it is a good improvement in the solution, efficient, and has helped me to understand a little more the power of Dynamic links. Once I had the screen number in ...

RE: FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

Posted By Xavier Florensa Dec 21, 2025 11:42:04 AM
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Dear @AutomateSHANE, It has worked fine using the script from FTOptix Studio library: "Change Page from Tag", as you can see in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPkycqO_ssE, anyway it seems that this script is unneccessary in this case with the @craig1850 recommendation on same discussion. ...

RE: FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

Posted By Xavier Florensa Dec 21, 2025 07:57:34 AM
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Great @craig1850, Thank you very much ------------------------------ Xavier Florensa Risoul Automation Specialist ------------------------------

RE: FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

Posted By Xavier Florensa Dec 20, 2025 03:02:26 AM
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Hi @fuzzy logic, yes, it may help, but the technical note refers to a Navigation Pannel, not a PanelLoader. Thank you very much anyway. ------------------------------ Xavier Florensa Risoul Automation Specialist ------------------------------

RE: FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

Posted By Xavier Florensa Dec 20, 2025 03:00:48 AM
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Hi @AutomateSHANE, Thank you very much, It seems the right way. Let me try. ------------------------------ Xavier Florensa Risoul Automation Specialist ------------------------------

FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

Posted By Xavier Florensa Dec 19, 2025 05:22:00 AM
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Dear everyone, is there a way in FT Optix to tell the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader? Thank you very much in advance Best regards ------------------------------ Xavier Florensa Risoul Automation Specialist ------------------------------

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RE: Resources Thread: FactoryTalk® Optix™

RE: Resources Thread: FactoryTalk® Optix™

RE: FT Optix: Circular buttons with mouseclick event

FT Optix: Circular buttons with mouseclick event

RE: OptixPanel: Unable to download application to HMI

OptixPanel: Unable to download application to HMI

FT Optix: Reading PLC Tags offline from *.acd

OptixPanel Compact screen suddenly gets blank

RE: FT Optix: How to set up Alarm messages in different languages?

FT Optix: How to set up Alarm messages in different languages?

RE: How to get screen size in pixels FTOptix 1.6.5.1 and Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022

RE: FT Optix Sync time with PLC

RE: FT Optix: how to arrange same horizontal dimension of multiple UI elements?

RE: FT Optix Sync time with PLC

RE: FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

RE: FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

RE: FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

RE: FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

RE: FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader

FT Optix: Telling the PLC which Screen or Panel number is active in Runtime with PanelLoader