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RE: Moving FactoryTalk View Studio ME projects to new computer

Posted By DEAN NEDERVELD Jul 14, 2026 04:09:40 PM
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Thanks the replies. It really is unfortunate the process is as unwieldy as it is, especially if switching to a new PC is unplanned or an emergency. My switch was dictated by a new domain policy so, while unplanned, it wasn't quite an emergency. I had time to fumble through it. I was able to get things ...

Moving FactoryTalk View Studio ME projects to new computer

Posted By DEAN NEDERVELD Jul 10, 2026 09:23:00 AM
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I must move 200+ FactoryTalk View Studio ME projects to a new computer. Doing this via backup and restore of each project from Application Manager seems arduous. I recall doing this once before by copying the HMI Projects folder from the old computer to the new, but that is giving me issues this time. ...

RE: CompactLogix firmware update

Posted By DEAN NEDERVELD Sep 04, 2024 03:11:00 PM
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The other posts in this thread tell more of the story, but here is an update: Good news! The second series B controller arrived and I was able to update its firmware to v31.14 and copy to it the v31.14 program I had converted from the copy from the series A v20 controller. The then used this series ...

RE: CompactLogix firmware update

Posted By DEAN NEDERVELD Aug 31, 2024 10:05:00 AM
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Short answer, no, we didn't first update the series B processor to v31, for reasons described below. I was working remotely with a technician at the PLC and the technician does not have Studio 5000, but I could access the PLC remotely. The hope was to burn the SD in the series A PLC with the option ...

RE: CompactLogix firmware update

Posted By DEAN NEDERVELD Aug 30, 2024 05:30:00 PM
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I should have mentioned it (for sake of the post) but, yes, I did try the reset button, holding it for an extended period (45+ sec one time, about a minute another time) when powering up the controller. It did not seem to make a difference. The LEDs cycle after a while, then the NS and Link1 LEDs flash ...

CompactLogix firmware update

Posted By DEAN NEDERVELD Aug 30, 2024 02:13:00 PM
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Recently we tried replacing a 1769-L24ER-QBFC1B Series A controller with a new Series B controller. The Series A controller was configured with firmware 20 and the SD card was loaded with the program and the option to load the program and the firmware on power up. The card was then placed in the Series ...

RE: FactoryTalk ME Studio online tag(s) missing

Posted By DEAN NEDERVELD Apr 27, 2022 10:40:00 AM
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I am using FactoryTalk Linx 6.3 so this is likely the reason.

FactoryTalk ME Studio online tag(s) missing

Posted By DEAN NEDERVELD Apr 11, 2022 10:23:00 AM
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I have an existing FactoryTalk ME application that I had to update a couple of the displays. On another unrelated display that I did not have to update I noticed a strange issue. On the this display there are several pushbuttons and multistate indicators. One of the pushbuttons and one of the indicators ...

FactoryTalk ME embedded variables

Posted By DEAN NEDERVELD Apr 06, 2022 11:36:24 AM
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FactoryTalk ME embedded variables

Posted By DEAN NEDERVELD Apr 06, 2022 11:36:00 AM
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I have created two global objects using embedded variables to display the range of an instrument in 20% increments. In the image above the left column is created following the standard format of selecting the number of digits and decimal places, the right column has embedded variables for the number ...