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RE: 2 x FactoryTalk SE applications

Posted By Jon Davis Dec 12, 2025 03:59:57 PM
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I have seen another customer do something similar using a panel mount PC with two NICs and a network station license. In each case, the network station is replicating a small portion (just the items related to a single controller) and they configure the first nic to connect to a redundant distributed ...

RE: FTVS SE V14 Alarm & Event Log Viewer

Posted By Jon Davis Dec 12, 2025 03:47:56 PM
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Doesn't the server name instance need to have \SQLEXPRESS after the server name when using SQL Express or did you chnage the default name? I don't see that syntax in the screen shots and assume Phil is using a full, standard version of SQL. -------------------------------------------

RE: FTV SE async database calls recommendation(s) ?

Posted By Jon Davis Nov 22, 2025 09:58:09 AM
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If you are just looking for the status of the remote server and a specific service, the FactoryTalk Resource and Status server that has been in last and current version of FactoryTalk View could also help you achieve this. -------------------------------------------

RE: FT View SE Studio - Rename Bug

Posted By Jon Davis Nov 15, 2025 10:00:55 PM
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You may want to start a support case so they can track your specific issue. I just tried it on my server 2022 machine, View 15, latest patch roll-up and renamed the same file 3 times. No issue. -------------------------------------------

RE: Trying to show parameter value as a string in a faceplate. FactoryTalk View ME/SE.

Posted By Jon Davis Oct 31, 2025 04:01:00 PM
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I would highly recommend NOT doing this type of modification to the global object and faceplates. This creates a life cycle cost that will require rework of all these components every time you plan to update. Can you explain what problem you are trying to solve? -------------------------------- ...

RE: FTBatch v16 Server and the Material Recipe is installed on a different server included in SQL Server

Posted By Jon Davis Oct 11, 2025 03:02:15 PM
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Sorry, if you are still getting the error message when using the Batch HMI controls from within the View application, you will likely have to call tech support to get a batch support person. I have never seen that issue with any of the servers I work with. -------------------------------------------

RE: How to add a contrologix tag to Factory Historian

Posted By Jon Davis Oct 10, 2025 01:21:00 PM
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You should open up System Management Tools and verify the tag has data under data...current values. If it is Historian correctly and storing data, then you need to open up the VantagePoint manager and browse down to the bottom of your tree under Sources and find your Historian Production server. As you ...

RE: How to add a contrologix tag to Factory Historian

Posted By Jon Davis Oct 10, 2025 11:10:00 AM
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You can always open System Management Tools and goto Points...Point Builder and fill in the screens with the appropriate data but you really must understand what all the fields are asking. An easier method is to open either the FactoryTalk administrator console or View Studio and right click on the application ...

RE: FTBatch v16 Server and the Material Recipe is installed on a different server included in SQL Server

Posted By Jon Davis Oct 05, 2025 10:52:23 AM
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Sorry to jump into this in the middle but do you have Batch View licensing and is your FactoryTalk activation working now? If you try to run Batch View from a web browser, it requires a separate activation. It is not required when you use the controls inside the FactortyTalk View HMI. ----- ...

RE: #Transaction Manager | Array of structs

Posted By Jon Davis Oct 05, 2025 10:25:37 AM
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Personally, I do it with Excel for datapoints as I usually have my documentation in that format. I use the various import and export wizards to mass configure transactions. Look under Tools...Wizards and you will get to this dialog box. Good luck. -------------------------------------------

RE: Possible to monitor Transaction Manager connection status from external system?

Posted By Jon Davis Sep 17, 2025 04:15:11 AM
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The traffic lights just mimic the status of the various FactoryTalk Transaction Manager services. The services that are running will vary based on your configuration - which control and enterprise connectors being used. So if Transaction Manager configuration is running, you can check the services that ...

RE: PlantPAX v4 P_PIDE Cfg_DerivSmoothing doesn't work

Posted By Jon Davis Jun 05, 2025 08:36:00 AM
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Patrick, What version of the library are you using? The latest library not in firmware is v4.10.06 I believe. Also, have you initiated a support ticket for the issue? Thank you. Jon

RE: Studio5000 Logix Designer running slow

Posted By Jon Davis May 24, 2025 12:29:00 PM
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How many Logix Tag based alarms are in your application and do you have a large amount of data being pulled at a fairly high rate? I believe that core is also used for Class 3 MSG commands as well so are there a number of those in your application and how fast are they scheduled? Those are the main things ...

RE: FTView SE - Global Object Optimization Automation

Posted By Jon Davis Feb 12, 2025 05:51:00 AM
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I have not seen a method to automate this but I have gotten into the practice of doing it as the last step in every screen change. Then it only takes 2-3 seconds at the end of each modification. I did pass along a similar request to the FactoryTalk View project manager as this request just came up from ...

RE: Multiple PlantPAx process library objects in single application?

Posted By Jon Davis Oct 16, 2024 10:05:00 AM
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The FactoryTalk application security sits above all the different areas and is consistent for the entire application. While you could segment security groups based on computers, it could get tricky. The 3.x library uses nearly all the A-P security codes (possibly 1 left over) and the 4.x and newer libraries ...

RE: Multiple PlantPAx process library objects in single application?

Posted By Jon Davis Oct 15, 2024 08:28:00 AM
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I will add to what Chris said in that the V3.x library has a significantly different security model than the V4.x/V5 libraries, which share a sommon security model and facilitates the capability of those two versions to coexist. It would be a signifiant task to make V3 and V5 libraries coexist within ...

RE: Client will not run

Posted By Jon Davis Oct 02, 2024 11:07:00 AM
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I may be wrong but I have always been under the impression that a user must have some security code to launch a client. In some cases the all users one is still in there which satisfies that requirement assuming your user is in the application. You mentioned that when logged in as admin, you could open ...

RE: Client will not run

Posted By Jon Davis Oct 02, 2024 09:09:00 AM
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Did you change any of the system/policies? Also have you looked into the application Runtime Security to look at your effective permissions? I would start there. I have seen the exact same message when I restore an application that came from a customer or partner and the security was setup ...

RE: Factorytalk SE locking up SQLWriter service

Posted By Jon Davis Aug 20, 2024 07:32:00 PM
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I am not sure if a SQL agent on a backup package will work or not. The application tag database has been stored in a local copy of SQL for awhile now but it may be a security issue. Assuming distributed app, to back up the applications while running, you can use either the FactoryTalk View SE Application ...

RE: FactoryTalk View SE : Convert a Network application to a Local/Network Station application

Posted By Jon Davis Jul 14, 2024 09:02:00 PM
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Chip and Michael, I'll start with a PASS-C can support up to 10 OWS clients so the default is network distributed but it is for smaller PlantPAx applications that are under 2000 IO where the end user wants to reduce the server footprint. Personally, I only use Network Distributed and Network Station ...