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RE: PlantPAx Process Library 1.5

Posted By Chris Stearns Aug 06, 2026 08:34:00 AM
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Hi Miguel, While I share others suggestions that upgrading to our latest libraries is the ideal approach, I did find some archived documentation that may help. Note that you can typically find much of our older release content at PlantPAx Process Solutions Technical Documentation but it only goes back ...

RE: PlantPAx Process Library 1.5

Posted By Chris Stearns Aug 06, 2026 08:33:33 AM
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RE: What is the recommended Controller Capacity utilization for an L82E controller?

Posted By Chris Stearns Jun 30, 2026 08:09:01 AM
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I'd like to second the advice from Mihajlo. PlantPAx, typically used for process industry type applications (slower control loops than motion, etc.), recommends keeping the processor below 80% as a good engineering practice. This is specific to the 5580 processors and newer. The 5570 processors were ...

RE: Viewpoint & PlantPAx library objects

Posted By Chris Stearns Jun 25, 2026 12:42:00 PM
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Hi AutomationGuru, While the FT View SE team continue to enhance FT ViewPoint, there are aspects of functionality used within the PlantPAx faceplates that are currently not supported and may not be for some time, if ever. Thus, I'd suggest investigating solutions like ThinManager to meet the needs ...

RE: Viewpoint & PlantPAx library objects

Posted By Chris Stearns Jun 25, 2026 08:35:00 AM
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Hi AutomationGuru, PlantPAx does support ViewPoint as a "view only" client intended for users that do not need to control the process but rather simply see what the operator is seeing. This was documented in the PlantPAx User Manual since the PlantPAx System v5.40 release in 2025. As you see in ...

RE: FT Optix: Library of Electrical Protection Devices Optix Faceplates

Posted By Chris Stearns Jun 22, 2026 08:11:00 AM
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Hi David, While the IED Toolkit functionality (that only supports FT View SE today) is on our backlog, the demand and therefore priority for the functionality for FT Optix has not been sufficient to schedule development activities above and beyond other efforts that utilize our current capacity. ...

RE: FT Optix: Library of Electrical Protection Devices Optix Faceplates

Posted By Chris Stearns May 27, 2026 11:08:00 AM
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Hi David, The toolkit is indeed only providing FT View SE content for use with PlantPAx at this time. If I read your post properly, you are looking for FT Optix content that would be for general use, not designed for use with PlantPAx specifically. Is that right? ------------------------------ ...

RE: FT Optix Popup freezes tags for animations on the screen that opened it.

Posted By Chris Stearns May 11, 2026 11:08:00 AM
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Thanks, @CodeAssist! I don't directly manage the PlantPax Library content, so I'll do some digging to see if there are details to share. In the meantime, I do know that there were some enhancements planned to address some issues. At this point in time, to avoid them, we only indicate compatibility ...

RE: FTDiag Database / Table Performance

Posted By Chris Stearns Mar 18, 2026 09:15:00 AM
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Hi @ControllerGuy and welcome to Engage! There is not a lot of specific sizing and configuration guidance within PlantPAx documentation for the SQL Server database used by FactoryTalk Diagnostics. To help with design and configuration efforts, our solution consultants have made a deployment specification ...

RE: FTOptix : Query on Maximum Alarm Count Supported in FactoryTalk Optix

Posted By Chris Stearns Mar 09, 2026 07:41:00 AM
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On a related tangent, I'm very curious why you'd need 120,000 to 150,000 alarms. How many operators are interfacing with that system? The IEC and ISA alarm standards suggest a single operator can only effectively deal with a couple of alarms in a 10 minute period. They define an alarm as something that ...

RE: PlantPAx Logical Organizer, Alarm Bread Crumbs, and Navigation Alarm Indicators

Posted By Chris Stearns Feb 23, 2026 01:29:00 PM
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Thank you, @Johann Kotze for the excellent answers to the questions posed in this post. I have nothing further to add unless the detail you provided in your last response does not address the concern. Thanks! ------------------------------ Chris Stearns PlantPAx Product Manager Rockwell ...

RE: PlantPax Default Security Permissions

Posted By Chris Stearns Jan 07, 2026 02:41:00 PM
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Hello Ramakrishnan, I believe that the PlantPAx Visualization Files Reference Data posted on the PlantPAx Process Solutions Technical Documentation site will meet your need. If not, please reply so that I can better understand how to help. Note that the Technical Documentation site has recently ...

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

Posted By Chris Stearns Nov 06, 2025 10:51:00 AM
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Hi Grady, I'm wondering if you are trying to accomplish something that the instructions provide by default with extended tag properties. Have a look at the screen capture below. I hope this helps. Regards, ------------------------------ Chris Stearns PlantPAx Product Manager ...

RE: PlantPAx Organization and BUS System Design

Posted By Chris Stearns Sep 30, 2025 10:44:00 AM
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Hi GLaDOS, I've learned that a future version of the library will add some selective ownership within the BUS. We think this capability planned for later this year or early next year may meet the needs you identified. It is unfortunate that the timing did not work out for your current project. ...

RE: PlantPAx Organization and BUS System Design

Posted By Chris Stearns Sep 30, 2025 08:31:00 AM
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Thank you for the follow-up! I'm glad you were able to accomplish what you needed to even if the BUS wasn't the solution. I will share your feedback with our Library architect to consider if enhancements could be considered to address your needs in the future. Best regards, ------------------------------ ...

RE: PlantPAx Organization and BUS System Design

Posted By Chris Stearns Sep 25, 2025 12:22:00 PM
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Hi GlaDOS, I missed this post - probably busy getting the PlantPAx 5.40 release at that time. I was prompted to have a look, so I wanted to see where you were with this effort. You're a talented and smart person, so I'm guessing you may have worked this out. But if not, let me know and I'll work ...

RE: raP_Opr_Seq

Posted By Chris Stearns Aug 04, 2025 09:43:00 AM
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Hi Crash, Unfortunately, we've discovered that the save error is a software bug in PlantPAx Configuration Tools Version 7.7, but not in earlier versions. You should be fine to use PlantPAx Configuration Tools Version 7.6.3 as it works correctly without the error. Version 7.6.3 can be downloaded ...

RE: PlantPAx - Latched Alarms

Posted By Chris Stearns Jul 21, 2025 08:49:00 AM
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Thanks, Bob. I've tried to inquire with the ISA18.2 committee on why the change in the standard. I'll share what I learn, if anything. If anyone here knows the history, I'd suspect we'd all be interest to know! Thanks, ------------------------------ Chris Stearns PlantPAx Product Manager ...

RE: PlantPAx - Latched Alarms

Posted By Chris Stearns Jul 21, 2025 08:39:00 AM
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Thank you for the details! ------------------------------ Chris Stearns PlantPAx Product Manager Rockwell Automation ------------------------------

RE: PlantPAx - Latched Alarms

Posted By Chris Stearns Jul 18, 2025 09:01:00 AM
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Thank you for the details, Julia! Can you share any specific about how the Operator interacts with the latched alarms? Is it just using standard PlantPAx or FT View SE functionality from the alarm summary or from the faceplates? I'm curious if there is something you've seen done (maybe customized behaviors) ...