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RE: Displaying Timestamps

Posted By Kakkerlak Oct 15, 2026 02:55:26 AM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
In this case I'm using an onscreen button to refresh the timestamp display. You could also connect that NetLogic to execute every time the DINT[7] changes. Doing that essentially puts the DINT[7] array tag "on scan" all the time. Or you could execute that code example on an event, or when a BOOL changes ...

RE: Displaying Timestamps

Posted By Kakkerlak Oct 15, 2026 02:49:00 AM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
I overlooked something fairly obvious: C# has a function that will create a DateTime when you give it six integers representing the Date (year, month, day) and the Time (Hour, Minute, Second). I was able to accomplish this by creating a runtime NetLogic and executing it with an onscreen button. I am ...

RE: Displaying Timestamps

Posted By Kakkerlak Oct 14, 2026 11:20:26 PM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
Let's talk this through, because when timekeeping comes up I get pretty squirrely. It is very common for ControlLogix users to make a UDT called DateTime as a way to store a copy of the controller's WallClockTime object's DateTime attribute. That's the seven-DINT array that we've been using since the ...

RE: Are trends in a Report (PDF) in an OptixEdge supported ?

Posted By Kakkerlak Oct 14, 2026 12:28:11 PM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
Thank you, Mr. Dale: I am a little embarrassed that I had not looked in the famously thorough Features Demo 2. One thing I had struggled with was right there: how to configure the Pen X Axis to show the data from several minutes before the time it was printed. That is handled by setting the Time Window ...

RE: Are trends in a Report (PDF) in an OptixEdge supported ?

Posted By Kakkerlak Oct 14, 2026 03:02:40 AM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
I'm not sure what I did differently, but now I no longer get the "error code -1" message for a Report with just one Trend that I copied from a window/panel in the Web Presentation Engine where it works correctly. But the PDF for for the report just plain doesn't show the Trend object. It shows other ...

RE: Are trends in a Report (PDF) in an OptixEdge supported ?

Posted By Kakkerlak Oct 13, 2026 03:03:30 PM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
Thank you both for that encouraging answer ! I will have access to my testbench OptixEdge later tonight, and will post some details and try a simplified Trend, now that I know it's possible. My FTOptix Studio is 1.7.32 and I'll check on the exact firmware in the OptixEdge tonight. Am I correct in ...

Are trends in a Report (PDF) in an OptixEdge supported ?

Posted By Kakkerlak Oct 13, 2026 02:03:00 AM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
I have a project I'm trying to implement to log some data and generate a report showing an interval of that time-series data, using FTOptix 1.7.4 and an OptixEdge Standard device. I bought this hardware based on a comment I saw somewhere that Trends and Charts were added to Reports, and the fact that ...

RE: 1747-SDN Communication issue with 1794-ADN

Posted By Kakkerlak Aug 21, 2026 12:24:00 PM
Found In Egroup: Legacy \ view thread
The simple answer is the practical one: remove or disable the FLEX adapter from the scanlist, cycle power to the 1794-ADN, re-download the 1794-ADN Adapter configuration and then re-download or re-enable the 1747-SDN Scanlist. In my experience, the power cycle is mandatory for at least the 1794-ADN. ...

RE: Information: General data and connections in RSLogix 5000 software.

Posted By Kakkerlak Aug 05, 2026 09:17:16 AM
Found In Egroup: Automation Control \ view thread
A "Generic Ethernet Module" object is used to connect to a 3rd party device that functions as an Adapter using the EtherNet/IP protocol. The parameterization is dead-simple: Input, Output, and Configuration Assembly numbers and sizes. In the third party device's configuration, you need to know or configure ...

In Search Of: A detailed example of FTOptix Event Logger

Posted By Kakkerlak Jul 24, 2026 02:35:00 PM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
I have an application where I would like to log the local time when a handful of BOOL tags go from False/True in a CompactLogix, using an Optix application running on an Optix Edge gateway, for use in a FTOptix Report. I've already read the online Help, and downloaded the GitHub example for Data Loggers ...

RE: PanelView PLUS 7 start very late

Posted By Kakkerlak Jul 05, 2026 09:31:19 PM
Found In Egroup: Automation Control \ view thread
Go ahead and start it up while running a stopwatch, and note the time it takes for each stage to complete, especially time time after the application starting notice appears. Create a dummy program with no tags connected and just one screen. See how long that takes to start up. My speculation is that ...

RE: 20-COMM-D Device Net Adapter

Posted By Kakkerlak Jun 25, 2026 08:22:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Automation Control \ view thread
Why did you replace the 20-COMM-D ? The most likely explanation is that you didn't re-configure the 20-COMM-D with the appropriate datalinks and connection size, which would result in an Error 77 code on the scanner. Do you have access to any notes or documents or similarly-configured drives so ...

RE: PV 600 Standard - Error (4093) - Application file has an incompatible terminal hardware configuration string.

Posted By Kakkerlak May 01, 2026 02:01:00 PM
Found In Egroup: Automation Control \ view thread
Can you get to the configuration menu screen that describes the main board and daughtercard hardware strings and revisions ? You can get that error if the daughtercard is mis-identifying itself to the main board, even for the four variants of DH485 comms daughtercards. Or if someone "refurbished" ...

RE: Wireless RS-485 bridge options for legacy SLC-500 PLC integration – seeking community experience

Posted By Kakkerlak Mar 17, 2026 12:40:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Networks and SecureOT \ view thread
If you were asking for Modbus protocol experience, then you should not have specifically asked for DH-485 experience with an RS-485 wireless bridge. If you already knew better, then you should have stated so. -------------------------------------------

RE: Wireless RS-485 bridge options for legacy SLC-500 PLC integration – seeking community experience

Posted By Kakkerlak Mar 16, 2026 10:47:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Networks and SecureOT \ view thread
Data Highway 485 has some very tight timing requirements for token-passing. While asynchronous protocols like DF1 or Modbus RTU can accept some variation and delays, DH485 cannot. You will not find any successful DH485 over radio applications.

RE: 1746IB16 Replacements

Posted By Kakkerlak Dec 15, 2025 12:03:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Automation Control \ view thread
The 1746-IB16 was a very popular 24V sinking DC input module for the SLC-500 modular hardware system. I was one of the last modules to go out of production, presumably because of its high popularity: RA stopped making them at the end of 2021. You can look up the lifecycle status of most RA products: ...

RE: 1747-UIC Cable

Posted By Kakkerlak Aug 23, 2025 02:50:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Legacy \ view thread
That "CP3" cable is not a DH485 protocol converter. It will support DF1 protocols, or Modbus or ASCI or other protocols that don't use careful timing in their token rotation like DH485 does. It can connect to the Channel 0 port of an SLC-5/03 controller if that port is set up for any protocol except ...

RE: 1747-UIC Cable

Posted By Kakkerlak Aug 21, 2025 04:16:00 PM
Found In Egroup: Legacy \ view thread
There is a third-party alternative sold by PLCCable.com. While Rockwell Automation does not support that device, it has a very good reputation for compatibility. https://www.plccable.com/allen-bradley-1747-uic-usb-to-dh485-usb-version-1747-pic-slc500/ -------------------------------------------

RE: RIO conversion

Posted By Kakkerlak Aug 05, 2025 01:44:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Legacy \ view thread
Do you think that the PanelView used any of the discrete I/O table for addressable memory, or did it just use Block Transfers ? I agree that taking out the Block Transfers and just addressing the PLC-5 Data Tables that they use as their sources and destination is the most straightforward method. Deleting ...

RE: Optix and 1769-L32E Communications

Posted By Kakkerlak Jul 30, 2025 12:51:00 PM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
You will find the Optix comms drivers complaining a little about not being able to get extended tag properties from v20 controllers, but it will definitely work. I do most of my testing with 1756-L61 v20. -------------------------------------------