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RE: Cert Expired

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 20, 2026 02:08:22 PM
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Another thread mentioned they were having issues. I experienced the same thing this morning. From what I can tell all is working now. ------------------------------ Scott Retzlaff Automation Engineer | Manufacturing Efficiency Expert | Innovator in Automated Systems ------------------------------

RE: Cannot officially access this site

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 20, 2026 02:06:05 PM
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It looks like all is restored now. I had the same issue earlier today. ------------------------------ Scott Retzlaff Automation Engineer | Manufacturing Efficiency Expert | Innovator in Automated Systems ------------------------------

RE: How to display large text/numbers

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 20, 2026 02:02:51 PM
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Thank you for letting us know. This would be a nice feature to help keep the design screen clean. ------------------------------ Scott Retzlaff Automation Engineer | Manufacturing Efficiency Expert | Innovator in Automated Systems ------------------------------

How to display large text/numbers

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 17, 2026 02:34:00 PM
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May be a stupid question. I am building a dashboard style display for our weld lines. For each weld line across the top I am going to display total qty., Qty. completed, and Qty remaining. I am making these as big as I can so it's easy to see from a distance. Currently I have a rectangle with text and ...

Temperature...

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 15, 2026 03:07:00 PM
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I'm really enjoying the weather where I live today... said no one ever. 😅 Feeling like 96°F outside, and that's actually an improvement from yesterday. I think the heat index hit the triple digits yesterday! And as if the heat wasn't enough, we get the added bonus of enjoying the lovely wildfire ...

RE: New Error...

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 15, 2026 02:05:15 PM
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Chat GPT and staring for a little while for the win. As you can see from the screenshot I also brought in extended properties and they had a UDT that also used "Description". For now just unchecked extended properties and all is good. (don't want to change program UDT) Giving myself a pat on ...

New Error...

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 15, 2026 01:12:00 PM
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Ok I have an application I am creating and all was working fine with testing. I now added a connection to another PLC under the comm area. (1769-L33ER V24.11, ) After adding this PLC and adding one program tag (with multiple children) it gives me the below error and log dump. Can someone point me in ...

RE: Replicate Expression

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 14, 2026 08:54:00 AM
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Thank you again. I must of been missing something simple. I just left the "==" out because I am using bools. and is working now. As mentioned in the other post it was a long hot day yesterday. Supposed to be hot again today. (almost 3 digits with heat index) ------------------------------ Scott Retzlaff ...

RE: Input box style sheet

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 14, 2026 07:35:30 AM
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You are correct that was it. I wish I could pick per boject, but can live with it. Thanks for setting me straight, it was a long hot day yesterday. ------------------------------ Scott Retzlaff Automation Engineer | Manufacturing Efficiency Expert | Innovator in Automated Systems ---------------- ...

Input box style sheet

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 13, 2026 03:25:00 PM
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I created a new reference under Input box styles. I changed everything to a gray format. (so all is gray when do not have enough rights to edit) However when I click on the box it still shows a green highlight around. (see pic below) As seen from the second pic there is no green in the settings, why ...

Replicate Expression

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 13, 2026 10:07:00 AM
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Alright I looked at a few examples I found on here and thought, simple. Apparently I am missing something. I am trying to replicate the following expression from FTVME. If ([PLC1]CONVEYOR_DRIVE_9.PAUSE) Then 1 Else If ([PLC1]CONVEYOR_DRIVE_9.ESTOP) Then 2 Else 0 I will then use a key value converter ...

RE: "How to know, whether one particular DI is in forced state or not in RS Logix 5000 v20.03?"

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 10, 2026 08:34:39 AM
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@Joe E is correct by toggling the column on you can see which point is forced. Reference screen shot below you can see .10 has a force on it. This is version 20.19 ------------------------------ Scott Retzlaff Automation Engineer | Manufacturing Efficiency Expert | Innovator in Automated Systems ...

RE: Optix Datalogging

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 02, 2026 01:55:09 PM
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As mentioned I figured it out. I changed my code around for better timing and all seems to work as it should. The only question I have now is there a way to limit the decimal places that I am storing into the data table. I am taking a real and storing it, however I want only 2 decimal places. I tried ...

RE: Optix Datalogging

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 02, 2026 12:12:16 PM
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I think I figured it out. It seems like a timing issue. I have changed some of my code and it seems to be working, I just have a few more things to clean up to get how I want it. Thanks for all the help and the videos, which were a great reference. ------------------------------ Scott Retzlaff Automation ...

RE: Optix Datalogging

Posted By Retzlaff Jul 02, 2026 09:49:00 AM
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I followed the steps from the video, but I'm running into an issue and wanted to get input. When I create the model tag and add the "transitioned" event, everything looks correct initially - the method appears after the tag, as expected. However, if I navigate away and come back, the method automatically ...

Optix Datalogging

Posted By Retzlaff Jun 30, 2026 04:17:00 PM
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My setup - Want to track cycles of a machine, with each cycle saving count, peak current, and cycle time. What I have done I have displayed each of these values for real time I have created a structure in the PLC so that when it cycles it increments count, and moves peak current and cycle ...

Interesting observation and curious..

Posted By Retzlaff Jun 29, 2026 11:02:00 AM
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This morning I made some changes to one of my applications and wanted to download, but it would not allow me. It stated something about check to see if some service was running. It was when I tried entering the password for the final step. I logged in via remote (with same password) and the panel ...

RE: Optix Error

Posted By Retzlaff Jun 19, 2026 09:44:00 AM
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There must of been something that was not playing nice. After the update on the panel it seems to be OK at this time. And I am getting feedback on utilization on the widget screen also now. ------------------------------ Scott Retzlaff Automation Engineer | Manufacturing Efficiency Expert | Innovator ...

RE: Optix Error

Posted By Retzlaff Jun 19, 2026 07:43:00 AM
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My Optix 1.7.3.39 Optix Panel Catalog 2800S-156DS-N1S Firmware 6.0.1.165 OS Version 8922104A.6.1.0.280 System Manager 1.6.0.109 FT Remote Access 14.1.0.209 I also attached the device logs if that would help any. The following is also from the information ...

RE: Optix Error

Posted By Retzlaff Jun 19, 2026 07:42:32 AM
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