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The PLC's retain their address settings. Attached is a picture of the channel configuration from each PLC. ------------------------------ Chris MTI ------------------------------

I have two Micrologix 1400 plc's in the field that consistently have ethernet issues during power off/power loss. One has been in the plant since before I started, the other is less than 6 months old out of the box. During a power off or power loss, both the plc's lose ethernet communication. Unplugging ...

I am using FactoryTalk SE throughout our facility. On one of the computers only, occasionally on restart of the computer and/or reloading of the application, the following message appears at the bottom of the application: The Distributed Alarm Client failed to connect to the server [RNA://$Local/Northern ...

I checked the controller properties and there is no non-volatile memory present. ------------------------------ Chris MTI ------------------------------

A piece of equipment in my facility uses a CompactLogix 5343: 1768-L43. I've been having a recurring problem and I'm not sure what to make of it. Anytime the power is removed from the PLC, two configuration settings change. The Subnet Mask changes from 255.255.255.0 to 255.255.0.0 and the Gateway changes ...

Related to this same PLC from the Scan Time Issue posting in the Legacy forum, this PLC also has an extremely long save time when saving from an online state and uploading the current data table files before saving. Improving the scan time did not have any effect on the save time. The save takes anywhere ...

Thanks everyone for the replies and great information!! ------------------------------ Chris MTI ------------------------------

Some background on the controller and program: Micrologix 1400 Two 1764-IF4 (4-Channel Analog Input) One 1764-OF4 (4-Channel Analog Output) One 1764-IT4 (Thermocouple Input) One 1762-OB16 (16 Output) One 1762-IQ8 (8 Input) 8557 Instruction Words Used - 3660 Data Table; ...