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RE: Software Insider January 2026 - Latest Blogs, Videos, and Tips from the People Who Use It

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jan 06, 2026 07:52:30 AM
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Great collection Blake, thank you for putting this together. Being January, I see we missed the V1.7 release in December, do you have any insight on upcoming release dates? I am most interested in V1.8 and potential that Optix SCADA will be included in that release. ----------------------------- ...

RE: FTView Studio V16 tag Browser - Cannot select Partial path

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 30, 2025 11:33:55 AM
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ah, yeah, I was missing the correct workflow. -------------------------------------------

FTView Studio V16 tag Browser - Cannot select Partial path

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 30, 2025 09:39:00 AM
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I may be missing something with the new Tag Browser behavior. I have a Global Object that references a program-scoped structure, for example: (::[PLC]Program:My_Program.Axis_07.Some_Tag) Within the Global Object, .Some_Tag is already defined at the object level (e.g. (#4.Some_Tag)), where #4 is intended ...

RE: Local Station to Network Distributed conversion for ThinManager

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 18, 2025 12:57:41 PM
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Fantastic response! thank you, Phil! -------------------------------------------

RE: Local Station to Network Distributed conversion for ThinManager

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 18, 2025 07:51:50 AM
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So, on the view studio side we originally sold them the following: 9701-VWSS000CW10LPE – View SE Server (1 seat) 9701-VWSCWPE – View SE Client (2 seats) They were about to renew with the following: 9701M-VWSSPT10 – View SE Server + 10 Client Bundle 9701M-VWSDRT10 ×2 – View SE Client ...

Local Station to Network Distributed conversion for ThinManager

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 17, 2025 03:17:00 PM
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I am going to setup a lab to work through the Network Distributed concept, but I would appreciate some input. I have a ThinManager pre-production/test environment that was built out as a single VM with ThinManager, View Studio, and the Clients all local to the single VM. We are now ready to move ...

RE: Disable FactoryTalk SE Client Login Popup

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 16, 2025 11:36:40 AM
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in the "Advanced" Options, under "Security and Debugging". this option is check by default.... for some stupid reason. -------------------------------------------

RE: Disable FactoryTalk SE Client Login Popup

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 16, 2025 10:58:39 AM
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have you recently updated View Studio? Have you recently setup the Clients from Scratch? Is "Auto logout" enabled in the Client configuration through "Factorytalk View Site Edition Client"? -------------------------------------------

RE: 6300T-BA & 6300M-xxxa USB Issue

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 16, 2025 08:34:05 AM
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What ThinManager version are you using? Doe you have the latest firmware kits for the Terminals installed on the ThinManager server? If you have the latest Firmware kits installed, are the terminals pulling those kits on boot? -------------------------------------------

RE: Guidance Needed on Multi-HMI & SCADA Redundant Display Architecture

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 15, 2025 09:03:56 AM
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Looks like ThinManager on a Windows Server environment would be the best option. You would setup one environment and with less than 10 Clients it could in theory run from a single VM. But since you want redundancy (As you should) and failover two VMs on either a single physical host or split across two ...

RE: Guidance Needed on Multi-HMI & SCADA Redundant Display Architecture

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 15, 2025 07:46:27 AM
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Are you looking to upgrade an existing environment or are you building something new? If this is existing, then what is the software solution currently in use? Is this intended to remain as separate projects or are you wanting to combine them into a single project? The two options I have knowledge ...

RE: Stock images...

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 12, 2025 07:28:26 AM
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In view studio those are provide through a library called "Symbol Factory", In Optix I think this concept is now covered by "Fiix Library". INFO-RM007B - FTOptix Fiix Libray Object Reference Manual Symbol Factory is a third-party solution that is packaged with View Studio where Fiix I think it ...

RE: Disabling the myriad of Rockwell processes running when not using RA software

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 09, 2025 09:23:34 AM
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You are not going to limit the processes; the interconnectivity of Rockwell's software and the ecosystem it builds is too extensive. That's why it is virtually impossible to containerize the different product suites, something my company has thrown away money trying to do because our IT department doesn't ...

RE: 2 x FactoryTalk SE applications

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 03, 2025 01:12:31 PM
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there is nothing wrong with the proposed solution. However, I think it avoids the real problem. Redundant servers should never all shutdown at the same time, if they do then either the building is gone or there is no Battery/power redundancy. Either event, from a disaster recovery perspective, ...

RE: 2 x FactoryTalk SE applications

Posted By Adam Ackerman Dec 03, 2025 12:44:36 PM
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The front "Comms" port is a USB B port, right? Unless you're mounting the HMI in the cabinet door directly across from the PLC in each area, you are going to have distance issues. Throughput speed on USB is not ideal, it really is just a service port for low level service; even in the lab I get the ethernet ...

RE: FT View ME v15, installed issue on Windows 11

Posted By Adam Ackerman Nov 13, 2025 08:39:00 AM
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That is my Theory, but I don't know. -------------------------------------------

RE: FT View ME v15, installed issue on Windows 11

Posted By Adam Ackerman Nov 13, 2025 08:38:00 AM
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now you are getting the same error as the Reddit post. FT view ME version 15 : r/PLC what about Rockwell patches? -------------------------------------------

RE: FT View ME v15, installed issue on Windows 11

Posted By Adam Ackerman Nov 13, 2025 08:17:00 AM
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After that, I had to check something, but this does appear to be related to database issues. I have seen a similar problem posted on Reddit where the SQL lite db was not installed correctly, also with v15 ME. I found this is the knowledge base and it talks about deleting the db and forcing a rebuild. ...

RE: FT View ME v15, installed issue on Windows 11

Posted By Adam Ackerman Nov 13, 2025 08:10:00 AM
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make sure you have the windows updates and patch rollups current. Most of the ME related issues we have seen have been resolved with patches. Are you restoring from an .apa archive or from a .mer? -------------------------------------------

RE: FTview SE v13, network station, display explorer highest level

Posted By Adam Ackerman Nov 11, 2025 02:53:32 PM
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then it would appear that you cannot put anything on top of that object. you will have to put it outside of that object's region. -------------------------------------------