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RE: FTOptix 1.7.0.804, suggestion

Posted By General Quarters Feb 27, 2026 08:10:09 AM
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can you provide some screenshots demonstrating this? could you rename the folder or alias for the time being? -------------------------------------------

RE: Project Information Not Displaying

Posted By General Quarters Feb 27, 2026 08:07:53 AM
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I'm guessing this is a library import. Have you searched for it in the library? -------------------------------------------

RE: #FTOptix | Detecting an on-going workflow

Posted By General Quarters Feb 27, 2026 08:05:27 AM
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great edge case you've found. A simple hack would be to have a model var boolean helper on your popup for the workflow signing. on your idle timeout that closes all dialogs, use this as a conditional to determine if you should run the cancel method. I have limited exposure to the workflow system, so ...

RE: FT Optix: Documentation on Optix Data/Object Types

Posted By General Quarters Feb 26, 2026 03:58:11 PM
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ugly approach i generally go to is attaching to runtime and viewing the structure via a breakpoint. other go to is the netlogic cheat sheet repo -------------------------------------------

RE: Optix: How do you use expression.

Posted By General Quarters Feb 20, 2026 02:28:41 PM
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You're close. The important thing to note is that adding paths don't work like shown above. You need to add (1) or (#name) to the expression and it'll give a link to actually bind the thing you're trying to populate. Maybe you're doing this and just throwing the path for reference? A screenshot would ...

RE: Events on report and csv export

Posted By General Quarters Feb 20, 2026 02:21:23 PM
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The second and third can be extracted from the netlogic methods and binding to optix variables that are used in the ui. You can also leverage the file explorer library widget to assist here for visibility to where you're writing. I've implemented both of these to address the points you mentioned. It's ...

RE: FTOptix 1.7.0.804, Tag Descriptions

Posted By General Quarters Feb 20, 2026 08:45:47 AM
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I don't think descriptions get polled on runtime. they're brought over on tag import. i forget the exact syntax to call it. your best bet is to throw a breakpoint on this line and attach to runtime: if (iuanPt != null) ( the iuanPt will already be initialized in previous line. from there you can ...

RE: FT Optix Local Messages

Posted By General Quarters Feb 17, 2026 05:19:04 PM
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There is an import / export method for the localization dictionary. you can use netlogic designer scripts to populate key value converters but it's pretty tricky -------------------------------------------

RE: FT Optix - Help with Scale Layout and/or Screens

Posted By General Quarters Feb 17, 2026 05:16:24 PM
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Generally speaking the scale layouts are better for nesting in specific components rather than full screen or project based functionality. See these threads that talk about the distinction: https://engage.rockwellautomation.com/discussion/ftoptix-changing-a-projects-screen-size#bmf68fda06-20ac-474e ...

RE: FTOptix 1.7.0.804 PolyLine LineStyle

Posted By General Quarters Feb 13, 2026 01:25:38 PM
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best bet is generate an svg img and add as an img component -------------------------------------------

RE: FT Optix 1.7.x – RAEtherNet/IP runtime stays Disconnected (OperationCode=0) but Tag Importer connects

Posted By General Quarters Feb 13, 2026 01:24:33 PM
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seems to be similar to this thread: https://engage.rockwellautomation.com/discussion/optix-studio-170804-and-optixedge#bme870380a-1014-432b-84bb-4f127ce586ff looks like they're investigating. curious if you can get away with 1.6.x for time being? -------------------------------------------

RE: FT Optix 1.7 anomalies?

Posted By General Quarters Feb 13, 2026 12:26:12 PM
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webui can be tricky on major revision upgrades. best case, there's just a ip permissions that isn't in the webui properties, worst case something in the upgrade isn't happy with the compiled js. runtime logs would be a good starting point -------------------------------------------

RE: Change the timestamp every time you restart Optix.

Posted By General Quarters Feb 13, 2026 12:22:37 PM
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I'm wondering if the reboot causes a new alarm rather than changing the alarm's time. I would double check the alarm history to see if you're getting another record and it just appears to be swapping the time to the reboot. If this is the case, then what might resolve it is to tie your embedded alarm ...

RE: FT Optix: use switch or toggle buttons with float/real variables from PLC

Posted By General Quarters Feb 13, 2026 11:45:48 AM
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That's right! The switch component kinda has embedded events as toggling it in the UI will update the variable bound to the Checked. This one caused a headache for me when i was first working with it, so you're not alone! -------------------------------------------

RE: Change the timestamp every time you restart Optix.

Posted By General Quarters Feb 12, 2026 05:37:59 PM
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there are a few different Times associated with Alarm events: https://help.optix.cloud.rockwellautomation.com/1.4.1.7/en/Reference/OPC-UA/ObjectTypes/OffNormalAlarmType.html Time UtcTime (Inherited from BaseEventType) ReceiveTime UtcTime (Inherited from BaseEventType) LocalTime TimeZoneDataType ...

RE: FT Optix: use switch or toggle buttons with float/real variables from PLC

Posted By General Quarters Feb 12, 2026 11:55:00 AM
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Hey Colombo, welcome to Engage! I think the switch will work with floats (at least on 1.6 which is demonstrated below). The important difference between View and Optix here is that the Value and Indicator are both just the Checked Property of the switch Create a model variable and type it to float: ...

RE: Choices of Hardware to host Optix

Posted By General Quarters Feb 05, 2026 06:49:24 PM
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If I recall there was an annual and perpetual. theres a runtime sizing tool on ft hub: https://support.rockwellautomation.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1138362/~/factorytalk-optix%3A-determine-the-best-runtime-package-for-your-application-with -------------------------------------------

RE: FTOptix 1.7 - Deleting .Value property from certain UInt32 variable .yaml definitions?

Posted By General Quarters Feb 05, 2026 06:30:00 PM
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what was the c# that caused it? -------------------------------------------

RE: Optix home button to load a panel based on the IP of the display.

Posted By General Quarters Feb 05, 2026 06:27:12 PM
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This approach works on emulator, let me know if it does so for a panel. Add a runtime Script: //regular using statements as well as: using System.Net; using System.Net.NetworkInformation; public override void Start() ( string localIP = GetLocalIPAddress(); Project.Current.GetVariable("Model/SessionIP").Value ...

RE: Choices of Hardware to host Optix

Posted By General Quarters Feb 05, 2026 05:28:24 PM
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Only thing about that setup to consider is you'd have to buy runtime licenses. Maybe an Optix Edge could support your use case? Testing out functionality with this repo to an lxc (or vm) on proxmox is pretty smooth: https://github.com/FactoryTalk-Optix/Optix_Docker_FTOptixUpdateServer it let's you run ...