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RE: FT View SE Studio - Rename Bug

Posted By Michael Barb Nov 18, 2025 02:24:29 PM
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I am running Windows 11. I am also using Microsoft's Hyper-V. It happens in the host as well as the VMs. I suspect it something to do with the way that View interacts with Windows 11. I avoid starting a support case for three reasons. First, I find there is a much higher probability of getting a solution ...

FT View SE Studio - Rename Bug

Posted By Michael Barb Nov 14, 2025 10:15:00 AM
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I have found a bug that is common to Rev 14, 15, 16. If you rename a Graphic/Display it will crash on the second rename. The first one works OK. The second one works but right afterwards Studio will shut down. Really annoying. Is this known? -------------------------------------------

RE: Lost Linx

Posted By Michael Barb Nov 06, 2025 12:47:34 PM
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That works sort of. I have two drivers configured in FTLinx. One to Windows Default and one to my VM local internal network. I found that I have to check this box in both of them to get it to listen. Maybe that is what it said by "race condition". A curious observation. This is from the host. Notice ...

RE: Lost Linx

Posted By Michael Barb Nov 06, 2025 09:55:29 AM
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One thing I should have added. In a VM that cannot be found, a LInx can find other nodes that can be found. Being lost is a one-way street. -------------------------------------------

Lost Linx

Posted By Michael Barb Nov 05, 2025 07:34:00 PM
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I have been trying to get several VM's in Hyper-V to talk to each other. I know that RA does not support Hyper-V. I have been reading and studying for over a week. I got the network working correctly. I set up a virtual internal network. This keeps things isolated from the web but lets the network talk ...

RE: Virtual Machine Performance

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 27, 2025 03:09:31 PM
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I doubt if my rant will make any difference but here goes. As you know Hyper-V is included with Windows 11. I have read articles that say that Windows 11 is actually built into Hyper-V and not the reverse. I am somewhat skeptical about this because Microsoft is trying very hard to sell Azure and its ...

RE: Virtual Machine Performance

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 27, 2025 01:21:49 PM
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Yes, we are far out of the Industrial Automation zone. Still, it is a very good theoretical comparison. But, when you start to run it on a hybrid core processor with a large core count and lots of RAM things change. More resources become available and the scales tilt. Not sure how much. That is how ...

RE: Virtual Machine Performance

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 27, 2025 10:52:09 AM
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Containers vs. VM's an interesting argument. I think that processor hardware is evolving so fast that container software cannot keep up and is becoming too complicate. VM's are a much simpler model and much more scalable. Still, I would not pick a winner yet. ---------------------------------------- ...

RE: Virtual Machine Performance

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 27, 2025 09:45:36 AM
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One of the lessons from a professor was the difference between threads and operating system instances. Ideally when you create a new thread the operating system would run it on a different processor core. That is seldom the case. When you create a new instance in the operating system of a service it ...

Virtual Machine Performance

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 24, 2025 03:08:00 PM
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I discovered something this week by accident. Using Hyper-V virtual machines improved performance. Background: I loaded up my processor running lots of RA apps. FT View Studio for graphics editing, FT 5000 Studio for PLC programming, Emulate, and one SE Station client. Also had Outlook running to watch ...

RE: Hyper-V

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 24, 2025 01:21:00 PM
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The tech you quoted assumes you already have a virtual hard disk. I do not know what kind of magic is already on that disk. Hyper-V on Azure is a very different animal than Hyper-V included with Windows. About the only they have in common is the name and the fact they are virtual machines. I will ...

RE: Hyper-V

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 24, 2025 10:17:58 AM
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No Joy. I have the latest version of Activation Manager. How do we know what the binding of a license is? Hyper-V works a little differently than VMWare. For virtual machines (VM) the market has split between enterprise needs and individual needs. The enterprise systems have 100s and 1000s of machines. ...

Hyper-V

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 23, 2025 06:28:00 PM
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How do you get an activation to work in multiple virtual machines in Hyper-V. Hyper-V is built into Windows 10 and 11. It is free to use, sort of. I have found that things work great in it but the activation is not moving and everything is running in grace mode. I know that RA has a long history of ...

RE: FTView SE V11 Unrecognized Error

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 17, 2025 11:08:00 AM
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Not a practical solution. I have a dozen projects. Edit: I was referring to technote: BF32578. It was not clear based on how things showed up in the thread. -------------------------------------------

RE: FTView SE V11 Unrecognized Error

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 17, 2025 10:58:45 AM
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The patch caused the problem. In general, I would guess, over the years 1 out of 4 times that the patch while fixing one problem has broken something else. -------------------------------------------

RE: FTView SE V11 Unrecognized Error

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 17, 2025 10:39:54 AM
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I just had the same issue after running the latest patches. -------------------------------------------

RE: Logix Emulate, "Alarm server 'Factory Talk Linx' failed to launch"

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 17, 2025 09:32:34 AM
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I guess I am not done. The patch broke something else. I can no longer open graphics that I have not edited in the last 2 months. I even went back to a project I did a year ago and cannot open it on this computer either. It is the same computer I did the development on. Following are the messages. ...

RE: Logix Emulate, "Alarm server 'Factory Talk Linx' failed to launch"

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 16, 2025 10:45:00 AM
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I ran the patch rollup suggested in the technote. It slowed the error cycle down but did not change it. It is interesting that in the Diagnostics List you always get 2 warning icons (yellow) followed by one error icon (red). All the information icons (blue) in between are always the same. Also, the client ...

RE: Logix Emulate, "Alarm server 'Factory Talk Linx' failed to launch"

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 15, 2025 03:49:45 PM
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Another twist. I can open the client after restarting the computer. I cannot open it a second time or after opening Studio. It just hangs on a grey screen. -------------------------------------------

RE: Logix Emulate, "Alarm server 'Factory Talk Linx' failed to launch"

Posted By Michael Barb Oct 15, 2025 10:55:46 AM
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I had tried most of the things in this technote before including some of the uninstalls/reinstalls (I think of this as being a sledgehammer approach to solving problems). Being desperate I decided to up the rev of FTLinx. I went from 6.40.00 to 6.60.00. It solved one problem and gave me another one. ...