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RE: Inputs State/Value behaviour in case of Ethernet communication fault

Posted By Brice K Dec 04, 2023 07:26:33 AM
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Thank you very much Philip for all your suggestions. Appreciated it!! We are going to beef up our diagnostic capabilities to pin point the root cause of the issue. Cheers, Brice ------------------------------ Brice K. ------------------------------

RE: Inputs State/Value behaviour in case of Ethernet communication fault

Posted By Brice K Dec 04, 2023 06:45:52 AM
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Thank you very much Philip! Could the observed behaviour of all input seemingly going to state '0' be indicative of another type of issue, either with a module and/or the associated Ethernet adapter(s)? Thank you very much Philip and have a great day! ------------------------------ Brice ...

RE: Inputs State/Value behaviour in case of Ethernet communication fault

Posted By Brice K Nov 30, 2023 12:32:52 PM
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Thank you very much Philip for your quick and detailed answer! Very good! As you mentioned, since the value of the inputs during a communication failure seems to be product specific, would you know the expected behaviour for the following products? 1756-IA16, 1756-IA16I, and 1756-IA32/A ...

Inputs State/Value behaviour in case of Ethernet communication fault

Posted By Brice K Nov 30, 2023 06:50:00 AM
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Hello Dear Engage community, This may sound like a silly question, but I was trying to find some information regarding the default Controller Input status value behaviour in case of Ethernet communication failure between a 1756-L8xE controller (Ethernet out of the front port) and a remote rack full ...

RE: PowerMonitor 5000 - Example Sample Code of CIP Class 3 communication to retrieve Data

Posted By Brice K Oct 11, 2023 08:21:23 AM
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Thank you very much @Ian Shaw, @fuzzy logic and @rbliss for your quick and comprehensive answers. This definitely provides us with different options to get what we need out of the PM5000. We are going to receive the ordered PM5000 shortly, so to the Test Bench we go! Cheers, Brice -------- ...

PowerMonitor 5000 - Example Sample Code of CIP Class 3 communication to retrieve Data

Posted By Brice K Oct 10, 2023 12:53:00 PM
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Hello Automation community, I browsed through several PowerMonitor 5000 (PM 5000) User Manuals and Application Technique Manuals, but I could not locate an *.acd file that would contain an example of MSG instructions logic to read your typical PM 5000 parameters. I could certainly go through the ...

RE: What does it mean for a tag to have a number in square brackets in factorylink?

Posted By Brice K Oct 02, 2023 03:01:13 PM
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Hello Evo, As mentioned by 'Fuzzy logic', the numbers in the square bracket indicate the register number for a tag of a particular DataType. For instance, in the FLink Communication Table below, the tags psa_reading[xxx] is an INT Table of 1001 elements (from psa_reading[0] to psa_reading[1000]). ...

RE: Going to Automation Fair 2023? Meet Community Members and RA Staff

Posted By Brice K Oct 02, 2023 02:49:48 PM
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Definitely going! See you there! Brice ------------------------------ Brice K. ------------------------------

RE: About SIL 2 Safety Function and system behaviour on detection of a fault

Posted By Brice K Sep 25, 2023 09:42:25 AM
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Hello Philip, Thank you very much for your answer. Indeed, the SIS response to a fault detection should be documented in the Safety Requirements Specifications (SRS). Based on the SRS, we will adjust how the system deals with fault detection: trigger an alarm (same logic as on rung 3 of the ...

RE: About SIL 2 Safety Function and system behaviour on detection of a fault

Posted By Brice K Sep 25, 2023 07:17:07 AM
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Anybody? ------------------------------ Brice K. ------------------------------

About SIL 2 Safety Function and system behaviour on detection of a fault

Posted By Brice K Sep 20, 2023 12:14:00 PM
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About SIL 2 Safety Function and system behaviour on detection of a fault

Posted By Brice K Sep 20, 2023 12:14:00 PM
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Hello Functional Safety community, I recently went through the Application Technique "safety-at171_-en-p" (2019) document that present a SIL 2 Safety Function for High-pressure Monitoring with Low Demand. Very good documentation but I had a question regarding the logic used for the output status ...

UDT Best Practice

Posted By Brice K Jul 05, 2023 02:48:00 PM
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Hello dear community, I am not sure if someone, somewhere already created a similar thread, but I wanted to get some feedback regarding UDDT / UDT Best Practice. I remember seeing a document a long time ago presenting the Best Practice to minimize the size of the UDT Data Structure. Something ...

RE: FactoryTalk Optix--How did you learn about it?

Posted By Brice K Jul 03, 2023 10:53:47 AM
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Hello Dear community, I heard about FT Optix while attending ROKLive 2022 in Orlando, FL (June 2022). I went ahead and registered to the different sessions describing the new upcoming product (release announced for the Fall 2022). Cheers, Brice ------------------------------ Brice K. ...

RE: FTTM Labs

Posted By Brice K May 17, 2023 06:53:18 AM
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Hello Philip, Thank you very much for your quick response. I will certainly follow your advice and get some of the FTTM Basic Configuration Training Material from onCourse. I believe the simplified onCourse login procedure (synced w/ employees name from the Partner Portal and the Global Rockwell login) ...

FTTM Labs

Posted By Brice K May 15, 2023 09:58:00 AM
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Hello Dear community, I was wondering if anybody would have a FactoryTalk Transaction Manager Lab (FTTM Lab) from previous RSTech Ed / ROK Lives to share. The only one I found in my archives is from RSTech Ed 2016, but I am missing the following file: IN11 - FTTM Of course, if you have more recent ...

FTTM and FTView SE Best practice / Preferred architecture documentation

Posted By Brice K Apr 24, 2023 04:01:24 PM
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FTTM and FTView SE Best practice / Preferred architecture documentation

Posted By Brice K Apr 24, 2023 04:01:00 PM
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Hello Dear community, I am reaching out to the community to try to find a documentation that presents the FTTM and FTView SE Best Practice / Preferred Architecture. I know that the Best Practice / Preferred architecture is to keep the FTTM server separate from the FT View SE HMI server, but I could ...

RE: Trend versus TrendPro: Pros and Cons, Philosophy, etc...

Posted By Brice K Mar 09, 2023 08:38:00 AM
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Thank you very much 'Fuzzy logic'! Very fast and very useful! Brice ------------------------------ Brice K. ------------------------------

Trend versus TrendPro: Pros and Cons, Philosophy, etc...

Posted By Brice K Mar 09, 2023 07:25:00 AM
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Hello community, We have had a head scratcher recently trying to find relevant documentation that would explain the philosophical differences between the 'classic Trends' in FTView SE and TrendPro. Is there a document out there presenting the Pros and Cons of each methods, and/or describing ...