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Termmon for ThinManager based terminal watchdogs

Posted By Adam Ackerman Apr 17, 2026 06:45:26 AM
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Its been a while since I have worked with this and I don't get much access to the system to diagnosis the problem, so this post is serving two purposes; refresh me on how this works in the first place and to make sure the information I do have is accurate. So, the first question is, is anyone else ...

RE: FactoryTalk View V16 installation error

Posted By Adam Ackerman Apr 15, 2026 07:39:52 AM
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this is the resolution, ran into it a few times on Windows 10 LTSC. Not sure why on LTSC the FT installer is not capable of doing the VC++ install automatically, on none LTSC versions of the OS there is never a issue. maybe it has to do with how updates are handled in LTSC. ------------------------ ...

RE: The global object is apparently not communicating.

Posted By Adam Ackerman Mar 18, 2026 07:29:24 AM
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in View Studio, Click "View" and select "Diagnostics List" You will get a cleaner list of behaviors and its more responsive to what you do on the screen. It's properly building your tag based on the values you are giving it, but it shows that the tag it builds is "No Longer Available" this can also ...

RE: FACTORYTALK VIEW SE V16 (Localhost, NO Distribuited)

Posted By Adam Ackerman Mar 17, 2026 07:53:00 AM
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I assume English is not your native language and it could be that some of the details are being lost in translation, feel free to post a detail explanation of the problem in your native language if that will allow you better describe the issue. A few things stick out to me though: When you upgraded ...

RE: U.S. Shipping Only: Limited FT Optix Branded Wireless Chargers Available

Posted By Adam Ackerman Mar 13, 2026 02:29:10 PM
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RE: DOWNLOAD FACTORYTALK VIEW SE VERSION 15/16

Posted By Adam Ackerman Mar 04, 2026 04:24:00 PM
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Digital purchases will come with an email that contains the certificate that has the serial number and product key on it, this certificate also has the Version. If you have an old physical copy, then the certificate is inside the case and has all of the same information. I am confident that a physical ...

RE: Conversion of FTVME Information Messages to Optix

Posted By Adam Ackerman Mar 03, 2026 11:17:00 AM
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I have mentioned this on other similar post and while it's not the intended use, it works pretty well. IF you are converting to Logix based alarms, you can assign different severities (or other defining values) to the alarms. Then in Optix you can place alarm banners that only display values with ...

RE: FT Optix Reattach Runtime

Posted By Adam Ackerman Mar 03, 2026 08:17:02 AM
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I have been working on the assumption that this will either be a natural "function" of the SCADA features once they are implemented or that the SCADA Features will make this need obsolete because a different interaction process will be introduced. Either way, after much deliberation, I have not been ...

RE: Patch Installs

Posted By Adam Ackerman Mar 02, 2026 02:21:45 PM
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nope -------------------------------------------

RE: THIN MANAGER ERRORS

Posted By Adam Ackerman Feb 20, 2026 09:34:26 AM
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That is exactly one of the behaviors I was curious about, the claim that no licenses exist. That is a result of trying to use activation Manager for the Vflex, even if Activation Manager is local to the same server that ThinManager is on there is something about the startup timing that can result in ...

RE: THIN MANAGER ERRORS

Posted By Adam Ackerman Feb 20, 2026 08:05:35 AM
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There is also a Service Pack for V14.1, I have not installed it yet and I have no idea what is addressed in it; could be helpful. Where do your VFlex Licenses reside? I have never had luck with running those through Activation Manager and now just advise my customer to use Master Licenses directly ...

RE: ThinServer Service - Change LogOn account, Password Not Accepted

Posted By Adam Ackerman Feb 19, 2026 01:10:59 PM
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Mine recreated and connected on its own. Mine failed after a version upgrade form V14 to V14.1. My backup did not have a password set; it prompts for a password but per documentation you can leave it blank. I have never tried to change the user for the server or services, now that I think about mine ...

RE: ThinServer Service - Change LogOn account, Password Not Accepted

Posted By Adam Ackerman Feb 19, 2026 10:34:28 AM
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just had to figure this out ThinManager: Database Password prompt after upgrade -------------------------------------------

RE: FT Optix Local Messages

Posted By Adam Ackerman Feb 18, 2026 07:40:15 AM
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If you are using Logix based alarms, I have done a similar thing through that. You can separate "alarms" out by severity (there are other properties you can use, but my use case went with severity) and then you just configure a new banner or summary to filter for only that severity. Not entirely the ...

RE: Software down loads / non Rockwell software question

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jan 26, 2026 03:05:45 PM
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I don't know what the right answer is, but as a Global OEM I can tell you what we do with RA software. RA has a transfer to ownership process; you can buy the software as your company and then transfer that software to the customer. The process is dumb and unless you are going to do this constantly, ...

RE: FT Optix: Circular buttons with mouseclick event

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jan 26, 2026 11:27:45 AM
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"Nevertheless, I know many folks still are not considering UX when they design their HMI and they just want it to look the same as it has for the last 30 years." Fighting this now; I keep saying that the ME projects we do can all be replaced with Optix, the response I get is "well they will look ...

RE: FT Optix: Circular buttons with mouseclick event

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jan 26, 2026 07:32:00 AM
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If you are only interacting with a PLC tag through this button, you want to use a object that has the "Activate" or "Active" ( I can never remember what the property name is). A mouse event is not a maintained event, meaning if you have to press and hold the button for something like a manual move of ...

RE: alarm summary Ole Error:Failed to connect to alarm server

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jan 23, 2026 08:32:00 AM
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I would not say that this is the result of the migration, your application backup is likely good. The View studio version is not supported on the OS and the Version is very much out of RA support. V5 came out in 2005 or 2006 and was the first version to carry the "FactoryTallk View Studio" naming, ...

RE: alarm summary Ole Error:Failed to connect to alarm server

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jan 23, 2026 07:50:40 AM
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You need to update your entire environment, V5.1 is ONLY supported on Windows XP, nothing current will run on Windows 7. Time to spend some money and get your system up to Windows 11 (or even just Windows 10) and move to View Studio V16. You will need to do some converting; you cannot go straight ...

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. ----------------------------- ...