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RE: FactoryTalk View SE v16 - Intermittent Failure of Momentary Pushbutton Release Action (Windows 11)

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jul 08, 2026 08:36:18 AM
Found In Egroup: Advanced Software \ view thread
This is not a press and hold matter, in fact the faster the interaction is completed the more likely it is that the release is missed. The object in the Client animates, the press is getting passed to the client. The Client is not always passing the interaction to whatever the next component is. ...

RE: FactoryTalk View SE v16 - Intermittent Failure of Momentary Pushbutton Release Action (Windows 11)

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jul 08, 2026 06:51:45 AM
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I appreciate you taking the time to respond. I did open a TechConnect case and am waiting to hear back, but based on the testing so far I think the evidence points toward the HMI client rather than a communications issue. We've actually been using the dedicated Press/Release configuration for 15+ years. ...

FactoryTalk View SE v16 - Intermittent Failure of Momentary Pushbutton Release Action (Windows 11)

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jul 07, 2026 01:25:00 PM
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I'm looking to determine whether anyone else has observed this behavior with FactoryTalk View SE v16. I'll likely be opening a TechConnect case shortly, but I'd like to see whether others have encountered the same issue. Environment FactoryTalk View Studio SE v16 Local Station June 2026 Patch Roll-up ...

RE: Optix Studio ".gfx" File

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jun 24, 2026 07:40:00 AM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
And here I am thinking how great it would be to just find a remote job doing SE and ME to Optix conversions for the next 20 years...lol

RE: Which is more efficient: Multiple simple SVG's or One Advanced SVG?

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jun 16, 2026 09:53:00 AM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
I have theorized a similar concept; the issue is that I will be fighting a "marketing and sales" stigma that what we currently offer is better visually. I have purposed that the information and the way it's related currently through the spine is not the benefit they think it is and I am confident that ...

RE: Which is more efficient: Multiple simple SVG's or One Advanced SVG?

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jun 16, 2026 09:02:00 AM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
yeah, it seems like a very unique application, and I don't have the software background to understand the VBA solution in View Studio. That specific spline or poly-line is used to represent the end of a piece of flat steel as it is "Flattened" in a specialized machine. The points that we need to show ...

RE: Which is more efficient: Multiple simple SVG's or One Advanced SVG?

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jun 16, 2026 08:21:00 AM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
That is very similar to what I was trying to do, mine was showing the end profile of a formed metal part. The part can be a "U" or a "Z" shape and can have additional over forms off either side of the "legs". The goal is to make a single SVG that can represent all the different shape combinations and ...

RE: Which is more efficient: Multiple simple SVG's or One Advanced SVG?

Posted By Adam Ackerman Jun 16, 2026 07:47:00 AM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
In the past it seemed that either the integration of Tiny1.2 in Optix was not complete or Inkscape was not able to build out the backend XML for Tiny1.2 correctly; more than likely it was a combination of the two. Adobe sort of had the format locked down last time I looked into it and the only way to ...

RE: FT Optix Variable Order

Posted By Adam Ackerman May 13, 2026 10:52:00 AM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
You can do this by deleting the variable and using the undo shortcut "CTRL+Z". it will reinsert the variable at the top of the list. Drag and drop re-ording would be great but this works. -------------------------------------------

RE: FactoryTalk Enterprise installation problem

Posted By Adam Ackerman Apr 29, 2026 10:50:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Installation & Activation \ view thread
this was recently discussed in another thread, you need to manually install version being called out in the error message, it will not be a version included in the base install. As noted in the linked thread below, I am not sure why, but it appears LTSC versions of windows are not able to automatically ...

RE: Termmon for ThinManager based terminal watchdogs

Posted By Adam Ackerman Apr 27, 2026 07:48:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Advanced Software \ view thread
Before getting Support involved, I am hoping to gather some community insight. I would really like to discuss this solution with others who may be using it, in any fashion. After 6 years I feel like I am the only one that has implemented it and it certainly feels like I am the only one still trying to ...

RE: FTView SE-Unable to browse the HMI tags in tag browser

Posted By Adam Ackerman Apr 27, 2026 07:37:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Advanced Software \ view thread
A few key items need to be known first. What version of View Studio? What Version of Windows? What Version of Services Platform? Is Windows updated? Have you installed the latest RA Patch Roll-up? -------------------------------------------

RE: FactoryTalk View SE DisplayClient.exe Crash

Posted By Adam Ackerman Apr 20, 2026 10:53:00 AM
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V12 is also not considered stable, is memory serves me. as well as i did not see where Desklock is listed as a compatible application with View Studio. Meaning, no testing has been done that I could see that confirms two play nice. I would get to atleast View Studio V14 if you can, V16 would be ...

RE: FactoryTalk View SE DisplayClient.exe Crash

Posted By Adam Ackerman Apr 20, 2026 09:54:00 AM
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yes, that is exactly what can happen. Just because they are marked as retentive does not mean they have been committed when the crash occurs. This is why I don't recommend using HMI tags for production or logic data. And if you do, you need to be offloading that data to either a PLC tag or a dedicated ...

Termmon for ThinManager based terminal watchdogs

Posted By Adam Ackerman Apr 17, 2026 06:45:00 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 07:40:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Installation & Activation \ view thread
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 07:29:00 AM
Found In Egroup: Advanced Software \ view thread
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 ...

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 ...

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

Posted By Adam Ackerman Mar 13, 2026 02:29:00 PM
Found In Egroup: FactoryTalk Optix \ view thread
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RE: DOWNLOAD FACTORYTALK VIEW SE VERSION 15/16

Posted By Adam Ackerman Mar 04, 2026 04:24:00 PM
Found In Egroup: Installation & Activation \ view thread
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 ...