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<s>[INST] Electrical buzz noise from Allen_Bradelly servo motor MPM-B2153F-SJ72AA Dear all; Recently I have met a very strange and tough problem from servo motor MPM-B2153F-SJ72AA, that is , one of servo motors(MPM-B2153F-SJ72AA) is out of speed control for many times during the running period and can produce electrical buzz noise from the motor after enable the motor, the motor speed is not very stable when you rotate it as a specific speed in manual . and the Kinetix 6000 driver has not any fault codes display, is only for 4 . Each time we just powered cycle the mains or removed the encoder cable plug and then mounted it again , the motor 's buzz noise was lost and the control restore normal . this problem often occurred irregularly. we have done the following actions ,but finally the problem is still existed. 1. replaced the kinetix 6000 driver for this motor 2. replaced the power cable and encoder cable for this motor 3. replaced the mains power for this driver ; 4. swapped the back rail for this driver 5. swapped the motors with the other good motor 6. swapped the plc control program with the other product line Now we don't know which condition cause the motor buzz noise? Does anyone have this experience! we are very puzzled about this problem, do you have some good idea about it ? Thanks Jason [/INST] #1 - Have you tried re-tuning the axis? Specifically, have you tried decreasing the gains? Just because the axis can be auto-tuned doesn't mean the resulting gains are good for the application. #2 - Verify the power wiring at the drive. Getting two phases mixed up can make for some rather interesting motor movement. While you have changed the motor power cable, doing an exact conductor swap will not prove anything if the phases were mixed up to begin with. Hello TJ McDermott; I am so glad to receive your comments about this problem! Thank you for your suggestion! for No1: I have tried tuning the axis before, but the result is not better than now. maybe there is some questions about the tune procedure, I don't understand it very much. for example , which option(position error integrator/velocity error integrator/friction compensation/velocity feedforward/acceleration feedforward/torque offset) shoud I choose to make one tune in tune menu? how do I think the tune is successful, what is the standard ? next time if this problem happen again I will re-tune it! For No2: I checked and confirmed the power wiring at the drive, the three phases sequence is correct! because we have two same drivers with using the same mains power. these two drivers are with the same function load.every time the problem is always occurred on the specific load , not on the other load! I don't know whether does it have something to do with the vibration of the load? because we found that there are much similar ferrous powders from servo motor shaft when dismantled the servo motor especially after the new motor is running for about one month. Thanks Jason guohua Jason, the wiring is not the power INTO the drive, but the power conductors from drive to motor. If the phasing is wrong here, you will get noise and bad behavior (at best). When tuning, I would suggest only tuning the position error integrator and maybe velocity error integrator. Uncheck everything else. You will know if you are successful if the motor no longer buzzes and the moves complete successfully without extra motion. I would also suggest checking the load for any unusual friction spots. TJ McDermott, I checked the power conductors from drive to the motor this afternoon, and the phasing is right. at the same time , I monitored the parameter positionerror for that motor at about 2300 m/min speed running, its value is about 2.3. but from the other motor which never happen this problem, it is about 2. I don't know if this parameter is something to do with the vibration.generally how much is good for this value in most applications? What are the units set in the axis configuration? Drm2RotAxis.PositionError Jason, there's nothing in your post but a tag. It doesn't give me any useful information. I asked what the units are that you set in the axis configuration dialog box. You noted the problem axis has a position error of 2.3, compared to 2.0 for the good axis. Without knowing the units set in that dialog box, we can't tell you how significant that difference is. Is it meters? I would say .3 meters is not very accurate. Is it microns? .3 micron difference isn't to bad. TJ McDermott, Sorry! I just look at our RSlogix5000 PLC source program and review the Axis properties , position units is Revs, and Average Velocity timebase is 0.25seconds How does the motor rev relate to the load? How many motor revs per unit load position? our motor is connected to drum plate through the coupler, without the gear box. drum is used for winding fibre. I think basically drum is also 1rpm if the motor is 1 rpm! So you're saying the position error is 2 revolutions for the good drive, and 2.3 revolutions for the noisy one? In the message you gave these numbers, you said the axis was moving 2300 m/min. Some sort of machine roll, about 300mm diameter? That would have the motor turning at roughly 2300rpm. It does sound like axis is tuned better than another. I encountered something similar a few years ago - a VFD driving a very large paper winding spindle. It would run fine, then suddenly get noisy to the point that it ruptured its flexible coupling. The axis was tuned too hot, but it only showed if there was a (relatively) abrupt decrease in speed. That made the axis unstable until the speed oscillations damaged the coupling (several times before we got called in). Look to the tuning parameters, try several auto-tune iterations, and also look for a difference in the load (sticky bearing, something mechanical). TJ McDermott, it sounds like something you encountered is really similar with us . for this problem, we have tried to replace almost all the electrical parts related with this drum motor. and it lasts for about half year . we are very puzzled about it. anyway, we will try auto-tune if this problem will be occurred in the future. Hello TJMcDermott, that servo motor problem happened last night. we try to tune that drum2RotAxis in RSlogixi5000 software online this morning , and check the different tune options , but not success! each time I try to rotate that drum motor after tunning , but the drum motor is always produce electrical buzze and the speed is unstable. later I have to restore the original tune parameters ! I don't know if the tune parameter is correct in Tune tab , so I capture one tune picture at that time and upload it to here . I also try to modify the different tune parameters such as travel limit , speed and torque , damping factor etc. but not effective! do you know what is the problem about not successfully tunning ? I am looking forward to your help ! Thanks Jason Why don't you upload your program, or email it to me if you prefer privacy, let me take a look at it. ok , thanks ! I will email our plc program to you right now , pls have a look at it ! TJMcDermott, I re-sent plc program to your privacy email, pls check it ! Jason: Does drum 2 begin buzzing as soon as it is turn on? Cycle-Stop your machine, then use the Motion Direct Commands (right click on an axis in the motion group folder, select Motion Direct Commands). Pick MSO from the motion list on left, and click the Execute button. Does the drive buzz now? There are slight differences between drum 1 and drum 2 (in the velocity used for the MAM and MAJ instructions). Does one move cause the buzz more than the other? The MAJ for both axes uses a very slow acceleration (3 units/sec^2), while the MAM uses a much, much higher accel (180 units/sec^2). You can simulate both moves using motion direct commands. Pick one of them on the left and enter the same values as in your program on the right, and then Execute. Regarding tuning - I would put a check ONLY on the Position Error Integrator to start (refer to the image you posted above). Run the autotune, and compare the results to the existing gains (see the gains tab). If you don't like the results of the autotune, then I'd suggest decreasing position gain (say, from 8 to 7) and watch what happens. Buzz better or worse? Axis still stiff enough to perform its task? Try decreasing it again to see what happens. If that doesn't do much, then return position gain back to its value, and repeat the process changing velocity gain. Hello Jason. I am watching this for any helpful replies. Keith. Hello Jason, We have got the same issue on our Motor. were you able to fix this issue? Thanks, Muhammad Tahir Hi Muhammad ; For this problem, later I modified the related parameters in Dynamics tab , axis properties . it has been working well until now. you can try to decrease them according to your load! Jason n </s>
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<s>[INST] Errors on IMC faceplate I have an open tech support ticket for this, but Rockwell apparently doesn't have an answer I am using the IMC (Internal Model Control) block in Logix. I have used it on several projects and know how it works. Now, I am trying to add it to a factoryTalk SE Display. I am using the standard Rockwell supplied object from (RA-BAS) Built-in Graphics Library. I imported the IMC displays for the faceplate (RA-BAS) Built-in IMC ..., the images, tags, etc. I configure [/INST] Hi @Patrick Dixon, I'm not a subject matter expert here, but just trying to help in some way. PlantPax v4.x library introduced Area name for Security; the concept behind this is explained in the following technote: QA39210 - PlantPAx Process Library 4.x security setup for FactoryTalk View SE & ME I suggest to read this out to understand the expected behavior and configuration requirements for your objects. Basically, some objects (like the IMC one) are expecting to know about security group and code for the current user. See the screenshot below for an example: Looking inside the visibility animation expression, you can see that the parameter #3 (which is #103 of Global Object Param. passed to the display by macro code) is used as follows: CurrentUserHasCode( {SecurityDeviceConfigTuning} ) and CurrentUserHasGroup( {#3} + _Advanced ) and (#1 > 0) AND {#2.ATuneDone} So the system will search for a User Group name which is a concatenation of the string you should pass via #103 and _Advanced If i.e. you will pass the string Area01 inside #103, then the resulting name would be Area01_Advanced That means you should have a User Group with that name defined in your system. And as you can see from the expression above, also a particular user security code is required, which should be defined inside a HMI string tag (SecurityDeviceConfigTuning) With Process Library v4.x, you're also required to import HMI tags into you SE project. These are used to define the security privilege codes, among other things. These tags must be imported using the Tag Import and Export Wizard , found in Studio under the Tools menu. The above indicated technote should shed a light on this for you. About the VBA errors you're getting, this is probably related to a missing Global Object graphic you should import, which contains for example the navigation objects: A good source of instructions for Library objects and their correct implementation is at the following link: Rockwell Automation Library of Process Objects: Configuration and Usage As per the documentation on IMC display object, you can find a reference inside the following manual: Rockwell Automation Library of Process Objects: Display Elements EDIT: the document in the last link here above contains Microsoft Excel spreadsheets listing the visualization files required for each Add-On Instruction. Page 16 of that manual contains instructions about how to access the spreadsheets. Hope this helps. fuzzy logic Please don't forget to use the LIKE button and highlight the decisive answer : REPLY > Make Best Answer I haven't had a chance to dig into this yet, but I really appreciate your help! Fuzzy_logic showed me where to find the Process Library 4_1 file requirements .xlsx file, which has most of the answers. I now have a functioning IMC faceplate It turns out #103 can be blank and wasn't the problem, but now I know from fuzzy_logic's post above what it is. Thanks! n </s>
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<s>[INST] FTView ME run in Dell Laptop using PCMK Card Hi All, customer have a Laptop with PCMK card, we try to run a FTview ME in that station using the DHPlus Protocol thru the PCMK. Can I used the Rslinx enterprises for this set up? I cannot find a PCMK driver in the Rslinx enterprises Drop down Menu. Note: Rslinx OPC in not an option since they only have Rslinx Lite Version which does not support OPC. Ganie [/INST] Ganie, unfortunately you cannot, the PCMK card do not have supporting driver in the RSLinx Enterprise communications layer. :smileysad: See Aid 47747 - fuzzy logic Ahh..... Okay thank you very much for the information... Just to reconfirmed, Rslinx Lite cannot do as an OPC Server for this application? Thanks alot Fuzzy.. Ganie You're right, RSLinx Classic will need an Activation, like OEM or more, but the Lite version would not be able to be used as OPC server... - fuzzy logic okay .. thanks alot Fuzzy.. :smileyhappy: Ganie n </s>
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<s>[INST] PVP Com on GuardLogix Hello, we experiences some problem on a communication between PanelViewPlus and GuardLogix L61S, via 1756-ENBT PVP 1000 5.10.00.09 PVP 700 5.10.01.09 1756-ENBT 4.8 1761-L61S 17.8 When changing 1756-ENBT with 1756-ENET or 1756-EN2T it works fine. Any restrictions or bug when using 1756-ENBT with GuardLogid and PVP ? RegardsHep [/INST] Hep, Is the Netmask in the ENBT configuration the default of 255.255.255.0? This won't work for at least one of your PanelView Plus units, because then the addresses would be assumed to be on separate subnets: 5.10.00.095.10.01.09 Also, it is common to reserve a zero byte in the IP address to identify a network (as opposed to a node) (and a 255 byte for broadcast) -- I usually see IP addresses only contain 1 to 254 for each byte. Also, the 5.x.x.x addresses are publicly-known Internet IP addresses (routable to the Internet) -- most plant networks use 10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x, which are reserved for intranets. (See RFC 1918.) (Yes, I've seen examples in manuals that use 100.100.x.x, which are also publicly known, routable IP addresses. NOTE to authors of manuals: USE 192.168.x.x IN YOUR EXAMPLES!!! Better yet, use 172.16.x.x thru 172.31.x.x, which are also reserved but nobody seems to use!) Other than configuration, I'm not aware of any reason an ENBT would not work for your application. I hope this helps!Dale, W8ABZ Hello, I saw that I did not reply on this ... Then numbers belows are juste the firmware used, not the IP adress. I know the deal about IP adress, I always use 192.168.1.xx in the office for testing. After a firmware upgrade of ALL it works fine. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Project Version Control We have increased the number of people developing in RSView32 for our facility. When it was only me there was no need to do any type of check-in / check-out of projects. However, now I want to implement some version control system so we don't fork the code. Has anyone implemented a version control system, especially an open source one? Thanks, Chris [/INST] How about a Text object containing the version informaiton? You can right-click on it in the editor, choose Property Panel and then set the Visible property to False. We currently using Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.Works well out of the box and is intuitive, but only works as well as your procedures around it.Not open source, but the price per seat is reasonable.Most importantly administration can be very minimal. Can you please elaborate that how exactly do you use MS VSS ? We wish to have version control for FactoryTalk View Studio development. As this is a Rockwell web site shouldn't we suggest AssetCentre :smileyhappy: n </s>
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<s>[INST] trying to get 2 5/04 on ethernet We have a piece of equipment that has 2 5/04 and a panelview all on DH+. One of the 5/04 already uses the other channel for communication to a PC. If we hook up the 2nd 5/04 to a NetENI, does that enable you to go online with both 5/04? If not, is there a resonable solution to this. Actually 5/04, panelview and PC is really the only one we care about. But since both channels are already used, that is why I was thinking of going the other way, through the second 5/04. ThanksGeorge [/INST] George, as per the fact 1761-NET-ENI cannot act as a bridge, you can't do this connection... :smileysad: Anyway, you can go thru CH0 of your SLC to DH+ using serial DF1 driver and enabling passthru; take a look to the following technote. Aid 54625 Another solution is to use ControlLogix Gateway configuration: I mean a CLX chassis, a power supply for it, a 1756-ENBT module (to connect your Ethernet network) and a 1756-DHRIO module (to connect your DH+ devices). You don't need a CPU to obtain this gateway work. :smileysurprised: Then you may see all your DH+ devices thru ethernet... just be aware of the following technote in case you need to download an application to a PV via this gateway. Aid 19393 Hope this helps... - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] 1747-L30A RUNTIME ERROR WON'T CLEAR I have an older SLC500 1747-l30A with a 2 slot expansion. This unit has worked for years and recently generated a CPU fault. Error code is S;6=251h , a 'stuck' runtime error that is detected on I/O module 2. It's critical fault will not clear. Reloading the program did not help. Proir to this error, PLC fault referenced error on module 3. Loading a base only new program worked without a fault. I would wait until Monday to call for support but I am on a plane Sunday morning and don't want to carry this with me.... Any suggertions would be appreciated [/INST] Hi Mackey, and Welcome to Engage! I'm moving this thread to Legacy, where it is better suited. If you are not already a member of the Legacy community and want to continue this conversation, you will be prompted to join that community. Unfortunately it seems to be an hardware issue, typically a replacement of a module is required. I strongly suggest to contact Technical Support, as it is not clear where the culprit is; they can help in troubleshooting. fuzzy logic Please don't forget to LIKE and highlight the decisive answer: REPLY > Make Best Answer n </s>
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<s>[INST] Direct Driver Someone knows how Direct Driver works?? [/INST] Assuming you're asking about RSView32....take a look to the User Guide, chapter 2 contains useful infos for you... :smileywink: Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] Thank you Phillip, I don't see my post asking for help with exposing internal variables in ST AOIs so I couldn't thank you there. Just wanted to let you know that your solution worked perfectly. Thank you so much! [/INST] Hi Bob, thanks for taking the time to post a follow-up and share a good word for Philip. Just would like to let you know that your thread about ST AOI has been moved to Automation Control Community, as a best fit. To easily find your posts, you can go to your Dashboard in the Engage landing page, and click My Contributions: You'll be routed to a dedicated section where you can see all your contributions: However, here is the link to the thread in question: https://engage.rockwellautomation.com/discussion/structured-text-functionality-im-stumped Hope this helps, fuzzy logic Please don't forget to LIKE and highlight the decisive answer: REPLY > Make Best Answer Aha, thank you Fuzzy! You're very welcome, Bob! fuzzy logic Please don't forget to LIKE and highlight the decisive answer: REPLY > Make Best Answer n </s>
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<s>[INST] panelview 1000 My panelview 1000 is coming up with Ethernet error = 16420,0,0. the comms status is saying attached and its also saying im connected to the network????? [/INST] Invalid gateway address found. Verify gateway address. Re-enter gateway. This error is caused by entering 0.0.0.0 as the Gateway address...If no Gateway address is used, leave the field blank as 0.0.0.0 is not a valid address To access the Gateway Address in PanelBuilder32, go to Application Settings and select Communications Setup, and press Ethernet Config Button... press OK when edited.... Hope this helps, - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] We would like to use the new SDK to download multiple PLCs simultaneously but are running into some issues. Has anyone been able to download multiple ACD files using the futures functionality in C++ such that each thread downloads to an individual controller with the goal of downloading several controllers all at once (asynchronously)? If so, how did you accomplish this because we keep getting restriction errors due to the download function requiring to have the project open. [/INST] The Logix Designer SDK supports concurrent execution with synchronous interfaces calls. With that, the download operation itself can happen in parallel, however, the user project opening step due to the Logix Designer limitation cannot. So practically, when executing the download procedure in the loop, make sure that the project opening step has ended, and then run the download, even though the one from the previous iteration is still pending.n </s>
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<s>[INST] 1756-HSC card Configuration Don't seem to find anything in the configuration of this card using a encoder to change direction of counts? Have hooked it up counts up when turned counter clockwise. Would rather it counted up when turned clock wise. We switched the a and b channels going to the card and that seem to work but was hoping to do it through the software. Any thoughts or help on this problem? Thanks [/INST] Bruce, unfortunately it is not possible thru configuration of -HSC... :smileysad: See the following, that is the rule for direction Count using X4 counter.... - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] Minor Fault on Primary 1756-RM We have a CLX L64 redundant system, and the Primary RM module reports a Minor Fault, Error Code = EAM1. Everything else is fine - solid greens and synchronized. The Secondary shows Minor Fault = None.I can't find any info on this - the RMCT help simply states Indicates whether a minor fault has been detected. When a minor fault is detected the system will continue to provide redundancy support.Here's a screenshot: Any Ideas?Thanks in advance... [/INST] Here the only information I've found, inside the RM Installation Instructions: As suggested in the manual, please contact the Technical Support. :smileysurprised: - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] DESKTOP ACCESS WINDOWS CE Hello Guys, anybody knows if we have A DESKTOP ACCESS on PANELVIEW PLUS 1500 with 5.10.16 software ? thank you ! [/INST] in your Panelview Plus, enable the VNC option and follow the step by step procedure for you to remotely access the HMI view using your deskstop. ok thank you... Can you tell me How enable it ? n </s>
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<s>[INST] Pwerflex 700H does not start I have a PF700H that when I issue a start command does not start (20CC300A0A...). The 'start owner' indicates a 1. The 'stop owner' is 0, 'start inhibits' is 0, on 'drive status 2' the active bit and the running bit are 1 (after I have issued a start command). The 'commanded frequency' is 44Hz. The 'output frequency', 'output power', 'output current' and 'output voltage' all remain at 0. I have tried starting via 20-COMM-D and via the HIM with the devicenet disconnected. Sometimes 30 sec to 4min after the run bit comes on the VSD will start. I have disconnected the motor cables and tried to start the VSD and the same problem occurs (tried to eliminate a field problem). [/INST] CraigM, double check what is indicated in the following screenshot. Also, may you post what the display does show in its upper part (see screenshot highlight in red) when your drive doesn't start? - fuzzy logic Sequence of events. I have set all digital inputs to not used(1) Drive is ready to start as indicated by 'drive status2' bit 0 and the fault bit is not active and the start inhibits are all off and the HIM indicates stopped.(2) I issue a start command, the 'start owner' indicates 1, parameter 271 'Drive Logic Rslt' indicates start (bit 1). 'Drive status 2' bits 1&2 go high indicating drive is active and running. Frequency command is 44Hz.(3) what is strange is the HIM indicates stopped on top left and drive does not output anything. I have set 'digital output 1' to run and it goes ON. CraigM,did you check the dc bus voltage?Probably that is not enough to start up the drive. DC bus voltage is 817V, input voltage 567V, motor NP Voltage 525V. I know the input voltage is a little high should be 550V but I cannot do anything about it. To compensate for this I set parameter 202 (Voltage class) to High voltage. CraigM,i ve found a tech note.i cudnt open it (some prob with my pc).just check out this.Tech note:55752. The technote indicated by vikas (Aid 55752 linkified for convenience) is related to an option board (20C-DG1 for ATEX application) so consider it only if you have this card installed. Here the strange is that really drive indicates in some parameters it is running, but over the HIM it indicates as stopped... :smileysurprised: I think could be something has gone faulty inside the control of the drive, maybe due to the input voltage that is out of the valid range for the drive (max 500Vac +10%) as you know... :smileysad: - fuzzy logic This drive was purchased 3 years ago. At that stage the 20CD (480V) and 20CE (600V) were not available. We were informed by the Rockwell that the 20CC (400V) is rated to 611V and suitable for the 550V application. We have about fifteen other drives (20CC) running on similiar systems (550V supply) in the area and have been running fine for a few years. When the 20CD came available we asked if we should rather sell the 20CD and the response was they only have an official letter stating the 20CC is rated to 611V.We do not have the 20C-DG1 option board. CraigM, just some notes about Voltage... PF700H is a 380-500VAc drive, with a tolerance of 10% (that means max operating voltage is 550V)Over the Technical Guide, it is indicated the AC Overvoltage Trip for these drives as 611Vac... this doesn't mean you may operate until this value... this is just the level where the protection of the drive will trip. 20CC and 20CD are the same product... this is just related on how the Voltage parameter is set (low or high voltage) by default...hardware is the same (see Voltage Class in the attached screenshot). Anyway, I think your drive have something wrong... as I state in my previous post, it is really strange the behavior... also the output relè *said* Running... and display Stopped ?! :smileysurprised: Hope this helps... let me know...- fuzzy logic After much negotiation with the client they have agreed to lower the MCC voltage. Successfully commissioned the drive with supply voltage 545V. The cut-off on this drive appears to be 565V. I have also upgraded the firmware to ver4.001 (was originally 1.006). I am planning to run some tests at the original supply voltage with the new firmware just for interest. As a note: if your supply voltage is high then set the stop mode to 'coast'. Ramp to stop does not work properly if supply voltage is too high, although this was with firmware 1.006. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Torque Control parameter list in PowerFlex 700 Hi,The parameter list in PowerFlex 700 AC Drives User Manual Series B, Vector Control Firmware 4.001 & Up Series B, Vector ControlFirmware 4.001 & Up Catalog 20b-um002_-en-p doesnt list the torque control parameters like 526, 527, 528 etc shown in the torque control blcok diagram http://www.ab.com/support/abdrives/powerflex700/PF700_Block_Diag_6-03.pdf I am wondering where can i have the details about these parameters. Thanks and regards Jai [/INST] Try to take a look inside the Reference Manual appendix... http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rm/pflex-rm004_-en-e.pdf - fuzzy logic thanks a lot n </s>
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<s>[INST] Micro 820 How do I recover a variable after switching off the power at the micro 820 ? For example I'm counting the number of bags and the power turns off when you call ... I want the number of bags stay where he was and where not to zero. [/INST] Your post is clipped for some reason. Would you please repeat it? When you create your variable, make sure to check mark the retained field. This will now remember the value in that variable when the power is turned off. n </s>
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<s>[INST] windows 7 64-bit Summary: Is Software available for Windows 7 Pro 64-bit? Having purchased the software I come to find out that it is not supported for a 64-bit format. I was told it supported windows 7, their was not statement about only 32-bit. Is A-B coming out with a 64-bit or do I have to purchase another PC? [/INST] This REALLY needs to be a Stickie at the top of the forums: http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/42682 We get this question all the time around here. That's right there are alot of upset people out here. The link in meaningless to me, I disn't see anything about release date just what software is compatable with what. if I had that information (from my vendor) ahead of time that would have been great. I have yet to see a response that answers the bottom line. Is Rockwell going to release a 64-bit version or not? I have yet to find an answer about it. Robert, the official answer is :FactoryTalk View SE 6.00 has NOT been qualified on any 64 bit OS and is NOT supported on these operating systems. Unofficially, I may say that OS support is planned in the next release of the software, but I've not a release date to share with you... I can only guess later 2011. - fuzzy logic Some software is already 64-bit. Others are being worked on. Rockwell does not typically post expected release dates on future software. As an alternative, though, almost all of our 32bit software *is* supported to run inside a VMWare image that is running on a 64bit platform. So, if you have Windows 7 64bit, get VMWare, load a 32bit version of Windows 7 inside it, and run the software there. Not a perfect solution, I admit, but it works until 64bit support is released for the product you are using. Josh Completely agree, that technote should be highlighted for all users, the Forum is full of similar questions... - fuzzy logic If hardware purchased is of 64bit Processor (CPU) and operating software is 32 bit - Will Rockwell softwares work on this?? Absolutely. When running a 32-bit operating system, the computer doesn't even know the 64-bit extensions exist in that CPU. All Windows knows is the 32bit stuff at that point and it will run perfectly (well, as perfectly as Windows ever runs ;) ) Josh n </s>
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<s>[INST] Controlnet Adapter Module1747-ACN-15... cant be read by SLC 5/03? Can u please help me with this? thanks. [/INST] If you mean directly, it can't :smileysurprised: You will need a Controlnet Scanner module 1747-SCNR installed in the SLC 5/03 chassis and configured to manage the remote chassis through the -ACN15 adapter, in a valid Controlnet Network. See the manuals in the above LINK for scanner module use, and the attached User Manual for the Adapter, as it seems to not be available right now for download... :smileysurprised: Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] cmstick License Based Protection I want to protect my source code using License Based Protection. I have a cmstick inserted but the documentation available is not very clear on how add/create a new license. I think it is by using the following process : In CodeMeter Control Center navigate to licenses>License Update>Create License Request>Add License of a new vendor A 'Firm code' is requested, I think this is what I am missing. How/where can I get it? TIA [/INST] Hi @Brown , To create the source protection license, refer the KB QA41705 Note: The link to the Licensing Portal is provided by the distributor when purchases required to use the functionality are completed. There is no general link to access the CodeMeter License Portal. For more detail on configuring source protection in the Logix Designer application, refer Chapter 2 from Logix 5000 Controllers Security @Akhilesh Thank you! Just one further question, to access the CodeMeter License Portal do we need to purchase extra licenses or is purchasing the cmStick sufficient? Hi @Brown , yes, a license purchase is necessary which is listed in the eCommerce Portal, in 'Search Catalog Number or Name' just type Studio 5000 License Portal n </s>
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<s>[INST] Stretched server 3 nodes Dell VxRail Cluster environment VS FT license number Summary: Stretched server 3 nodes Dell VxRail Cluster environment VS FT license numberThere is only one set of license required for the Microsoft software point of view in Stretched server 3 nodes Dell VxRail Cluster environment. What about the number of license for FT software in a in Stretched server 3 nodes Dell VxRail Cluster ? [/INST] nan n </s>
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<s>[INST] Recommended ControlLogix Redundancy with Bumpless Ethernet/IP Messaging and Data Transfer Hi, I have 2 types of redundant CLX configurations over here: 1. 1 set redundant CLX chassis having each chassis 1 L61, 1 CNB, 1 ENBT and 1 SRM, along with 1 remote I/O chassis consisting 1 CNB and other I/O modules connecting to redundant set of CLX just now 2. 1 set redundant CLX chassis having each chassis 1 L61, 1 CNB, and 1 SRM, along with 1 remote I/O chassis consisting 1 CNB, 1 ENBT, and other I/O modules connecting to redundant set of CLX just now My major concern is as below: 1. Which of configurations above having bumpless/no delay in data monitoring and transfer using one PanelView Plus HMI with Ethernet/IP connection? 2. If none of the configuration above provide reliable bumpless or no delay, what would the other CLX configuration suits the best for my need of bumpless/no delay in PanelView Plus HMI? 3. Question 1 applies to OPC server connection to the ohter rd party system, such as Yokogawa DCS 4. Question 2 also applies to OPC server connection to the ohter rd party system, such as Yokogawa DCS Please kindly revert this in accurate manner since I found the ControlLogix Redundancy User Manual gives unclear statements on advantages and disadvantages using ENBT module on either redundant chassis or ONLY in remote I/O chassis. Thanks a lot and look forward much towards your favorable reply. [/INST] Hi all experts, please help to feedback my queries few days ago. It's quite urgent... Well, I've never heard of it described as bumpless but I think understand what you are asking ... Ethernet is never going to be deterministic (which is what I think you mean by bumpless) but it almost every HMI configuration it is good enough. Unless the HMI is configured to throw huge amount of data back and forth with the processor (or unless the processor is overloaded to begin with), the data transfer times are almost always faster than your operator. What I mean is, if a human pushes a push button on the screen, the data will get to the processor in milleseconds in most situations. So, to the human, it looks nearly instantaneous. JHutch Have you been able to figure out which is the best configuration for the bumpless data transfer using Ethernet modules ? n </s>
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<s>[INST] Powerflex 700 Fault code 121 F121 I/O Comm Loss- Manual points to possible induced noise on I/O wiring, but O-scope did not detect any issues. I/O card has been replaced and still getting this fault. We then tried isolation relays on the input wiring and still getting this fault. Does anyone have any ideas????? [/INST] Aid 21123 states this fault is caused by the I/O board (or its processor) not communicating to the main control board (or its processor).It also suggest to replace the I/O board, as you've already done without success.... :smileysad: The PF700 User Manual also reports there could be the need to replace the Main Control Board.... I/O Comm Loss F121 - I/O Board lost communications with the Main Control Board. Check connector. Check for induced noise. Replace I/O board or Main Control Board. - fuzzy logic We replaced the entire standard control cassette each time this has occurred which replaces the I/O board and Main control board at the same time. Still having problems.....Thanks n </s>
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<s>[INST] integrating two analog signals I have two analog input signals one represents a flow rate (TPH) and another is product moisture % Over the course of a batch process both signals will vary. At the end of a batch how can I calculate the average product moisture? I may be limited to using ladder logic only. [/INST] Hello Dave, how long is a batch, and how accurate must the average be? Is it that the flow rate and moisture together represent the moisture of the product at that time, and it's all going into a larger container to become a complete mixed batch or product? If using ladder only, you may need to do multiple arrays, one which calculates every second for a minute, then one that calculates every minute for an hour (using the minute averages), another that calculates every hour for 24 hours, etc. Multiply Tons /hr x % moisture and take that value to a totalizer instruction... This will provide the total tons of water (moisture). WtM Take the Tons /hr to a totalizer instruction... This will provide the total tons of product. WtP Now that you have the totals for tons of water and tons of product, you can calculate the %MC %MC =100 x ( WtW/(WtP-WtW)) Inline moisture meters are not very accurate, so that could throw off the calculations. (Garbage in = Garbage out). The golden standard is to take a sample to the lab, weigh it, oven dry it, weigh it again, and calculate the %MC based upon the oven baking all the water out. Perfect, thank you Phil Hi Patrick. Just a quick comment on Philip Hamilton's formula of %MC = 100 x ( WtW/(WtP-WtW)). This formula gives moisture content on a dry basis which is correct only if the moisture content readings are also on a dry basis. Some moisture meters can provide both wet basis and dry basis moisture content readings, so it is important that you know which your moisture signal represents so that your final, calculated, average moisture content is on the same basis. The formula for moisture content on a wet basis is %MC = 100 x ( WtW/WtP). n </s>
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<s>[INST] PanelView 5510 VNC settings We're working with 5510s for the first time, and we're having trouble with the VNC options. In short, it keeps getting disabled. I thought maybe it was a project setting that was being overwritten whenever we downloaded, but couldn't find anything besides the VNC password settings in View Designer, and after the most recent download, the option was still enabled. What would cause this to keep happening? [EDIT: We had to power cycle the panel this afternoon and VNC was disabled, so that may be it. Still can't find anywhere to save the VNC setting so that it persists on powerup.] [/INST] Chip, To be more secure, VNC is designed to revert to off on a startup of the panel. If you want VNC to always be enabled on a panel reboot, you can do that using a project event. First have the ExecuteWhen property of the project event check to see if the AccessMode of the VNC server is not in the mode you want (full or view), and AND that with the BlinkSlow tag to kick the project event on startup: In the example above, I'm checking to see if the VNC Access Mode is not in full. Then use that event to execute a command to write a value of full or view to the AccessMode tag: On startup of the panel, the above example will turn on the VNC server in full access (read/write) mode. Just make sure this is really what you want since you are letting anyone with network access and knowledge of the VNC password to have access to the panel. #ViewDesigner Regards, Thanks you for the reply, Keith. While that certainly explains the behavior, I can't say I like the explanation. Nothing in the interface indicates that this is a temporary setting, and I didn't find anything in the documentation referencing this behavior, either. I would REALLY ask that you make sure the next update includes some indication that this is a temporary setting, and I'd certainly appreciate the option to acknowledge your security suggestion and then decide for myself if I want to disable this feature. Chip Chip, Thank you for the feedback regarding the documentation for this. I looked into the help files, and it looks like we missed including that explanation. I just entered an anomaly for our help system to get that corrected in our next release. It is mentioned in our View Designer Getting Results Guide, and I'll have them add the same last sentence shown below to the help: Regards, n </s>
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<s>[INST] Modicon and PanelView Terminals Hi, Is it possible to use Modicon M340 CPU with PanelView Plus 7 series or PanelView 5310/5510 series? Modicon M340 has Ethernet communication. Allen Bradley terminals has EtherNet/IP. If you have any information and example, please share with me. Thanks, [/INST] Hi Gamze, PanelView Plus 7 has an Ethernet port, that can be managed by Kepserver (included in FactoryTalk View ME Studio). You can use the Kepserver's Modbus TCP driver to manage a comms thru Ethernet port. The configuration is complex. The next manual, a bit long, explains step to step how to configure the comms and how to run it (the displays show the Modicon controller). I didn't find an APA with this programming. Creating Modbus Applications For PanelView Plus and PanelView Plus CE Terminals, pub. 2711P-UM002. Note 1: Modbus RTU is not available in PanelView Plus 7, because no serial port. Note 2: PanelView 5500 only manages Ethernet/IP protocol. Hi, Thank you so much for your help. The document will be very helpful. Do I need 5 KEPServer Enterprise licenses because there are 5 different HMIs available? Is a single KEPServer Enterprise license sufficient? Hi Gamze, FactoryTalk View ME applications don't require additional activation for Kepserver, it runs in PanelView Plus, and in computers with ME Station. FactoryTalk View ME Studio allows to you to configure the Kepserver, no additional activation required in the computer. You should install it separately, available in your FactoryTalk View ME Studio installation download: Compatibility & Download - Choose Downloads by Serial Number, with your serial/product key In the download page check the Kepserver: The PanelView Plus 7 Standard supports 1 controller connection thru Kepserver. the Performance supports many controller connections. Activation is included in panel. To enable the Kepserver in PanelView Plus 7 there are additional steps: QA9303 - PanelView Plus / FactoryTalk View ME: Setting up KEPServer Enterprise Communications This note requires TechConnect contract. Hi nmeistrup, thank you for your help. I didn't know that no additional activation was required. Thanks. n </s>
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<s>[INST] FT view can not write to PLC tags Summary: Modified a display screen and now no value connections modify the tagThis is my first submission, so I am not sure how much info is appropriate, but here goes. I have a PVPlus 1500 OIT run FT view ME 6.10 connected to Micrologix 14400 PLC. I modified one of the displays to add another numeric input to a new tag. In test mode everything works fine; after transfer to the OIT, none the numeric input fields will write to the PLC tags even though all tags are access read/write. The fields display the values correctly (i.e. if value is modified in the PLC, the corrected value appears on the OIT) so the the RSlinx connection is working fine. On another display screen which only had a text field moved (i.e. no tags references changed), the screen was saved and now exhibits the same problem. unmodified display screens (not saved work fine). Is there any attribute associated with an individual display screen which could prevent value writes to tags ? Any ideas how saving the display screen could have caused this condition [/INST] We've seen some pretty darn weird behavior from View. Try deleting the shortcut pointing to your PLC in RSLinx Enterprise, and then recreate it exactly. That has fixed problems like this for us. I have already tried reseting the communication to PLC and rebuilt the shortcuts; did not help. Welcome to the Forum ! Try to create a new application with just one display, just one Numeric Input; test it on the PC and then create, download and test the same on the Panelview Plus Let us know. - fuzzy logic In order to enhance the reputation of the Forum's contributors, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! n </s>
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<s>[INST] Powerflex 753 Datalink Summary: Cannot configure datalnk 1 to read amps of driveI have a 20-COMM-PBUS card in port 6 of aPowerfles 753. In the host parameters of the option card I want to modify Par 17 Datalink 1 to read amps Par 3 of port 0. When ever I try to edit this parameter i get a DPI error, Object State Conflict [/INST] Isn't parameter 3 of a 753 motor velocity feedback? I see parameter 7 of port 0 as motor current. That said, I don't know why either of those would cause a state conflict. Is the parameter being used already in another datalink? Are you trying to set these while the drive is running? I don't think you can do that; drive must be stopped in many cases when editing parameters. You might try setting the parameter off line, then downloading to the drive (unless you're doing this through the HIM). I tested this using a 20-750-ENETR but I don't know why it would be different for a 20-COMM-PBUS. Apologies Par 3 is on a 700 series drive. Today I have tried setting Par 17 to read Port 0 Par 7 still get the DPI error. Out of interest tried changing Datalink 02 Par 18 and it excepted the change. In the master which is a Siemens PLC it is only set to read / write Control / Status and 1 datalink, 2 16 bit words. I don't recognize that screenshot at all. Is that something in DriveExecutive or Connected Components Workbench? Or is that some sort of Siemens profibus configuration software? Are you setting the parameter using the HIM or DriveExecutive or CCW? Those are the only 3 ways I know how to set Port 6, parameter 17? WAIT. What is the FULL configuration of your 753? Do you have other cards? What cards in what port? The screenshot is the Siemens profibus configurator showing that Datalink 1 has been configured. I am using the HIM to set the parameters but we also have CCW if required. Slot 3 is an encoder feedback ( not used and cannot be seen on the HIM ), slot 4 is an I/O card, Slot 5 safe torque and slot 6 the profibus card. When I get some downtime I will configure the siemens to read datalink 1 and 2 and see if I can read Datalink 2 as it has excepted the Par change in the drive. Phillip, the 753 does not have a physical slot 3. Powerflex 753 has capacity for 7 ports: Drive itself HIM socketed into the drive Door-mounted remote HIM Another remote HIM, only usable if you use a special Y cable into port 2 Slot 4 option card Slot 5 option card Slot 6 option card Powerflex 755 drives also have slot 7 and 8 above slots 4 through 6. I found this technote: https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/107999/loc/en_US I THINK this is your situation. Disconnect the drive from the scanner. See the article below: BF22040 02/21/2020 Summary PowerFlex 750 DPI Error Object State Conflict when accessing Datalink related parameter Problem Using PowerFlex 753/755 on DeviceNet with 20-750-DNET card, the HIM keypad displays DPI Error - Object State Conflict when attempting to select a parameter to any already allocated Datalinks DriveExecutive will display The drive did not accept value (#) for parameter (#). If the drive is connected to a controller that is in RUN mode using any communications card or the drive has DeviceLogix program active and in RUN mode, you may get the above errors while downloading from HIM CopyCat, or DriveExecutive, or CCW (Connected Components Workbench) Environment 20F PowerFlex 753 20G PowerFlex 755 20-750-DNET 20-750-ENET PowerFlex 755 Embedded EtherNet Any of the other Communications Modules that can be connected to these drives DeviceLogix Editor in Run Mode. Environment 20F PowerFlex 753 20G PowerFlex 755 20-750-DNET 20-750-ENET PowerFlex 755 Embedded EtherNet Any of the other Communications Modules that can be connected to these drives DeviceLogix Editor in Run Mode. Cause The DeviceNet scanner is already in RUN mode. The Drive is in the I/O Tree of a running processor The DeviceLogix program is in Active. Solution Take the DeviceNet scanner out of RUN mode, place the controller in Program Mode or physically disconnect your drive from the network (then you can change datalinks Host parameters for the 20-750-DNET). Changing a parameter from disabled to another value will change the I/O size which cannot be changed while the scanner is in RUN mode. It is possible to change datalinks that are already turned on to another value while scanner is in RUN mode since the I/O size will not change, just the data sent. Place the controller in Program Mode or disconnect the network cable between the controller and the drive. Disable the DeviceLogix Program. Port 14, Parameter 53 [DLX Operation] Set to value 2 [DisableLogic] (Will change to value 5 [LogicDisabld] after the change has been accepted. Links to manuals for reference: PowerFlex 750-Series AC Drives Programming Manual publication 750-PM-001 PowerFlex 20-750-DNET DeviceNet Option Manual User Manual publication 750COMM-UM002 PowerFlex 20-HIM-A6 and 20-HIM-C6S HIM (Human Interface Module User Manual Publication 20HIM-UM001 n </s>
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<s>[INST] 1771-SPI Module Summary: Programming these modulesAnyone have any idea on how these are programmed in a PLC-5? I was asked to fix an existing system that was running for 10 years or so, so I studied both the User Manual and the Concepts Manual, and neither one seems to have any relevance to how the modules are being used in a PLC-5/40 (2 modules, 2 networks). It is almost as if the rules of operation were redefined somewhere for the module BTR/BTW interface, because what is being sent out and what is being received back makes NO SENSE when you read the manuals, which are dated 1994 and 1995. Anyone out there who has had experience with these? Please help! [/INST] nan n </s>
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<s>[INST] CONTROL TAB FUNCTIONALITY [/INST] Is this only V32? I ask because in win10 20H2 MS changed how Alt Tab works and I wonder if this is caused by that? Just spitballing. I don't know if it's ver32 only. I don't think it's OS related, I'm running Win 7 in a VM environment. Ok, that rules that out then. n </s>
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<s>[INST] SLC 500 1747 L40A Ser C Hello there! We are refurbishing a machine here and are looking for communication tools and software for the SLC 500 1747 L40A Ser C. Any help or tips you can give me would be greatly appreciated! Thanks [/INST] A time machine would help. I'm sure you know the SLC is obsolete. You need RSlogix500 to program (probably not worth buying if you don't already have), RSLinx for comm's. Also a 1747-UIC USB to DH-485 USB PLC Programming Cable. They are still around on Ebay etc. Thanks, I'll check ebay out! CharlieIsWorkingOnIt, That controller was EOL about 20 years ago. I'd suggest updating it to a modern and supportable controller. Talk to you local RA rep. That part number is for a Fixed SLC... the predecessor to the modular SLC. You can program it with a Hand-Held Terminal (1747-PT1) or APS software. Programming with a Hand-Held Terminal (1747-PT1) Use the Hand–Held Terminal (HHT) to configure the SLC 500 controller, enter/modify a user program, download/upload programs, monitor control operation, and test/troubleshoot. When equipped with a battery (1747–BA), the HHT retains a user program in memory for storage and later use. The display area accommodates 8 lines x 40 characters. You can display five rungs of a user program. The top row of keys are the menu function keys. APS, Catalog Number 1747–PA2E, comes on 5–1/4 and 3–1/2 inch disks. You must have DOS installed in your computer. You need a converter For communication, use an RS–232/DH–485 Interface Converter between the computer and SLC controller. The converter includes a 279.4 mm (11.0 in.) ribbon cable, already attached to the converter, for connection to the computer serial port and a Catalog Number 1746–C10 cable for connection to the controller. It does appear in RSLogix500 (Standard or Pro) so I think that would also work. https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/um/1747-um009_-en-p.pdf EDIT: linkified for convenience -FL Thanks for the reply! I appreciate all that info and will do some digging on that. :) I'll see if keping it is the way we want to go or just pull it out for an upgrade, if the customer wants to go that way. CharlieIsWorkingOnIt 2080-LC70-24AWB MICRO870 ENET/IP CONTROLLER, 14 of 120Vac Inputs, 10 of Relay Output, 120 Vac Power 2080-SERIALISOL RS232/485 isolated serial port module 2080-OW4I 4-ch Relay Output Module 2085-IA8 8-ch 120Vac Input Module 2080-sg001 EDIT: corrected font to default one -FL Just to add on, I currently have 10+ of these running in various flavors (L40A/B/C). We use the 1747-UIC USB to DH485 Interface Converter and a copy of RSLogix 500 version 12. Of course, older versions will only work better with the older equipment. If you are just maintaining this, then those are the tools you will need. However, it is only going to get harder and harder to maintain and work on these as time goes. The easiest replacement is probably going to be a fixed hardware CompactLogix with matching I/O points. They generally are not too pricy if you don't need a lot of bells and whistles, and are coded using Studio 5000. You might also be able to do it for even cheaper with a MicroLogix, but personally, I'd go Compact. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Optix Question. Is there a way to connect Optix to a SLC5/04 PLC outside of utilizing FTLinx Gateway as the RA Ethernet/IP driver does not have the support. [/INST] SLC 5/03 5/04 5/05 each have two physical communications ports on the front. Port 1 is RS232 and can be configured as DF1, DH-485, or ASCII. Port 0 is DH-485, DH+, or Ethernet for SLC 5/03, 5/04, 5/05, respectively.n You asked about using the RA EtherNet/IP driver with the SLC 5/04 which has a RS232 port and a DH+ port... neither is CIP enabled thus not directly compatible with the RA EtherNet/IP driver. A communications gateway could be used to convert the protocol from RA EtherNet/IP to DH-485, DF1, or DH+. I don't know if a gateway exit that can convert RA EtherNet/IP to another protocol. FT Optix RA EtherNet/IP - Logix Staton is only for native Logix5000 tag data. Besides the traditional hardware gateway, you could use a software gateway or even OPC UA server such as FTLinx Gateway.n Besides the RA EtherNet/IP driver, there is a MIcroControllerDriver pictured below via FT Optix v1.3.0.280 (beta). Notice it supports Micro800, MicroLogix1400, PLC and SLC via FTOptic runtime on a PC. For the picture below, I am running FT Optix via the FT Hub where FT Optix Design Studio is running in the cloud and I am only using a web browser on my PC. This is a convenient way to try various version (or beta) w/o installing it locally on my PC.n </s>
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<s>[INST] DTAM replacement? We service older OEM irrigation pump stations that use a SLC 5/02 with a 1747-DTAM as the operator interface. We also use the 1747-DTAM as a hand-held service tool for viewing/clearing CPU faults, register editing and memory transfer functions on SLC 5/02 & 5/03. I just found out that this unit is no longer available and from what I can see, the DTAM Plus & Micro do not allow me to do everything that I need to do. Is there anything that will view/clear CPU faults, allow register editing and has memory transfer functions for SLC 5/02 & 5/03. [/INST] May you please point out which are the limitations do you see in using either DTAM Micro or DTAM Plus ? Although there are many Visualization solutions allowing you to interact with PLC's registers, the Memory Transfer feature seems to not be available into those Operator interfaces. - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] parameter concept in RSVIEW Mechine Edition I had done the screens & passed the tag using parameter file. it's working nice thorugh GOTO button. but i want to call the parameter file (tags) automatically depends the corresponding screens. And also i have done this in RSVIEW32. is it possible in RSVIEW ME too. [/INST] Unfortunately, it isn't possible to change to a parameter file dinamically in ViewME. :smileysad: Have a look to this technote to better understand how parameters work: http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=36816 - fuzzy logic Hi, some feedback here.... ?! Maybe the answer doesn't solve the issue, but anyway it gives the explanation of the why it isn't possible to solve it... :smileytongue: In case should be nice you mark this as solved, using Solution? green button over my previous post... Again, iti is the correct way to leave some useful informations in the forum also for other users.... Many thanks for your cooperation... - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] PLC DATA CONCENTRATOR I have a requirement of PLC Data concentrator. Requirements: 1) PLC Data concentrator should act as a master PLC which can read data from multiple child PLC. 2) PLC Data concentrator should be able to interface with KEPServer then it will be a middleware between child PLC and KEPServer. 3) Incase Kepserver is down then PLC Data concentrator should store data from child PLC and pull to Kepserver once it is up and running. Can you please suggest any PLC Data concentrator having such capability, specially store data and forward it to kepserver on First In First Out manner? I mean the PLC should have a queuing capacity. [/INST] KP KEPServer is generally an OPC Server to provide live (streaming) data. This live data can be displayed on an HMI or timestamped, buffered, and stored in an archive. The Historian interface node subscribes to live data, timestamps it, store/forwards this time stamped data to the data archive. The Historian Interface is software included with the Historian that can be installed on a PC and located near the instruments or data concentrator. The Historian Interface can be hardware that you install in the PLC chassis. See Historian ME module fo the 1756 chassis Hi Philip, Thanks for quick reply, I feels the Historian ME would be the better option, It can store the data in machine level without any server level database. But I have a question, Can we use Historian ME with other PLC's such as Omron? or will it work only with Allen-Bradly PLC? Perhaps this product can be intersting for you: eATM tManager ControlLogix | Softing You can put this card in a contrologix chasis, read data from cpu's in this chassis or others and store in a database. It supports store and forward. Progamming is not necessary only configuring. Normal configuration is: select source cpu's, selectc data in source cpu's, select triggers to store data (time or event) and select destination. Actual price, i'm not sure, i think it is around 7000€. But you don't need a concentrator PLC. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Arena Closes and won't run model I just installed the trial version (64-bit) and in attempting to use it, it closes when I try to run a model or check model. Error reads as follows: C:RestartByRestartManager:E77....... contains an incorrect path. I've uninstalled and re-installed and get the same issue. Any ideas? [/INST] I'm moving this thread to Advanced Software, where it is better suited. If you are not already a member of the Advanced Software community and want to continue this conversation, you will be prompted to join that community. Thank you, fuzzy logic Please don't forget to LIKE and highlight the decisive answer: REPLY > Make Best Answer Hello, Please contact [email protected], they will provide you with a way to resolve this. The other method to fix it is to repair Office or the Microsoft Access Runtime 2013. The issue has to do with the various different drivers required by not only Arena but other applications on your system and when you receive an automatic update from Microsoft on your computer, it will upset the balance. The support group has a fix for it that they can send. The conflict is resolved completely with the new Excel Reporting in Arena with the upcoming 16.2 release that will be coming out soon. Best Regards, Nancy n </s>
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<s>[INST] Powerflex 755 with Universal feedback Module with 12V Encoder Summary: Cofigure an encoder with PowerFlex 755 using Universal Feedback Module Dear all, As i am bit new with the encoder. Implementing an application in which, i am using a brake motor with encoder which will give position feedback to Powerflex 755VFD. Can anyone please help me regarding the configuration of this encoder with universal feedback module.? Powerflex 755 is on ethernet with my compact logix controller. I want position feedback in my drive tags shown in controller tags of RSLogix 5000. Encoder terminal is shown in attached picture. Any help in terms of manual or guidance will be highly appreciated. [/INST] Would you please give us the manufacturer and part number of your encoder? Sorry for the late response. Your required details are as follows. Encoder Make: SEW Part Number: AMG 73 S24 S2048 Drive: Powflex 755 with embeded Ethernet Module: Universal feedback Module Want a vfd tag in RSLogix 5000 that can give me the counts for the position. http://www.baumerhuebner.com/pdf/Baumer_AMG71_DS_DE-EN.pdf Ya need the secret decoder ring to make this one work. I've never seen SIN/COS connections labeled as A, ANOT, B, BNOT, etc. Look at the last page of the attached PDF link from Baumer / Huebner (that is the original manufacturer, I think). This is an SSI encoder, so hook it up as such using the cross reference on the last page. The installation manual for the drive: http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/in/750-in001_-en-p.pdf on page 280 shows the pinout for the UFB card. Do NOT use the A, Anot, B, Bnot connections on the UFB card.. Use the Sin, Cos, Clock and Data connections. Sir, Thanks for this manuals. Connections are done as follows. Encoder - UFB +Ub = +12 | = 12C A = Cs+ ANOT = Cs- B = Sn+ BNOT = Sn- C = Xc+ CNOT = Xc- D = Xd+ DNOT = Xd- Though getting the same fault. Fault code- 6087. Ch0 open. Am i missing something.? Host Parameters of UFB is set as follows. FB0 Device Select - SSI SC FB0 InCANDSc PPR-2048 Please assist. http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/pm/750-pm001_-en-p.pdf Start on page 274 for the UFB parameters. Did you set parameter 8 correctly? Look at Parameters 20, 21, 22. What did you set for these? Does Parameter 10 give you any useful information for troubleshooting your specific encoder? n </s>
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<s>[INST] PF523 Output Phase Loss Summary: Parameter 557When P557=Disable, the motor is running OK, When P557=Enable, when give the command to the drive the motor can not run ,and the drive generate fault F21 output phase loss So strange!! Could someone give me some advice? Thanks [/INST] nan n </s>
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<s>[INST] PowerMonitor 5000 Network dropping out I have a 1426-M8E PowerMonitor 5000 that will stop communicating with the network for short periods of time. Ran a new Cat 6 to a Cisco 3300 and I still have the same issue. [/INST] Hi Dennis, More information about your network would be useful here. Is this a new installation or existing? When it stops communicating to the network, are you able to ping it? Is it just that it drops the connection to the PLC? (assuming there is a PLC) Is it possible there is a duplicate IP address? If there is a PLC it is communicating to: A. What kind of PLC? B. What RPI is it set to in the I/O config? Regards, RM It has been online for a year or so but we have not been looking at it closely enough to see these dropouts. I cannot Ping it while it's not communicating. The Network Status Light is red when it's not working right. We unplug the Cat 6 and plug it back in and things work for a bit. No chance of a duplicate address. We monitor our networks very close. CompactLogix 5370. I changed the RPI from 100 to 10 and that had little to no improvement. I unselected the Use Unicast and ran well for over 2 hours...... but it's dropping out again. Any chance the switch is blocking the port for some reason? The duplicate IP is my first thought too but RPI is pretty fast at 10, do you need that fast a response? I would change the RPI higher (200ms? more?) to see if it is a latency issue, but if you can't ping it at all when it stops communicating, then it sounds like it is truly dropping off the network, as you say, not just responding too slowly to the PLC. I would definitely keep Unicast checked, otherwise it uses multicast and floods the network. Does the switch have any diagnostics that would be useful? I have not had a chance to look that switch up. I'm moving this thread to Automation Control, where it is better suited. If you are not already a member of the Automation Control community and want to continue this conversation, you will be prompted to join that community. Thank you, fuzzy logic Please don't forget to LIKE and highlight the decisive answer: REPLY > Make Best Answer Dennis, when you're experiencing the issue, are there any chances you can open the project and capture if on the PM5000 module in the I/O configuration tree there is an error? You can check and take a screenshot of the Connection tab, inside PM5000 properties. I agree with other users about RPI (100ms would be better) and Use Unicast... that should be selected to prevent the issue getting worse. Another thing you can check is the current PM5000 firmware; if not the last one, I suggest to update it to the latest version: LINK At the same link you can also find the related AOP and EDS files. I would also check the controller firmware and if a minor release of your current major release is available, I would try to update it. Best would be to upgrade the controller to the latest major release, but that would also involve an update of the programming software if not already the last one. fuzzy logic Please don't forget to LIKE and highlight the decisive answer: REPLY > Make Best Answer n </s>
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<s>[INST] Using VBA, data retrieved from datalog doesn't match format of datalog? I've written a small piece of VBA code to look through a non-active datalog during a specific one hour time period, and in this particular case, return the lowest number that it finds during that time period for 3 different tags in the datalog. The data retrieval works as expected, but the format of the data returned does not match what is in the datalog. For example, in the datalog during the time span I am examining, the lowest value is 3.7689741. But the value the VBA code returns is 4. It appears that the data is rounded to the nearest whole number, which is completely useless to me for my needs. I thought perhaps it's because the data source of the tag being logged into the data log is an integer file in the PLC, but that makes no sense either, because the data is written into the datalog in floating point format. I tried using a format command on the returned value, for example: Cl2(x) = Format(oDLWideRecs(i).DataLogTagValues(Cl2TagName(x).Value, 0.000) but all that does is change the 4 to 4.000. Does anyone know why this is happening? And more importantly, how I can correct it? jep [/INST] Can you include the code you are using to read the datalog model? Also would be useful to see how you are DIMming the variables. This is the code: Private Sub Get_Cl2_Minimums(Chlorine() As Single) Dim oDLModel As DataLogModel Dim oDLWideRecs As DataLogWideRecords Dim oTagList As StringList Dim dtStart As Date Dim dtEnd As Date Dim sHour As String Dim sMin As String Dim Cl2Name(1 To 3) As String Dim i As Byte Dim x As Integer Dim z As Integer Set oDLModel = gDataLog(Chlorine Residuals) Set oTagList = oDLModel.DataLogModelCfg.TagsInModel sHour = Format(gTagDb.GetTag(Low_PriFinishedPeakHourPD).Value, 00) sMin = Format(gTagDb.GetTag(Low_PriFinishedPeakMinutePD).Value, 00) 'Set the start time and date. dtStart = Date - 1 & & (sHour - 1) & : & sMin - 1 & :00 'Set the end time and date. dtEnd = Date - 1 & & sHour & : & sMin & :59 'Since only these three tags will ever be used, hard coding the tag names is used here. Cl2Name(1) = Low_PriCl2_PreClearwell Cl2Name(2) = High_PriCl2_Finished Cl2Name(3) = Low_PriRTU13_Cl2Residual 'Read the records from the one-hour time period. Set oDLWideRecs = oDLModel.ReadTagDataWide(oTagList, dtStart, dtEnd, , roMaxReadRecordsAll) z = oDLWideRecs.Count 'Set each tag in the array's starting value to a value higher than can be recorded by the meters. Chlorine(1) = 5.1 Chlorine(2) = 5.1 Chlorine(3) = 5.1 On Error Resume Next 'Find the minimum recorded value for each tag in the returned data set. For i = 1 To z For x = 1 To 3 If oDLWideRecs(i).DataLogTagValues(Cl2Name(x)).Value <= Chlorine(x) Then Chlorine(x) = Format(oDLWideRecs(i).DataLogTagValues(Cl2Name(x)).Value, 0.000) End If Next x Next i Set oDLWideRecs = Nothing Set oTagList = Nothing Set oDLModel = Nothing End Sub Jeparham, I've been playing with your code. I had to make a few tweaks to accomodate my test project, but bottom line is that I am reading floating point values. I created a tag called float and gave it a value of 3.14159265. I logged that tag value, then read the value into a variable called FloatTagValue (dimensioned as type Single). I stripped off the Format function so I could see what the raw data was. I used the following command:FloatTagValue = oDLWideRecs.Item(1).DataLogTagValues(float).ValueThe value of FloatTagValue was 3.141593, so it would seem that the value being returned is already a float. So whatever the issue is here, it is not that the method is not capable of viewing the actual tag value. My guesses at this point are:Your floating point number is being rounded.You are not looking at the value that you think you are - might walk the code through Debug mode and put some watches on some of these values.Sorry I couldn't be more specific as to your problem, just not seeing it here. Thanks for taking a look at it. I had already set up some watches on key variables in the program, but I just now noticed what I think may be the cause of my problem, or at the very least, is a symptom of it. In the watch window I set a watch on oDLWideRecs and a second watch on oDLWideRecs (i).DataLogTagValues(Cl2Name(x)).Value You may recall that oDLWideRecs is dimensioned as DataLogWideRecords, i is dimensioned as a byte and x is dimensioned as an integer. In the watch window, as soon as the program starts: oDLWideRecs data type is listed as DataLogModel/DataLogModel oDLWideRecs (i).DataLogTagValues(Cl2Name(x)).Value is listed as variant/integer. As soon as a value is polled, the data type for oDLWideRecs (i).DataLogTagValues(Cl2Name(x)).Value changes to variant/long. And as I am sure you're aware, a long data type is a whole number, like an integer. The only difference is the minimum and maximum values possible in the long data type. So, the upshot of all of that is, even though I explicitly dimensioned all of my variables, the value is being returned as a long data type. Now I just have to figure out why. Edit: I forgot to mention... I looked in the datalog files I am using, and the numbers 3 and 4 don't appear in the files anywhere. All data is floating point, for every tag logged into the file. I still wonder if it's because of the data type of the tag's data source. All three of the tags are located in integer file N7, and scaling is done in RSView's tag database using the Scale field. Well, I believe I have found the problem... fixing it... not so much. I ran the program to a break point and in the immediate window I tried ?gTagDb.GetTag(tagname).TagValueDataType All three tags returned a 0, which indicates the constant roTagDataTypeLong. In the help file it spells it out: tag's value is returned as a long So I start looking for where it could be setting the data as an integer data type. In the tag database, I found that the default data type for those three tags are all set to Default Unfortunately, even though they are analog tags, it will not allow me to change the data type to Floating point. I get an error that reads Error writing tag. The data type is invalid for the corresponding tag address. That's because the tag's address is N7:10. An integer file. Any suggestions how I can correct this? n </s>
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<s>[INST] Where can I find a download for RSView Machine Edition 4.00.00 (CPR7) Good morning everyone, i need to download the software RSview revision 4.00.03.60 (CPR7) [/INST] Here's where you'd normally download the software, but it looks to me like it starts at V5. You'll need to enter your serial number and product key, then search for View Studio, and you should see the ME offerings. https://download.rockwellautomation.com/webupdates/enter.aspx Out of curiosity, why do you need v4? I would try getting V6; it should allow you to make runtime files for V4. Thank you for your answer. Because I am working with a versaview CE 700H, which has this revision loaded (4.00.03.60 (CPR7)) 4 is pretty old, you might want to update the firmware: https://compatibility.rockwellautomation.com/Pages/MultiProductFindDownloads.aspx?crumb=112&mode=3&refSoft=1&versions=56488 I don't think his hardware can go above V5 n </s>
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<s>[INST] 1492-TAIFM16-F-3 Wiring Problem [/INST] Cant get count value in studio 5000 for 1756 IF16H when we forcing 4 to 20 mA via injector from field side terminal. We are using 1492-TAIFM16-F-3 redundant terminal analog input for DMR configuration. Just stating something is not working does not realy gives us an idea of what your problem could be. You should give us as much info as possible about how you connected it, what settings you made in the module properties, dip switch setting etc etc n </s>
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<s>[INST] Micrologix 1400 error - Incompatible Processor EDIT: corrected typo in title, moved to Legacy Community -FL Hi Everyone, I am getting incompatible processor error when I am trying to download my program to Micrologix1400. My actual PLC is series C L1766-L32AWA but there is no option in controller properties for REV C. I need immediate help with this please. My RSloix500 version is 12.00 Thank you [/INST] Make sure the mode switch is in either Remote or Program mode before downloading. This error can pop-up if the switch is in RUN mode position and attempting to go online or download. EDIT: As for processor selection, it is apparently intentional that a series C selection was not added to the list per technote IN5775 (TechConnect Req'd).For your processor I believe you should be selecting the Series B with enhanced password security. Regards, RM Thank you, I had to factory reset and reload everything. @AMIR about your statement: I need immediate help with this please Please note this is not a Support channel; if your issue requires immediate help you should contact Technical Support. Moderators and Rockwell Automation staff may not be able to take part in all discussions. At any time, you may use other channels (SAQ, Chat Support, Phone Support) to contact our support centers. Keep in mind that these methods may require a TechConnect contract. You're welcome to post in Engage, which is mainly a peer-to-peer user community, but you can't expect to be supported in a timely manner. fuzzy logic Please don't forget to LIKE and highlight the decisive answer: REPLY > Make Best Answer n </s>
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<s>[INST] 12AWA Summary: Connections Hello, My name is Kees. I have a question. I bought a micro 810 LC10-12AWA controller and I want to know how to connect the inputs. There are 8 inputs with the numbers I-00 till I-07 There is also a contact number 4 - NC. I can connect via a switch the line (230V) to an input. Is that correct or do I need to connect contact nr. 4? What is the function of contact number 4? Thank you for an answer. Kees [/INST] Welcome to the Forum, Kees ! For what I can see, the terminal 4 named NC, stands for Not Connected. Your controller inputs rating range is 100 - 240 Vac, so you can connect the incoming line to the inputs. - fuzzy logic Dear fuzzy logic Thank you for the answer. I was thinking that NC means Normaly Closed. thats why I did'nt understand. Thanks again Kees Kees n </s>
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<s>[INST] CPU Usage and Tasks Hi, I was wondering if anyone could shed a little light on the information presented in the Task Monitor Tool. I have an L61 CLX I am running a Continuous Task and a single Periodic Task which has a period of 60seconds. When I run the Task Monitor Tool is shows that the Periodic Task is consuming 94.11% (around that mark) of CPU and the Continuous Task consumes 0%. Now the periodic task runs for approximately 204uS after that I would have assumed that the CPU usage would have been handed of to NULL Task or Communications however it doesn't seem to be the case. Can anyone shed any light on this for me please. Cheers PS I can't figure out how to insert screen dumps in this post, when I do I will update the post. [/INST] The problem with designing such a Tool to calculate CPU utilization for a ControlLogix, FlexLogix or CompactLogix Controller is that the CPU is always at 100% because of the Continuous Task. It never stops executing and never has idle time.So the Tool is trying to Estimate CPU utilization based on the watchdog timer presets. It is also trying to figure which Tasks are accessed more frequently than others.Communications cards are different in that they can have idle time if they aren't handling any packets. So the Logix5000 Task Monitor Tool will display actual CPU percentages for comms cards if they exist in the chassis.For more information on determining CPU Usage Percentages. see the Logix5000 Task Monitor Tool HELP file or Answer ID 52108 Click Here For best results: Install and use version 2.3.4 of the Logix5000 Task Monitor Tool.Click here to download Logix5000 Task Monitor v2.3.4 If you have an earlier version of the Logix5000 Task Monitor Tool. Be sure to wait for the User Tasks to load, before switching to the other tabs. In the latest version you will have a more real time CPU utilization. Thanks Jamy appreciate the reply, I am back at work on Tuesday I will give the more up to date Task Monitor Tool a go. Actually, the continuous task does stop executing if the periodic task has a higher priority. The Continuous task by default (and cannot be changed) takes the lowest priority. If the only task is a continuous task, then you won't notice it but if a periodic task has a higher priority than the continuous, the periodic will interrupt the continuous to execute. If you monitor a specific task, you get the results of the processor when that task actually executes, not a running total of processor usage. When the periodic task executes, it may consume 94% of the processor time but only for 204 uS. If it was a true indication of your processor usage,then technically, your continuous task would never execute and your communications would be extemely slow or you'd get watchdog errors. KidPLC and all, fordtt is correct that any Periodic (or Event) Task has a higher priority than the Continuous Task and will interrupt it until complete. Periodic and Event Tasks also have higher priority than responding to comms requests (like from HMI, or MSGs from other controllers), so if the Periodic task is really taking 94% CPU, you would probably have very slow HMI comms, and RSLogix 5000 would respond VERY slowly, or even fall offline. The Task Monitor Tool gets its data from an object within the controller (like the other GSV/SSV objects, but not made available to the GSV instruction). This object collects data over a window that defaults to 500000 us (1/2 second). So every 1/2 second it publishes a summary of controller activities for the last window, then resets and waits 1/2 second collecting new data for the next report. Your Periodic Task executes every 60 seconds. In that 60 seconds, the object's Task data will be updated 120 times. 119 of those times, it should show the Continuous Task using any and all CPU not being used by messaging, I/O communications, responding to MSGs/HMI, safety tasks, redundancy, serial port comms, and all the other stuff that's monitored. If you don't have a ton of HMI activity, the Continuous Task should show more than 90% CPU. During that 1 time in 120 that your Periodic Task executes, the Task data will include non-zero data for your Periodic Task. If it really executes in 200-ish microseconds (not 200 milliseconds), then it would show 200 / 500000 * 100% or about 0.04% CPU. (A 200 ms execution would show 40% for that one capture in 120.) If you change the period of the Periodic Task to 500ms, you'll see that 0.04% in EVERY capture of task data -- then the Task Monitor Tool will be sure to see and display it. Let us know if the data reported by the updated tool make more sense. You should see 90+% Continuous (subject to comms, I/O, etc.) and ZERO percent Periodic, except for that 1/2 second capture every 60 seconds when the Periodic Task actually runs. Get back to us!Dale, W8ABZ Hi Guys, Thanks for the replies I appreciate it. I have today downloaded the latest Task Monitor Tool (2.3.4) and the new data, combined with the replies I have received, makes much more sense. I changed the periodic task period to 500ms and as W8ABZ calculated it does have a 0.03% cpu utililsation. The only thing that has not rung true is the 90+% usage on the continuous task it is quite low around the 1.3% mark. If I use the calc provide the percentage figure is correct. The program is running in a machine at the moment however I have the luxury of a test bench CLX L61 which I have down loaded the program to so I can play with it and modify the periodic task period as I please however since the test bench does not have a Panelview there is no HMI comms going on. Below is the screen dump of the test bench CLX with NO HMI comms Below is a screen dump of the running program in the machine WITH HMI Comms. NOTE: There will be slight differences in the scan time between the actual machine and the test bench as the test bench program has had programs and routines added for an upcomming machine upgrade. n </s>
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<s>[INST] powerflex 400 drive communication to a CompctLogix Controller Good Morning, Can the powerflex 400 drive communicate over Ethernet? If so which comm module do I use? What other communication options does the drive support? [/INST] Yes, it can be controlled over Ethernet/IP using a 22-COMM-E module. HERE a list of Communication Adapters to be used with PF4x drives. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] powerflex 753 and micrologix 1100 messaging Summary: will 500CPU write messages cause EEPROM damage I started messaging a 753 through a 22 com e from a micro 1100 using a 500CPU write message. After doing further research, reading the 22 com e manual, I see all examples show using the CIP Generic write, which writes to NVram, and CIP generic put which writes to rom. Wondering if my method will cause EEPROM damage over time. [/INST] The 22-COMM-E is not compatible with the PF753. You need a 20-COMM-E. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Loading From Memory Module to PLC (Micrologix 1500) Hi, Does anyone have the process for loading a PLC config from a memory module to the processor, I appreciate any help Thanks in advance Mike T [/INST] You may do the Load either from within the software (RSLogix 500, on the menu, Select Comms-->EEPROM-->Load from EEPROM), or using the Status bits S:1/10 and S:1/11 as indicated in the Online Help of RS500...you may find an extract here attached to this post.... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] Converting PLC-5/60 Program To PLC-5/40 Ethernet Problem. Using RSLogix5 to convert an existing PLC-5/60 program to a PLC-5/40 Ethernet processor, I randomly get [/INST] Shawn, try to attach some screenshots of your program to a new post... it may helps to understand your problem. In order to post an image, take your screenshot, save it as a .jpg file, reduce its size to accomodate in the forum post without problems (I think 500 pixels in width could be fine) and use Add Attachments on the right side of your new reply. - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] 1768-M04SE KINETICS 6000 Has anyone ever heard of Kinetics 6000 losing its Home position which happens everyday ???? [/INST] Rodney, take a look to the following technotes, that may help to check the right configuration for your drive homing (KB notes are related to other motion sercos card... but it is the same principle also for your card) Aid 21590Aid 21828Aid 31045 Hope this helps... :smileywink: - fuzzy logic Hi Rodney Can you describe the problem you are facing in more detail? What is your axis configuration? - Linear - Rotary There are several explanations for this including hardware and software setup. First of all, what type of encoder did you order with your motors? There is an S type encoder which is a single-turn absolute encoder. Most people only use this encoder to achieve the high resolution feedback that it provides. The M type encoder is the multi-turn absolute encoder. Most people use this to be able to permanently hold a home position in software unless there is a mechanical change in the motor shaft to coupling. As far as software goes, you have to correctly choose the type of MAH (Motion Axis Home) configuration that you want to use. There is an absolute homing configuration that will store the encoder counts from the M type encoder in the drive so that whenever power is lost to the system, when the unit powers back up it will remember its home position. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Fatal 3A fault panel view 6 I have a view plus 6 panel, which when initialized presents the following FATAL 3A fault [/INST] Status indicator Fatal 3A is a stuck touch error. Check that nothing is pressed against the touch screen. Reset the terminal without touch screen presses. Note: A damaged anti-glare overlay may cause this error to occur. Remove the overlay if present and cycle power. If this does not help Replace (or repair) the PanelView or the display assembly depending on what model you have. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Save/Record Fault Code of PowerFlex 700s By Ethernet/DeviceNet or ControlNet, is there any solution to record the fault code in RSLogix 5000? thanks lots [/INST] I'm looking at old code we used on a standard system. We used Ethernet and issued a MSG command after the Drive:I.Faulted bit goes true. The MSG command was CIP Generic, service type Get Attribute Single, Service Code e, Class 97, Instance 1, Attribute 0. Destination is a UDT; construction shown here: n </s>
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<s>[INST] communicating over a local ethernet network I have 4 micrologix 1500 PLC's with 1761-net-eni ethernet interfaces on a local ethernet network. I would like to use a micrologix 1100 to read one bit from each of the 1500's. Can anyone provide me this a simple code example to do this? Thanks [/INST] Here the answers to the thread.... :smileytongue: http://forums.rockwellautomation.com/rockwell/board/message?board.id=PLC_SLC&message.id=1024#M1024 - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] unable to select a language in FT View Studio Hi, I've just installed FT view studio and have to select a language, but the language select box is blank. Has anyone an idea what's wrong? Thanks in advance! Jack [/INST] Does it happen when you're creating a new application ? Then you have to Un-install RSLinx Enterprise , FactoryTalk View ME Studio, FactoryTalk Services Platform and remove all .NET software installed in Windows.Re-install FactoryTalk Services Platform, FactoryTalk View ME Studio and RSLinx Enterprise, this install will also install the .NET version required by FactoryTalk. [Reference Aid 52759] Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic I've uninstalled al the software, and try to reinstall the software, the only message what's pop-up is: An error occured while Windows Installer was initializing, set up will close. What's the next step? Jack The issue can be caused by a damaged .NET Framework component. Try the following steps to troubleshoot this issue: Download Microsoft Windows Installer CleanUp utility . Save the file to your Desktop. . Install this tool on your computer. Remove .NET Framework . Click Start -> (All) Programs->Windows Installer Clean Up. . Locate any .NET Framework software and remove it. . Restart the computer and see if the problem still exists. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic If I want run this clean-up program, there appears an error 1500, and after a reboot I get error message from FactoryTalk Activation tool, its error 2908. So there is something real wrong...... Hmmm.... :smileysad: not a nice day ... Windows Installer Error 1500Another installation is in progress. You must complete that installation before continuing this one. See this LINK I guess the second error is related to some missing component in .NET, so first repair the above.... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic I've solved the 1500 error, but it's still unable to reinstall FT service platform with framework.net.It is also impossible to install framework.net from the Microsoft site.While I try to install framework.net, I'll get a pup-up with an error 2908. after an OK I'll get an error 1935, after clicking OK the setup ends... It seems, the trouble is bigger than before.... Could you please attach some screenshots of the errors ? Disable 3rd party protective software such as anti-virus software and anti-malware utilities such as Norton and SpySweeper and attempt the installation again. Try to see Aid 33324. I've also found some sources in the web... LINK 1LINK 2LINK 3 Really hope that helps.... :smileysad: - fuzzy logic I've tried everything, but still got the same errors, so I've done a system reset to an early date.The error I which now appears is a Fatal Execution Engine Error (0x7927f26e) What can I do to solve this? Regards Jack I'm going back to a back-up version of my lap-top right now, but will still have the language problem in FT view studio.How can I solve that problem without deleting .NET software? Since I tried the first time to install this software, I've trouble with nearly everything.The activation, the installation of roll-ups and patches, the version of FTSP, and now I want try to make a running program, I got these trouble...I've called with the Rockwell Helpdesk for days... How can Rockwell sell such programs? I'm very tired of these software troubles, and it seems there is nobody who can really give me the right answerer's, only suggestions. Regards Jack Jack, I'm afraid you still have problems... :smileysad: You may understand it is difficult to help you for others who are not able to be in front of your PC, especially in case where many different errors appear everytime you try something... anyway, I can only suggest what I would try to solve... :smileywink: Again, uninstall all the software as indicated in my first reply, if necessary use Microsoft cleanup utility to remove every remaining .NET installation.Important thing here is that NO version of .NET should remain installedReboot.... Then, after checking all other *things* are ok on the PC, I would try to install the software again, doing the steps the View Studio setup suggest, so that the .NET is the one needed by FactoryTalk. Also remember FactoryTalk View v5.0 is not compatible with XP sp3 and Vista.... I understand your frustration, but you know, unfortunately PCs often do strange things, every day people loose their time to fight with computers... :smileytongue: - fuzzy logic Well, the .NET part makes me think the problem is deeper than the RA software. If .NET won't install, ME will tank because it depends heavily on it. Unfortunately, .NET is Microsoft's baby and there is only limited things we can tell you to try. At this point, *I'd* recommend contact Microsoft about the .NET. However, knowing Microsoft products like I do, I'm going to bet their ultimate answer will be to wipe the computer and reinstall the OS from scratch. JHutch Well, I've installed FT view studio again, and as normal, there are some trouble's with the activation and I've no patches or rollups installed.But a can select language's now, and it is even possible to test the application.Within an hour, it is possible for me to call the rockwell helpdesk to solve the activation problem, and I'll reply here what the results are. Regards Jack n </s>
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<s>[INST] Factory Talk View Studio ME Is it possible to print the alarm history to the external compact flash card instead of a printer? [/INST] No it isn't... :smileysad: http://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rockwellautomation.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=39255 - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] Sensored - Used Logix Echo to configure 753 & 525 Drives - Sensored I posted an article on 11/4/2022 describing how I used Logix Echo to configure 525 & 753 drives in a remote control panel for a customer prior to the panel shipping. This article has been censored by the Rockwell overloads! Original Article The reason I used Logix Echo was because my company did not have the 1756-L83E processor that will ultimately control the panel. Logix Echo seemed to be the perfect choice for this task. Little did I know that the default configuration method was not ideal to talk to the drives and I was unable to talk to the remote rack because that ability has been artificially blocked. The article discussed how to configure the Logix Echo server to better talk to the drives. My company is paying Rockwell to use this software and Rockwell is artificially restricting what the software is actually capable of. I understand the need to restrict the FREE version if it exists, but why restrict the version you pay extra for and is not part of the Toolkit! If Logix Echo is capable of taking control of external devices, then I say let it do so at least for paying customers. Rockwell, you do realize this could be a huge selling point. It would actually help potential customers justify purchasing the software especially in todays screwed up economy and world where it is now taking a YEAR to get a physical processor! Angry and Frustrated, [/INST] Post your idea on PLCS.net and it will be seen. Next time I will. I made the mistake of not keeping a copy for myself. Chris: I understand your frustration, and I'm sorry that you are in this position. I am trying to help and have contacted the Product Management team who said you are in communication with Support to walk through your scenario. They are working hard to help you. As I indicated to you in a message: Hi pacman: Your Used Logix Echo configure 753 & 525 Drives post has been put into moderation because it may lead other users to try a procedure that has not been officially tested and approved by the product team. Please stay tuned while we do some internal investigation. We will unmoderate your post and will respond when we have an official response. Thank you for your patience! Eileen Please know that our team is trying to help. It may take time to get to the bottom of this. Eileen Why can't the community decide if my article is dangerous or not? Product Manager has my number, has not reached out to speak with me at all. I have a feeling it was censored because Rockwell does not want people to know how powerful the software really could be! I would imagine if I can control drives on the PAID version the same could be done on the FREE version. You may have found a workaround that they intended to charge for. Or you discovered a feature they didn't expect or weren't ready you show and want to develop and document . I try to give the benefit of the doubt but sometimes they make it tough. Also be aware this post will likely be deleted. The tech support folks here are doing a great job with good quality answers far better than I ever expected and we should all be grateful for this option.... but this is absolutely not a free speech area and negative opinions are usually moderated out no matter how helpful to others they may be. Been a victim myself a couple times. Hi Pacman, Thanks for your patience. We chose to put the original post in moderation when it described putting FactoryTalk Logix Echo in a position that we advise against as intended use of the product. When it comes to control technologies touching devices that are potentially on the plant floor, we'll be overly cautious in uses outside supported functionality. If you take a look at our FactoryTalk Logix Echo Getting Results Guide (Publication #9310-GR001A-EN-P), the restrictions created in FactoryTalk Logix Echo regarding CIP communications are stated on the first page of content, page 5, marked as IMPORTANT. IMPORTANT: Do not use FactoryTalk Logix Echo to control physical machines, devices, or processes. The application blocks outgoing CIP Class 3 communication and Class 0/1 communication through the Ethernet port to help prevent control of physical devices. At the top of the next page, the next important note further clarifies the intention of the product and nature of emulation compared to a purpose built control device like a physical Controller. IMPORTANT: Do not depend on the emulated controller to match the performance or operation of the physical controller. Execution times for instructions and programs might be different in an emulated controller compared to a physical controller. The expected performance and reliability of a physical Logix controller is substantial and a critical component to a performing system. FactoryTalk Logix Echo is and will continue to be an emulated representation of a controller. You can understand the uncertainty introduced when a controller emulator is placed outside its designed conditions and connected to devices that could be impacting operations. Based on the intended use of the FTLogix Echo product, the caution against connections to physical devices, and the caution of behavioral differences between an emulated controller and a physical controller, we do not support the connections that you describe. I hope that you appreciate our cautiousness regarding the introduction of these workflows into control environments given the points above. We will not remove this post but will again clarify, that the controller emulator FactoryTalk Logix Echo is not intended to control physical devices and any real device connections are clearly documented as outside the intended use of the product. I hope that our continued discussions with you via Tech Support will also continue to support your use cases in emulation as a means of better design and testing of control systems. Thank you for your understanding. Thank you for your reply. I understand that Rockwell does not want Logix Echo running equipment on a factory floor. It would be nice however if there was a way Logix Echo could be allowed to briefly control devices to allow for functional testing/training. Would it be possible to allow Logix Echo to control devices based on a timer that has to be enabled on the emulator for a period of time (say 2 hours) and then disable itself again? This would provide a small window to allow functional testing/training when needed. n </s>
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<s>[INST] firmware update Summary: What happen does it?Hi, I must update firmware on CompactLogix CPU Before going on, I have some question If updating is failed , for example the power fail, I want to know how recovery it Thanks [/INST] Try very hard to prevent a power failure when you do the firmware upgrade. In theory, you should be able to start over. If your plant power is that unreliable, consider installing a battery backup power source and diodes to isolate the two power sources. i totally agree. But it won't take that long. I never managed to brick a device. and i did interrupt the firmware upgrade accidentally a couple of times. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Stratix 5700 VLANs Hope everyone is doing well, I have 7 off Stratix Switch 5700(SW01,02,03,04,05,06 and SW07), each switch is connected to different CIP nodes such as Powerflex drives , SIEMESN SIMOCODES, Compact Logix , Scada InTouch , Prosoft Gateways, all switches are connected as star topology to the main Stratix switch (SW01) which has the main PLC Guardlogix controller. all CIP nodes from all switches plus the main PLC (GuardLogix controller) are in the same subnet starting 10.100.13.X I wanted to segregate the traffic by using the VLAN; creating VLAN for each Switch say; VLAN10,20,30,40,50,50,60 and VLAN70 , leaving the IP addresses as the same as they are 10.100.13.X . Would the GuardLogix controller still communicate with the different CIP nodes across all the switches SW01,02,03,04,05,06 and SW07, GuardLogix controller is residing in SW01 , which gateway address do I have to use for all CIP nodes , would it be the IP address of the GuardLogix controller residing on SW01 , or the IP address of the SW01 Appreciate the help [/INST] Hi, In order for traffic to be routable between VLANs, they need to have different subnets. So, each VLAN should have it's unique IP address range. In an existing installation, that would be a lot of work (IP addresses, applications, commissioning, ...) The gateway, on all devices that need to communicate with a device in another VLAN, would be the IP address of the router on your network. When you want to reuse the IP addresses in your devices, NAT might be a consideration. However there are some limitations that you should evaluate before implementing such a solution (e.g. DCOM, multicast...). Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) for NAT (enet-td007) might be helpful to look as well as the Stratix user manual (1783-um007). Kind regards, Thank you so much for the reply, I do appreciate that it is not an easy task to be done We have less than 50 CIP nodes, can I just leave them as they are and only configure the smart ports and make all ports that connect switches to the main switch as (switch for automation role) There are several considerations that can be made on how to segment an architecture. As you already have everything working in the same VLAN now, you can leave it as is. Smartports for inter-switch connections -> switch for automation Smartports for end device -> (Multiport) automation device Thank you so much for the reply When I use the ports between switches as switch for automation it enables the trunking , would trunk not causing any issue as the whole switches on the same subnet n </s>
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<s>[INST] PF755 Net Idle Fault (13035) Hello everyone, I'm working with a system that has several PowerFlex 755 on ethernet, FW14.004. Everything works how it's supposed to work, except that from times to times (and yes, it's completely random, it could be days, or even a week), a lot of them trigger the fault code 13035 (Net Idle Fault). That brings the drivers to stop, but apparently the communication returns to normal right after, because it's possible to reset the fault remotely, through the PLC network. Checking the Faults Queue on CCW for one of the driver, I can see that fault on the Port 0, but also, on the Port 13 (Ethernet/IP port), there are 3 events that happen at the exact same time as the Fault occurs. They are, in this order: Net IO Close (code 34), Net IO Idle (code 35) and Net IO Open (code 36). These 3 events happen within 3 seconds (which I assume that's the reason the drivers loses communication and reestablishes it right after). My question is: what could be causing these events/fault? Since it's very random and happens with several (but not necessarily all of them) drivers at the same time, I can only think of something wrong with the hardware or some sort of external interference. I'm attaching some screenshots for reference. Thank you [/INST] Ever have a cellphone conversation where it cuts in/out so you hang up and make a new connection? I'm guessing that what's happening here. The subnet could be flooded from broadcast... could be ARP, spanning-tree, or other loop prevention protocols. Make sure you don't have a loop. I'd tap the network and monitor it with Wireshark. Also, look for duplex mismatch. If you have an unmanaged switch, then all connected devices must be auto-duplex... Do not force 100MB FD on a device connected to an unmanaged switch. Both ends of each patch cord must match (baud rate and duplex). Since the unmanaged switch is auto-baud and auto-duplex, all the attached device must match this. If you have a managed switch, you can choose auto or force the duplex on the switch port, but the other end of the patch cable must match the switch port.. Just be consistent on both ends of each patch cable. EDIT: changed link to the Best Answer of the indicated thread and simplified the link text -FL Agree with Philip , just a little comment , the new unmanaged switch Stratix 2000 have a dipswitch configuration for Broadcast storm mitigation... could be easy to do a test with this equipment . We got very good success recently with the same situation on Kinetix , look HERE best regards Are you using shielded ethernet cables, such as RA 1585 cables? Or are you using unshielded cables, like you would use in an office? And are you using an industrial ethernet switch, such as RA 1783 switches? If you are not using an industrial ethernet switch and/or shielded cables, it is very likely that you are getting electrical noise on these cables, which can cause the switch port to reset. Electrical panels are very electrically noisy places, and especially near the motor leads from a VFD, so you cannot use commercial-grade products here. Industrial ethernet switches and shielded cables are designed to protect the network from the electrical noise. n </s>
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<s>[INST] No Activations found for Studio 5000 - All Versions I installed Studio 5000 version 34.00 last week on my Windows 11 laptop. Uninstalled and installed version 32.04.00 yesterday and haven't been able to activate either one. I have Activation Manager 4.06.13 installed with the correct activation servers added in the Manage Activations tab. Whenever I open Studio 5000 the only choice I get is to activate using the Activation Manager. I click the button and all it does is open the manager and sits there. I've tried borrowing every Studio 5000 version in the list and they all fail. I've had multiple co-workers and manager at my company help me but they all just suggest the same thing, trying version 32.04 and the latest version of the activation manager and manually borrowing the activations. I'd be greatful for any new suggestions. Thank you. [/INST] Just to confirm - When you're in the Find Available sections you are able to see licenses on the list? If yes, try removing the Activation Cache files - BF12152 - FactoryTalk: Deleting the RNL Files. Also, v32.04 is not confirmed to work on Windows 11, as we don't fully support this OS yet. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Thin Manager Hi, Thin manager supports Face recognition. Which kind of device need to use for same. [/INST] Following. Hi Kamlesh - thank you for the question. ThinManager does not support facial recognition. We did some initial Engineering with our WinTMC client, but then the global pandemic occurred. With everyone wearing masks more often than not, we opted not to pursue further support at this time. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Can you reverse the cooling air flow? Summary: Cooling air flow from an enclosure cooler is top to bottom, counter to the drives built in fans I have an enclosure cooler that blows cool air across the top of the enclosure and pulls warm air from the bottom. Don't KNOW why but believe it probably has to do with condensate management in the cooler. Most cold coil cooling equipment uses bottom to top airflow for this reason so I expect enclosure coolers do too. Given that the cooler will be blowing a steady supply of cooling air over the tops of three adjacent drives, I'd like to reverse the fans in the drives to pull that cooling air into the top and blow it out the bottom, where the cooler will draw it back in. The layout in the enclosure is pretty tight so there isn't much room for the two conflicting airflow patterns to coexist. Basically the cooler will be trying to push air down throught he drive heat sinks and the drive fans will be trying to push air UP through the drive heat sink. I might end up with very little airflow. The enclosure is only for the drives (3 E-frame 60 HP drives) and a 12 deep box would be perfect except for the airflow problem. The clear space from the backpan to the door is about 2 more than the depth of the drives. [/INST] Are you having issues with the drive temperatures? The fans blowing air on the drive heat sinks locally won't be affected too much by the overall airflow in the cabinet (unless the two air flows are directly opposing, but it sounds like your cooler is blowing cold air from the side, not down from the top). as long as you are transfering enough BTUs out of the cabinet, you will be fine. the natural tendency for hot air to rise and cold air to sink will not overcome the pressure applied by fans. This is at the design stage so no, no issues yet. This enclosure will only have three drives in it plus disconnects for them. For packaging reasons, it needs to be as compact as possible. Working within the constraints of standard catalogged enclosures, I can get a 48 x 48 that is a tight, but workable, fit for the three drives. It can be 12 deep which will accommodate the drives and the side mounted enclosure cooler but it leaves very little space in front of the drives. The cooler will blow cool air into the top of the enclosure, above the drives, and draw warm air from the enclosure from the bottom, below the drives. Because of the tight fit, there isn't much space for airflow around the drives so the cooler airflow would be, to a large extent, directly opposing the normal airflow through the drives. The fact that the air enters from the side doesn't matter. To circulate back to the cooler inlet, it has to flow down through or around the drives. I can get a 16 deep enclosure which would leave a 4 larger gap in front of them and probably eliminate the problem but the 16 deep box creates some issues outside the enclosure. So it would help if I can stay in the 12 deep box but I think it would create problems with cooling airflow unless I can reverse the airflow in the drives. Before giving any comment, I've 2 questions :- 1. What is the IP class of the enclosures you are using? 2. Does the enclosure cooler suck in fresh atmoshpheric air at surrounding environment temperature? 1. It's NEMA12 so probably 55 or 56. 2. No. It is a closed system using a chilled water coil and blower. Ok.You need to check the total heat loss of the drives, convert the same from watts to BTU. Now the you need to decide what is the temperature you would like to maintain inside the enclosure. You will need to give these 2 datas to the enclosure cooler manufacurer, who will select the cooler . Drive effeciency/smooth operation is dependent on the ambient surrounding temperature. As long as you are able to maintain the surrounding temperature ( enclosure in this case ) to a comfortable level ( not sure what drive you are using, but a heat sink temperature of around 40-50 deg C is good enough), the direction of rotation of the drive cooling fan should not matter much If you draw a centerline at the center of the cabinet for example, and look at the open area that the air can move down to the chiller intake, vs the area of the fans, then you should see that there is a lot more area for the cooler air to move down and not work against the fan air flow than there is area that the fans are pushing air up in. I think you are making this more complicated than it needs to be :) Besides if you flip the fans you will have to put a note for the maintenance guys to make sure fans are blowing down when replacing a fan or replacing a drive. This note is unlikely to still be there in 5-10 years. If you want to make a science experiment out of it, set up the cabinet with the fans blowing up first time around, and then record drive temperatures in some fixed setting, and then flip the fans and repeat the experiment. I'm not sure if time and resources would allow for this though. Like Rahul said, start with the BTU calculations. Marko I STARTED this process by looking up the heat load from the drives and selecting a cabinet cooler that can handle the heat load. Heat transfer is the foundation of almost everything we do at my company. One of the problems is that neither the cooler manufacturer nor Rockwell actually specifies the airflow that they use. I can estimate it for the cooler because sensible cooling with air/water heat exchangers is something we do every day so I know what normal airflows would be. For the capacity of the unit necessary to do the heat load in this cabinet, it would be around 500 cfm. The air inlet is just under 1 sq ft which is typical for a coil. To avoid condensate carryover, most coils are limited to around 500 fpm so that also indicates that the cooler airflow is probably around 500 cfm. For the drive, the best I can do is a guess based on the size of the fans and the number of them. They appear to be 120mm fans which could be anywhere between 80 and 100 cfm each based on commonly available fans that size. There are two on each drive so that's a total of 480-600 cfm. A pretty good match, which is what you would really expect given that both are designed to do essentially the same thing. The free area around the drives available for the airflow from the top of the cabinet to the bottom is about 125 sq in. The area of the 6 fans is about the same, maybe a bit more but probably not when you take the mounting arrangement into account. With the drives blowing up, all of the airflow from both the drives and the cooler has to circulate back to the bottom of the enclosure. At 1000 cfm, that's 1150 fpm. That's not an extreme velocity in a duct. So it MIGHT work OK. But there's no question that the two fans (counting the drives' multiple fans as one) are fighting each other. Both are drawing air from the same plenum and blowing air into the same plenum. It WOULD be interesting to experiment with it. Neither the cooler company nor the common suppliers of small cooling fans talk about static pressure, which is part of fan performance. I think both assume that there is no significant external static pressure on their fan systems so it isn't important. But this arrangement DOES impose some external static pressure on them since both fans are competing to move air through the same path way in parallel with each other. Reversing the drive fans would put them in series which would tend to INCREASE the airflow for both. So it's inevitable that having them in parallel will decrease the airflow of both. Without a lot of fan data and some pretty fancy pressure loss calculations, it's very hard to estimate how much the change would be in either case. Besides the airflow issue, there is a heat exchange effect. With the airstreams in parallel, the inlet air to the cooler is a mix of warm drive discharge air and cool cooler discharge air. If the airstreams are in series, the inlet air to the cooler is almost 100% drive discharge air. That improves the heat transfer in the cooler by feeding it warmer air which would result in a lower overall cabinet temperature, all other things being equal. Hence, my reaction, as somebody who does air cooling and water cooling design every day as part of my job, is to put the fans in series which would HELP cooling by increasing the airflow and heat transfer rather than hinder it with fans in parallel which will decrease the airflow and heat transfer. Maybe it's not necessary. I can try it with the fans blowing in the standard direction and, if we see a problem, reverse them. Unfortunately, a part of this is that the project will start out with only two drives in the enclosure which pretty much eliminates the effect since the space that will be occupied by the third drive at buildout will be empty and will provide ample space for the parallel airflow and lots of mixing to occur. That means that I won't be able to tell until sometime in the future if it creates a cooling problem once the cabinet is filled up and the free space is reduced. I may take the easy way out and use a 16 enclosure, which increases the free area to over 300 sq in and probably makes the static pressure effect so small that it's absolutely insignificant and would also allow more mixing. My question here was really not whether or not the airflow pattern was a problem. It is a problem but the degree of the problem is unknown and not practically calculable. I was more interested in knowing if there's any particular reason for the cooling air in the drives to be upflow other than the obvious logic of moving the air in the same direction it wants to go anyway due to convection. I may have missed someting with reading all of the above, but, wouldn't a Flange Mounted Drive address most of the issues here? I guess it depends on whether or not the enclosure can easily be cut out of the back, and if the mounting of the enclosure is going to allow for the heatsinks sticking out the back, but I would think that this could address your air flow issues. Thanks to all for the feedback. Re flange mount, these are E frames and that doesn't appear to be an option for them. Besides, the whole situation is created by client desire to have the drives inside an enclosure so I'd rather not try to sell him that. We will use a 16 deep box and adjust some other things on the package to allow for that. That basically opens up the space in front of the drives a lot so that the parallel airflow from the top to the bottom of the enclosure is not restricted and the inlet air to the drives should be a good mix of cooled air from the cooler and warmer air from the drive exhaust. It would certainly be interesting to experiment with this whole problem but I can't risk having to go back and do some major modification to get it to work. I might get to take some spot temperature readings in the cabinet while it's running to see how well the empiracal data matches the theoretical. Detla-t through the drives and the coil, maybe some airflows. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Micro 1200 Outputs stuck on Summary: Have a micrologix 1200 that had all the outpust stuck on but not set on by the program I have a machine with a Micrologix 1200 installed. All the outputs on the base were stuck on but not being turned on by the logic. A power cycle corrected this issue. Does anyone have any idea of a cause? [/INST] I have had an occasional output stuck due to excessive current on a contact. After it happens once, there is a better than aveage chance of it sticking again, especially if the original cause is not discovered and corrected. What types of devices are being controlled? A failing solenoid or relay coil may be drawing a lot more current than you would expect. Was there a voltage drop perhaps? A system voltage drop can also raise the current in various devices. Someone with more experience and smarts may have better and more ideas. I would suggest getting a spare ML1200 just in case, find and fix the root cause if possible before installing the new one. There are some small solenoids, and small relays. But, all the outputs stuck on at the same time, some of which are just signals to servo drives. Just seen this one, as it is an old post. I had the same issue with an ML1400, where once so many outputs came on, they all came on together. What I discovered was that I had omitted to tie all the outputs down to a neutral/24 VDC negative. Once I connected that wire, then the problem disappeared. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Word Triggers With Bit Acknowledgement I'm using DINT arrays for my alarms in a ControLogix processor. I set my alarm triggers to each DINT with the alarm type set to BIT. This gives me the ability to generate a separate alarm message for each bit. But when you acknowledge the alarm, instead of setting a corresponding bit in the ack word I get a value representing which bit is being acked. Why can't I just get the correct bit in the ack DINT set as opposed to a value? I can see why setting a value would make sense if I was using a value based trigger. i've written an Add-On Instruction to set the corresponding bit so that I know which alarm is acknowledged, but it would be nice if I didn't need the extra code. (or the explaining to people why I need the extra code). Ack All would also be nice to then set the bits of all acknowledged alarms since I use a separate acknowledge DINT for each trigger DINT so I can track which alarms have been acked. Yeah I know, I'm duplicating the funcionality of the HMI in the PLC code, but That's the way, uh huh uh huh I like it. Troy [/INST] Well, one reason I can think of for doing it this way is less memory usage and more efficient comms bandwidth. Say, for instance, you have 256 (8 DINTs worth) of alarm trigger bits. You can you ONE alarm trigger to trigger all those (and have much better performance than 8 alarm triggers). Now, having the alarm ack come back as a single integer value makes a LOT of sense. Instead of 8 DINTs worth of alarm ack bits, you can have a 16bit INT hold the ack value. Plus, since you can only ack one alarm at a time (or ack all, which is a special value), there is no reason to have to space the acks out to individual bits. Instead of having your ladder logic look at bit X to handle an alarm ack, have it just look at the integer directly. If INT = X, then Go do XYZ. JHutch Wow, I guess I totally missed something. I thought that you had to define each DINT as a separate trigger. So I if I have an array of DINTs I don't need to set each one separately as a trigger. Since I have an array of DINTs that I am using for the alarms, can I use bit 45 as a trigger and the system will know to use the 2nd word of the DINT array without having to directly reference it? I don't see anything in the on-line help that says what the maximum bit value for the trigger is, so I assumed it was just 32. This could help with another problem that I have where I don't always see the PV+ setting each separate trigger's ack word. I'll play with this a bit. Thanks From ViewME User Manual, page 9-12: The Bit trigger type Use the Bit trigger type to generate multiple simultaneous alarm messages. You can assign an array tag (consisting of up to 1,024 bits) to the trigger connection. Each bit in the array whose value changes from 0 to 1 triggers an alarm :smileywink: - fuzzy logic So there IS a User's Manual. I don't have to just rely on the online help. The User's Manual says an array of DINTs is acceptable as a bit triggered alarm tag, but I can not get my little test ap to work with any bit over bit 32. I've tried an array of DINTs within my alarm UDT, I've created a separate array, I've tried creating discrete DINTS. Is there a sample ap that uses more than 32 alarm bits coming from DINTs? I suppose I can easily change to a bit array but my project already has the alarm DINTs created and used. See Aid 24680... Basically, in order to use more then 32 messages with one trigger tag (trigger value more then 32 ) - the trigger tag address must contain the length of this DINT elements in array , like {[CLXDF1]dint[0],L2} , where L2 is the lengh of tag dint that can be used for messages with the trigger value from 1 - 64 in this case . - fuzzy logic Thanks for that link. The original document wasn't much help, but the Word document that was attached to that gave examples of what would work and what wouldn't. I've been able to get the alarm setup working with 1 tag for each of the alarm arrays that I have. Looks good. I think I have to give the credit for solving this to JHatch, but I'll be sure to give you Kudos for your suggestion. do you have any code examples of using the ack data connection, I mean code in the PLC to best use the integer return number to for example shut off a horn or beacon but allow it to signal again on a new alarm, is there a function that would best take advantage of this feature. That exact situation is what started me on this thread. I needed to know which alarms were acknowledged and which weren't. I like what I've developed, but I think an easier way would have been to just one shot any and all alarms to latch on a horn. Any value other than 0 in the ack word would then indicate an acknowledgement and can turn the horn off. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Network Firewall Separation Just testing the waters here and looking for some networking information for real world applications of how users are running their HMI setups. Who here has a separation of their corporate/production networks? If you are Separated, please review the following questions: What device are you using for the separation, an industrial firewall (Stratix 5950) or a different 'non-industrial' firewall (Cisco, Fortinet, Sonicwall) ? Are you following the WhitePaper for the Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architecture? Are you running your servers (DC, DHCP, DNS, HMI, MES, VP, EWS) on the corporate network or outside in your Plant-Network? [/INST] Hi Kristopher, It is better to follow the Rockwell recommended architecture (enet-td001), which has been tested with Rockwell, CISCO and Panduit. normally, servers (DC, DHCP, DNS, HMI, VP, EWS) should be installed in the IDC on the OT side (Industrial zone). but the MES could be on the IT side. any firewall will do, but as RA staff, I certainly recommended Stratix 5950, which I used in many applications. now, more and more projects tend to adapt to the ThinManager+OWS Server. just my experience to share anyway, Technically the Stratix line are just Cisco IE series switches rebranded though and there is no extra special sauce that Rockwell puts in the stratix devices firmware, correct? Kristopher, The Stratix 5950 Industrial Firewall provides Deep Packet Inspection of Rockwell Automation specific enhancements to the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP). Cisco generally would be more advantageous if you were looking for higher port density, and hardware resiliency features such as active/standby. Generally, when needing to meet those requirements a 19 inch rack mount firewall from Cisco is better suited. In these cases you would lose the industrial hardening, this slots the Cisco rack mount firewalls well into IDMZ and other applications that do not require industrial rated designs. Essentially, the Stratix 5950 fits well as a firewall close to Levels 0-2 and small IDMZ applications close to those zones and Cisco's portfolio fits well in Levels 3 and above when higher performance may be be needed due to traffic and port requirements. Hey Kristopher, It has been a long time since we communicated last. I am sure this is realized already, but the AOP and associated Faceplates that can be used in ViewME and ViewSE do differentiate the Stratix from Cisco across part of the portfolio. Albeit, the discussion in this thread look to be discussing elements of the broader portfolio and CPWE architecture. Best of luck! Kristopher, To build on what Kelvin has provided, the Converged Plantwide Ethernet has specific design guides focused on corporate & plant-network segmentation use cases. Depending on your application needs, servers may exist on the corporate network and services are used to 'proxy' the needed data or information between the corporate network and the plant-network. For example, Domain Controllers is one covered use case. Here are the design guides: This content is focused on Cisco ASA firewalls: Securely Traversing IACS Data Across the Industrial Demilitarized Zone (rockwellautomation.com) This content is focused on Cisco's newer Firepower 2100 platform: Securely Traversing IACS Data across the IDMZ Using Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (rockwellautomation.com) Depending on your application needs, network design, and positioning of the firewall, the Stratix 5950 may not be sufficient. I would not use the Stratix 5950 as an IDMZ (An industrial demilitarized zone [IDMZ] is the security buffer between the corporate and plant-network) firewall, it is better positioned lower in your network architecture closer to critical industrial assets like a controller. Some additional literature around the Stratix 5950 and the use of industrial firewalls can be found here: Deploying Industrial Firewalls within a Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architecture n </s>
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<s>[INST] panelBuilder32 conversion to FT ME 6.1 Summary: trying to convert the print only objects I have an old PV 550 and want to convert to PV+ 600 but can't use the printing function Print Only objects. Someone have an idea? (I know i can use kepware.....) [/INST] sorry, the convertion is from panelBuilder32 to ME If you have a valid TechConnect contract refer to: https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24126/related/1 and https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/44977/related/1 Thanks dmargineau, i allready read thes tech notes. I am looking for alternative for this function that is Not supported in the new program. Tzur n </s>
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<s>[INST] Resetting Sequential Functions in RSLogix Is there a way to reset all the Sequential Functions in a RSLogix program to the initial step like the action when going into run mode and the controller SFC Execution property Restart Position is set to Restart at initial step? [/INST] You may want to use the SFR (SFC Reset) instruction.... see the Reference Manual - page 462 for details.... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] 440R-ENETR connection to PanelView Hi! I want to ask You about possibility to connect 440R-ENETR to PanelView via Ethernet and read status of inputs/outputs from Guardmasters -440R-D22R2. It is possible to do it without PLC?? I must change safty in my plant and i have got MSR with MSR panel. It is work without PLC. I want to do the same with 440R-ENETR and PanelView... [/INST] Short answer no. The 440R-ENETR was designed to be used as a diagnostic input module to a ControlLogix PLC. Messaging is also possible from other PLCs. Similar to a motor drive, direct communication to an HMI is generally not possible. Depending on the HMI family, if there is a data server being used, there may be a possibility of the data server connecting to the 440R-ENTER. See application note: https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1087826/loc/en_US#__highlight Thanks for Y reply! I want to ask another question. It is possibility to connect 440C-CR30 with 440C-ENET to PanelView via Ethernet and read status of inputs/outputs from it? EDIT: corrected as per Mr. GuardLogix suggestions inside his reply Hi Kamil, currently the direct communication between the two devices via Ethernet isn't possible is only possible using a Panelview Plus as mentioned in the next reply from Mr. Guardlogix, through the usage of EDS communication. You can only also have a Panelview 800 communicate to the -CR30 via Modbus RTU. Here you can find references and instructions: Guardmaster Configurable Safety Relay User Manual - chapter 15 Guardmaster® 440C-CR30 Software Configurable Safety Relay Quick Start Guide QA42765 - 440C-CR30 Safety Relay: Communication with PanelView 800 via Ethernet fuzzy logic Please don't forget to use the LIKE button and highlight the decisive answer : REPLY > Make Best Answer Thanks! The CR30 can make a direct connect to the PanelViewPlus via an EDS parameter connection. This is documented in the CR30 firmware 9 release notes. FactoryTalkView shortcut must be type EDS parameter. Using an EDS parameter connection is not common, but functional. I suggest working through a proof of concept with your distributor before implementing. Later CR30 sales demo cases had PanelViewPlus 7 and using an EDS direct connection. For more details on EDS connections see TechNote: https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/547266 Ok, it is clear now. I talked with safty man in my company and it is not allowed to use CR30 so.. But thanks for knowledge. Now I want to use: *5069-L306ERMS3 *5094-IB16S *5094-IB16S *5094-OW4IS *HMI 5,7' VIA Ethernet It is expensive option but it will displey status Input/Output on PanelView Thank you Mr. GuardLogix for highlighting this for us! I never tried this communication with CR-30, and never found a document explaining that particular connection to it. In fact neither the CR-30 User Manual nor the KB are explicitly explaining this possibility (as far as I can see) It seems the feature has not been sponsored too much... it's not so cheap, but can fit. But this is one of the great values of the Engage community! Having the knowledge and skills of technical people spread through the answers! I'm going to edit my previous post adding the possibility you mentioned inside your reply. Thank you! fuzzy logic Please don't forget to use the LIKE button and highlight the decisive answer : REPLY > Make Best Answer n </s>
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<s>[INST] 1747-SN and analog I/O I am working on a system that is communicating to a 13 slot remote rack via a 1747-SN module. This remote rack contains an adapter and a combination of 6, 8 point Analog Input and Output cards plus some Digital I/O. Since each analog channel is going to use a word in the image table, I'm not sure how to pursue the setup of the SN module and adapter. I've used SN modules before but only with Digital I/O. Not sure how to proceed, please help. Thanks in advance.Ron [/INST] Basically, there should be different possibilities, I suggest as an easier way, to treat the Analog Modules like a digital 16 points I/O card, so you may want to use 1 slot addressing mode, thus using a FULL logical rack plus another 1/2 logical rack to *cover* all your chassis (12 logical groups) Analog Modules will then require Block Transfer instructions to be accessed. - fuzzy logic Ron, You'll need to use block transfers to write/read data to/from your analog modules. Chapter 5 of the 1747-SN user manual (click here for link) describes how to set up block transfers. The user manuals for the individual I/O modules will tell you how the data is arranged in each block transfer for that module. I hope this helps. Ron Thanks, it's what I suspected but wasn't sure. n </s>
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<s>[INST] PF 525 Displaying F099 Fault Code Summary: I have a PF 525 Showing F099 5.001 rev According to the documentation this is not possibleSee the image attached. I cannot find any documentation that references a PF525 showing this fault code anywhere. Please advise.. we use a 25-comm-e2p module with this unit. and S2 and 4 are the only IO. [/INST] It's reporting local weather - Fogg. You're going to have to call Rockwell Tech Support for this one - you're right. It's not a documented fault code. I looked hard through the knowledgebase. F099 by itself brings up nothing. The knowledgebase is performing to Rockwell standard, meaning using search terms +Powerflex +525 +Fault +Codes does not bring up useful results. Call Tech Support. When you get an answer back, would you please share it here? You've got my curiosity up and I'd love to know the answer. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Fanuc robot and CLX Can anyone give the generic ethernet module setup to communicate with a Fanuc robot? [/INST] Smoke, at first I can say that posting the robot type and code will help...:smileywink: After that, although some other users for sure know the right settings (for example jdavison - Thread LINK ) , I think the best way is to contact Fanuc Robotics to get the correct values. Or, having the EDS file, trying to extract what you need, following suggestions in Aid 42782 - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] Firmware flashing for 850 controller Summary: Firmware for 850I am trying to upgrade the firmware on my 850 controller. I'll try to provide all the information to get faster assistance on this. Controller [/INST] Maybe use the program DMK extraction Tool ( i have this since i installed controlflash 14) can you select show all available firmware (see picture) I tried installing ControlFlash14 and this is what I get (See image). I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1. Please check your user Account control for most Rockwell applications it should be set to never notify After changing try installing again! good luck I got Version 14 installed. I found it on another thread and now I can flash my controller to version 10. Thanks for your help. So it the solution was using Version 14? Yes. In version ControlFlash12.00 it would not show Firmware version 10.011 (it was not in the list). Once I upgraded to ControlFlash14.00, I could select it from the list. FYI in case others run into the same problem. From the latest ControlFlash user manual http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/um/1756-um105_-en-e.pdf In ControlFLASH version 12.00 and earlier, each firmware kit is delivered as an MSI install. It always includes the ControlFLASH application, the firmware NVS and BIN files. You always need to run the MSI file to install ControlFLASH and the included firmware kits on your computer. Starting from ControlFLASH version 13.00, each new firmware kit is delivered as an individual Device Management Kit (DMK) file. The ControlFLASH tool is separate and needs to be installed only once. A DMK is a single, digitally signed file that contains the firmware binaries. ControlFLASH authenticates DMK’s origin and validates its contents, providing enhanced protection against malicious threats. You can just download and use it, no need to install or unzip it. The file is named for easy identification and management, for example, 1756-L73_28.011.dmk. For more information, see ControlFLASH Help. Generally all new device FW is now being released as DMK for enhanced protection so you may need to upgrade your ControlFlash, although as mentioned by kamerling there is a utility to convert back to the older file format, but it's probably easier to just upgrade to the latest ControlFlash. And latest CCW R10 ships with ControlFlash 13 which includes support for DMK and still supports the older FW file method. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Activation lost after program restart. Summary: Factory Talk View Site, a municipal water treatment plant, closes the view client and when they attempt to reopen it in the morning it goes to the Not activated screen. Rebooting the server corrects this. [/INST] nan n </s>
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<s>[INST] I keep getting asked to login to the network. Summary: Not sure how to stop the need to log into the networkI have a fresh install if Studio 5000 with activations local. I select existing/sample project and select a sample ***.L5X Select open Designer starts to open then I am greeted with a log On to FactoryTalk Network. ** I didn't setup a login, and my license is local, so this is odd... 1. Why is this popping up? 2. How do I get around this? thx [/INST] This might be helpfull https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1066623/loc/en_US#__highlight (requires tech connect) Thx, but, No tech connect account atm, so I can't access that link. . did it ever work and stopped working? did you change something after installing the software? for instance the computer name? This is a new install on a system that never had it. I setup Studio 5k and FTView FTview works fine, but when I try to open an example to test the designer it asks for a login. Since the install, I went into the FT Admin console and added a user thinking I needed to, but that made no difference. The login fails. (See attached) BTW. When the system starts up it says FT server this Computer, So I assume it is looking locally... Not sure what it is looking for... pleasse try resetting the factory talk directory configuration wizard with you local account with admin rights. press start and search for factory talk directory configuration wizard That was it. I also selected the network checkbox while in there. It prompted me to log in as admin (Twice?) then said: FactoryTalk Network Directory Network Directory was successfully configured on this local computer. Network Directory Server is located on this local computer. FactoryTalk Local Directory Configuration successful. Now it opens. Thx Glad to hear it has solved your problem. Have a nice day|! n </s>
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<s>[INST] Factory talk program will not start When try to open factory talk on my computer, it never finishes opening. I'm running windows 7. I remember having similar problems when I was running xp. somethimes it would start and sometimes not. After I created a runtime file, it would not work correctly. I would have to restart my computer to get everything to work. Has anybody had this isssue or have any suggestions? [/INST] Rockwell, take note. You've taken an extra year to release the HMI portion of Studio 5000 (not available until V22). I've no problems with delaying a release. But take heed - the one year delay had better mean the HMI portion had better be BULLETPROOF. Problems that have plagued users for years, problems such as the one noted above, had better be a thing of the past. Use this extra year to GET IT RIGHT. installation should be effortless. Ideally, the damn thing should not even ask me for my serial number and activation code, it should be able to figure it out on its own. It had better not crash at all. In fact, it should help other programs when they crash. You think I'm joking - try again. Rockwell, you have a LOT to atone for for the garbage HMI software you've foisted on your customers this past decade. We are done paying for your sins. Use this year wisely. GET IT RIGHT. Do your job so that the forum here hasn't a single complaint or problem report, so that the forum here becomes a ghost town because the HMI software works so well. GET IT RIGHT. Not to be that guy, but how is this helping? I mean, I'm all for everything working properly, but software is finicky and given how many service packs and operating systems and weird Anti-virus packages they have to work around, I think it works well enough. This is coming from someone who consistently helps people with technical support issues (mostly related to their lack of computer knowledge, to be honest). There's no problem with Rockwell software that we haven't been able to solve. Saying, Things just need to work is a foregone conclusion and possibly a little too idealistic. I'm sure you're just venting a little bit here, but is that particularly necessary in this forum, especially when piggy-backing someone's support question? Where else SHOULD someone vent, besides here? I've had long conversations with my local Rockwell representative, with little effect. ikarimaru, Rockwell had big plans to roll out the new all-in-one design suite, but ended up essentially rebranding Logix5000 because the HMI portion just wasn't ready. RS now has an additional year to make a better product. ikarimaru, I've provided useful responses to forum members in the past. I'm not a kook, excepting when it comes to this particular piece of very bad software. View Studio is simply not up to the class of Rockwell's other software packages. Logix5000 is a terrific package by itself, love using it. View Studio has had bugs cross major revisions (unacceptable and insulting to those who pay for an annual subscription). The HMI portion of the new design suite is a completely new package. I really, really want to like it. I've said I don't mind it being late, but it has to be better than current View Studio. Look at the messages here vs. the motion forum, or the logix5000 forum. Messages there are about how to USE the product. How to make an MCCP and MACP instruction work properly, or the difference between electronic gearing and electronic camming. There are few, if any, messages about software flaws, trying to get it to run, crashes. In this forum, for View Studio, there's little about how to use the software (say, a novel way to use parameter files when opening a dispay). Instead, it's pleas for help that the software won't start, reports cryptic errors. And it's the same errors, again and again. Or, if you prefer, look at the way Rockwell Software handles updates. For all rockwell products EXCEPT View Studio (and FT Services, I suppose), there is a well-ordered web page for downloading updates and firmware. ALL the software is there, and a fairly simple menu permits a user to select what they wish to download. Drive updates are a little more messy, but all that you need really is on one page. View Studio does not follow that scheme. It has its own rules. There's no link to the special download needed on the updates page. Why not? No good reason's ever been given. View Studio exists in its own world for some reason. There's exactly one place one can go for a ViewStudio update. And it's not called an update, it's called a patch. If you know the knowledgebase article, or know the right keywords to search for, you'll find a Patch TOC article. One that is updated MONTHLY. View Studio is patched MONTHLY, with DOZENS of fixes. Logix5000 is not patched monthly. I do not think I'm being idealistic. I expect flaws in complicated software. This package is more flaws than good though. I want this extra year the software designers have to make a superb package that does not need monthly patches. My company's a Solutions Provider for Rockwell. We provide technical support similar to yours. For this particular Rockwell solution, it is nearly impossible to tell a customer that a PanelView Plus / View solution is the best there is. It's not. You've made a good point at least about the software downloads. That's always been an issue and I agree there. From what I've seen the new direction for the all-in-one package is a great solution. Like you, I'm waiting to see how they'll shoot themselves in the foot with it, but I'm still hopeful. Also, I don't think you're a kook, for the record. :) John, may you please add some infos about your system ? Windows 7 is 32 or 64 bit ? FactoryTalk View Studio Version ? This will not solve the issue, but at least there are more elements to try to understand what is going on. - fuzzy logic In order to enhance the reputation of the Forum's contributors, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! The fist time I ran into this problem i was running 32 bit XP, usually I could reboot the computer and get the program to open. As soon as a created and downloaded a runtime file I couldn't do anything with FT. Whenever I tried to change something it would tell me that I had some type of connection problem. I'm not that very experienced with this software, I assumed it was something that I was doing. The problem did happen the until I had been using the program for a couple months, I don't think that I had done anything differnet than I had been doing it. Then I had an unrelated problem with my computer and had to reload the operating system. I had windows 7 64 bit loaded on it. It worked fine for a while then ran into the same problem. I can't get it to open at all now. I'm running v 6.10.00 I have also read about problem with the install, and having older versions installed causing problems. Is there a special uninstall and install proceedure? I have not ruled out the fact that this problem is something that I may have caused or not done something right. I'm not a guy who knows a lot about software programming or even basic computer problems. Hmmm... difficult to say. My suggestion here is to have TechSupport guys involved for step-by-step guide to remove the software and to reinstall it correctly, along with all the other needed pieces of FactoryTalk, that is strongly suggested you to keep them on the same CPR / SR (Coordinated Product Release / Service Release) - fuzzy logic In order to enhance the reputation of the Forum's contributors, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! n </s>
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<s>[INST] Allen Bradley 100-MO9N*3 Auxiliary Contactor to find i want to buy Allen Bradley 100-MO9N*3 Auxiliary Contactor in 220V.do you know where i can find it?thanks [/INST] Welcome to the Forum ! Try to start from here : http://www.rockwellautomation.com/locations/http://www.rockwellautomation.com/resources/purchase.html - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] Custom Data Monitor I'm using RSLogix500 with RSLinx Classic Lite. I see the buttons for custom data monitors but they are greyed out and am unable to create one. What do I need to do? [/INST] Maybe your RSLogix 500 package doesn't allow this functionality (i.e. you may have a Starter edition) check first about the available features of your package inside the Selection Guide, page 80-81. If this is the case, then you've only the possibility to upgrade your license to a more complete package. - fuzzy logic Thanks. Thats what the problem is, starter package. Right now I'm using the multi-point monitor, but if I need more, I'll upgrade. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Where are the CAM points stored? In a system I've got a virtual axis and a physical axis. Using a MAPC Instruction I control the physical axis depending on the position of the virtual one with the CAM editor, but.... where are those CAM points stored? I've looked inside all the tags created and couldn't find them... any help, please¿ [/INST] The CAM_PROFILE data type is an array of coefficients representing a calculated cam profile that can be used as input to a time cam or position cam instruction. The only element available to you is Status. This is different from the CAM data type... The Cam data type consists of slave and master point pairs as well as an interpolation type. Since there is no association with a specific axis position or time, the point values are unit-less. The interpolation type can be specified for each segment as either linear or cubic. See also Aid 62304 ... - fuzzy logic As Fuzzy eluded to. It is Rockwell magic. There should be an instruction that converts the cam points to a cam profile- MCCP. The cam point can not be used directly in a MAPC instruction. If you want to know a specific position based on the master axis position you can use a MCSV which can look at the master axis and the cam profile and give you where the slave should be in the current profile. You can plug in any master position and find where the slave should be. n </s>
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<s>[INST] RSView Enterprise File Viewer I am using this utility to temporarily gain access to the ME alarm log file. It serves its purpose for now. I am trying to use the command line switches so I can automate the creation of a CSV file at the end of each shift. It appears as though it accepts the history file, setup file and CSV file as arguments but it doesn't allow me to pick the version of the View application. I get an error that says The alarm setup file and log file can not match. I can recreate this error message if I manually use the utility program and select the wrong version of the View application. So I am confident that without defining this argument I will get this message. The command line won't accept this as an argument. Anyone know any ways around this? Thanks in advance. [/INST] Pretty old thread... just to try to help anyway.... :smileytongue: I've tested the conversion using last Viewer Utility version 1.6.03 from Aid 33924 and seems to work fine for me... :smileysurprised: I've used the following syntax in the Command line: RSView Enterprise File Viewer.exe /ma history.alm MachineAlarms.mal test.csv Be aware to leave the history.alm file together with the other files of the M_Alarms folder of your Runtime, as they are needed during conversion... if you just copy the history.alm, you will get the error you've mentioned. If you still have problem, try to attach to a new post a .zip file with your files, I may test them if you like... :smileywink: Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] RSView32 v7.50 Error Installation on Windows 7 SP1 Summary: Interrupted while before completely installedHello everyone. Could you pls help me with this error I am getting. I am currently testing Rockwell Softwares with our new Windows7 SP1 OS. I was able to install other Rockwell Softwares like (Logix5, Logix500, Logix5000) except this RSView32 v7.50. Please see attached screenshot. Thanks Jing [/INST] Jing, unfortunately version 7.50 isn't compatible with Windows 7. There is a new version 7.60 which is tested to work on Win7 x32 Pro (also SP1 is supported). 453690 - What's new in RSView32 7.6? - fuzzy logic In order to enhance Forum's contributors reputation, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! Hello Fuzzy logic, I finally was able to install RSView32 7.60 as you have suggested but Im again into this another error message below in the early installation process. Hope you could assist me with this. Thanks a lot Jing Jing, many of the Rockwell Software packages use that libraries and need them as pre-requisites before installing. Determine if installed: Go to the Windows Control Panel and open the Add/Remove Programs dialog. If a Framework is installed, you will see an item called Microsoft .NET Framework with a version number. How to obtain: RA provides the .NET Framework redistributable packages on most of the media... then search the DVDs or the setup folders for the following file. This is typically located in a System folder. NET Framework 3.5 - dotnetfx35.exe (231MB) If the media or .NET version is not available, then use the Windows Updates or the Microsoft Download Center to download and install them. You may download it from the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ab99342f-5d1a-413d-8319-81da479ab0d7 - fuzzy logic In order to enhance Forum's contributors reputation, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! I had never had problems with version 7.5 in Windows 7 after I installed NET Framework 3.5, and my Windows 7 is 64bit. I tried to install 7.6 and it did not work, any ideas here? Hi, Apparently .Net Framework is in the system already (.Net Framework 3.5 SP1, as attached screenshot) and no need to install, which confuses me more why the RSView32 7.6 installer is asking for it. Thanks Jing Let me ask this. Do you know of any issues with installing Either version 7.5 or 7.6 on a Windows 7 64Bit machine that has .Net Framework 3.5.1 installed. Bill, the only thing I can write is that RSView32 isn't supported on a 64 bits OS platform... (RSView32). RSView32's tag database only supports 32 bit OS. - fuzzy logic In order to enhance Forum's contributors reputation, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! Ok, anyway: Go to the Windows Control Panel and open the Add/Remove Programs dialog. If a Framework is installed, you will see an item called Microsoft .NET Framework with a version number. Please post a screenshot with that information; note ALL .NET framework version installed, not only the requested one. Thanks. - fuzzy logic In order to enhance Forum's contributors reputation, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! Hi Fuzzy, Pls see attached below the .Net framework versions installaled in my machines as requested. Thanks Jing Jing, it seems you've not the required version installed... try to follow instructions inside my previous post in order to install it. v3.5.1 is probably needed, it doesn't matter if you've an higher version already installed... - fuzzy logic In order to enhance Forum's contributors reputation, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! Fuzzy, .net framework 3.5 SP1 is already built-in Windows 7 and dont have to be installed as we have seen from the screenshot above (Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5.1, .1 here means SP1). But, I just went ahead and try your instruction to download and install it. But nothing happens when I attempted to install the package, after the unwrapping... thats all nothing happens.. Thanks a lot Jing Hmmm... situation is quite complicated, I suggest to contact the TechSupport, they will have the right way to let you install your software. Apologize, but as I can see it is not an issue that can be covered in a User's Forum. - fuzzy logic In order to enhance Forum's contributors reputation, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! n </s>
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<s>[INST] Drivers for 1784-U2DN in RSLinx Classic 2.54 not available a) Your web info suggest that Drivers for 1784-U2DN are already included in RSLinx Classic 2.51. When you open the drop-down menu in RSLinx to 'add new', the driver is not on the list. Any suggestions?b) Some pdf file is referring to a tech note and to follow the instruction to download the driver if RSLinx is before 2.51. I couldn't find the tech note on your web site. Where exactly is it?I would appreciate your help. [/INST] Try to follow suggestions inside Aid 53280... Post again if you still have troubles... - fuzzy logic There is probably some confusion between a Windows device driver and the RSLinx network drivers. Any USB peripheral needs a Windows device driver. A very large number of consumer devices use general-purpose drivers built into Windows. Mice, keyboards, USB memory sticks... lots of simple stuff. More sophisticated devices needs a Windows device driver that is specific to them. If I bought an ATen or Keyspan serial/USB adapter I'd have to download their Windows driver in order for the Windows New Hardware Wizard to install those drivers. The RSLinx installation process includes the Windows drivers for USB CIP protocol devices in more recent versions (2.54 or newer), so if you have 2.54 the driver should have been automatically installed. While RSLinx 2.51, 2.52, and 2.53 can run the USB CIP driver, it's not automatically installed and it needs to be downloaded and installed using the Knowledgebase article noted previously. RSLinx network drivers are the hardware interface configurations that you set up in RSLinx Classic. While the 1784-U2DHP device does have its own driver on the pull-down list, the 1784-U2DN doesn't. In fact, none of the USB/CIP network interfaces require you to select them from the pull-down menu. They create themselves both in the Windows hardware library and in RSLinx Classic automatically when you plug them in. This includes the 1784-U2DN, the 1784-U2CN, and the USB port on the front of the 1756-EN2T/EN2F, the 1756-CN2/B, and the 1756-DNB/C modules. The driver should show up as a Virtual Backplane driver, with the USB ports and bridges to the backplane or the network underneath it. Of course, with all this automatic configuration and other nifty stuff going on in the background there's a chance for things to not work right. There are some good Technotes including number 66706 regarding how to check for the USB CIP driver in the Windows hardware configuration, and showing how it should appear in RSWho. n </s>
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<s>[INST] removal of electronic key in devicenet scanner basic run down. i have SLC 504 with devicenet scanner in slot 1 and 7 x powerflex 40 connected with 20 comm-d adapters that were supplied on a machine two of the powerflex drives have been replaced and i had to reconfigure the scanner M files and reset electronic keys so that the scanner would see the new drives.Is there an option to disable the key function so if any of the drives are replaced later down the track the devicenet scanner will automatically recognize them? [/INST] You can select the extent of Electronic Keying, so that the device must match the Vendor, the product Type, the product Code, the Major Revision and even (in some scanners) the Minor Revision. The Vendor is Alen-Bradley, the Type is DPI to DeviceNet for the 20-COMM-D, and the Code is unique for every model, voltage, amperage. For example, a PowerFlex 700, 480V, 10 A drive will have a different Code number than a PowerFlex 700, 480V, 5A drive. If you are only going to replace the drive with an identical size drive, you only need to de-select the Major Revision checkbox in the Scanlist configuration window for the 1747-SDN configuration in RSNetworx for DeviceNet. I prefer to keep Electronic Keying at the defaults so that there is less risk that a drive that's set for the incorrect DeviceNet node address might inadvertently be controlled incorrectly. n </s>
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<s>[INST] activation lost and vendoer refused good day all i purchased new rs logix 500 i did the activation procedure and when i tried to save activation file as required my PC CRSHED then i did windows restored after that i canot see my activation file . when i email my local vendor to send me the activation file i received very strange feed back We would like to let you know that the support of the Serial No. has expired in 31 December 2008. We would like to offer to you the Tech Connect Contract. Please find attached the brochure and please fill in the request form (name, P.O. Box, Tel no., fax no., location details for registration). For Tech Connect, we require the no. of Plus, Sacs & Controlling installed units & the complete list of serial numbers. We will be waiting for your advise.)for your info i did not use the program yet so we have alot of processors running in the filed with no access please help [/INST] Well, you're not getting great results. This is usually a very simple process. The Activation file is a simple text file; if your computer crashed while attempting to save a text file, it's got some significant problems of its own. TechConnect is an annual contract. If you've never had a TechConnect contract and were just operating under the new-customer support last year, it's time to talk to your vendor and get a contract in place that suits your needs. I prefer my vendor to do a little more than just send a form to fill out, but I don't know about your distributor. Only Rockwell Automation Technical Support can send you the activation file; you need to contact them directly at (440) 646-3434. Your local RA office or local Distributor cannot provide activation files themselves. thanks for your feedback .is there any other contacts rather than phone no? for Rockwell Automation Technical Support could i send e-mail for activation file request ??? If you cannot use the telephone, there are a number of electronic methods. For Activations, start here: http://www.rockwellautomation.com/support/activations.html For other support, start here: http://www.rockwellautomation.com/support/americas/index_en.html But, to be exact, you can only get phone support for activations if you have no TechConnect contract. TechConnect contracts will allow you to chat online in real-time with an engineer or send in an email question via the Submit a Question feature. I know that may seem a little counter-intuitive (typically online support cases are cheaper to handle and therefore more likely to be free) but in this case, we're better staffed/geared for phone calls in Activations, so that's the free solution. JHutch greeting al i had call with given telephone support and he promise to send me the activation through my e mail since yesterday , but still i did not receive any.?? my email [email protected] When you talked to Rockwell they gave you a case number. Call Rockwell back with the case number and they can reset/resend the LIC file. check your spam/junk mail, outlook tends to send my rockwell support messages there, somewhat apporopriate, eh?? n </s>
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<s>[INST] Channel 1 ERROR I have an activity log full of these two errors: Communications ComStatus RT Channel 1 ERROR - '(00) Address doesn't point to something usable.'Communications ComStatus RT Channel 1 ERROR - '(01) Cannot guarantee delivery: link layer.' They are always paired together, at about three seconds apart. I've seen the second error when DDE wasn't working properly (and DDE is working correctly now,so it isn't causing it.), but I haven't a clue what the first one is. Anyone? [/INST] Could you please provide that catalog number and the firmware revision of the product you're experiencing the issue with? Thanks. I have no idea which PLC it's trying to contact on Channel 1. I can give you the info for RSView and RSLinx. I have 8 PLC5s on Channel 1A. All are 5/11Es, except for a 5/30e and a 5/40e. I have some RIO operating on channel 1B. If you want / need the info on all the PLCs I can go get it... it will just take a while. RSView 7.20.00 CPR7Patch/Pack Number 00Build Number 14 RSLinx 2.51.00.21 CPR7 The first error is related to the fact an object on the screen is referencing a tag that points to a data table in the PLC that does not exist....just make sure data tables exist for all addresses being used by tags on the screen. The second error has been usually seen due to a disconnected device (The remote node specified does not ACK command)... - fuzzy logic Ahhhhh, that's got it. I tracked it down... buried deep in one of my screens there were a pair of tags referencing an abandoned pump station. I removed them and the problem appears to be resolved. I am in your debt, kind sir. No pending debts for you, I'm happy if it can solve... :smileyhappy: Have a nice day. - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] Upload Parameter from Kinetix 350 Hello every body. We have 5 kinetix 350 servo drive which have connected to 1769-L33ERM CPU in our machine . I want to back up program from PLC and Servo drive. If I upload program of PLC , are there parameters of servo drives in program of PLC? [/INST] Hello Akbar Kinetix 350 is a CIP motion drive, so all the parameters are stored in the PLC code and loaded fat startup to the drive. So yes if you save the application code you will save all. Also if you replace a drive, you just have to set the IP adress of the drive and at startup (power on) all the parameters will be loaded automatically from the Controller (PLC) via ethernet IP cip Motion to the drive. Regards Thanks so much for your attention. But I don't find Kinetix 350 in my software in section select module type how can I add to my software? Be sure the selected controller can support CIP Motion; also verify your software version, it should be at least v20.xx fuzzy logic Please don't forget to LIKE and highlight the decisive answer: REPLY > Make Best Answer If the above requirements are met, then the AOP installation could be needed. Search for Kinetix 350 AOP starting HERE Here below is shown what you should download and install: Note: RSLogix 5000 version 20.04 or higher is required Reboot you PC once installed and try again to search for Kinetix 350 drives. fuzzy logic Please don't forget to LIKE and highlight the decisive answer: REPLY > Make Best Answer thanks so much.I have RSLogix 5000 V24.01 . I changed my controller to 1769 L33ERM and so I can see Kinetix 350 in my software . n </s>
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<s>[INST] SMC-2 cat. no.: 150-A97NB with PCB cat. no.: 150-N wiring help I have been looking very extensively both here and on the WWWregards the PCB interface unit, cat. no.: 150-N which I haveon each of my four SMC-2 units.I have tried looking everywhere :)The electronic board has no source for input voltage etc, with theexception of a ten pin connection labelled TP1 near the DIPswitches. I suspect this 10 pin set to be a serial interface to a PCfor I/O communication purposes. It may also be a source of voltageto actuate the gate on each of the three modules.There is the typical trigger connections for the TT162N powerblocksattached to the heatsink (four wires for each module), but there isno voltage source for them to work...well none that I can see.See the attached photo to help you.I have seen the documents: 150-at002_-en-p.pdf150-in001_-mu-p.pdf150-in004_-mu-p.pdf150-in006_-mu-p.pdf150-qs002_-en-p.pdf150-um003_-en-p.pdf ...none provide any wiring diagrams for the SMC-2 with an attached150-N interface unit.What I really would love to see is a schematic for the legacy board150-N, pinout wiring diagram for the ten pins located near the DIP switch and how to provide power to the three powerblock gateswhile still using the 150-N PCB interface.Any help related to the 150-N interface board would be of greatassistance.My interest in these units can be explainedby visiting Homegrown Power...and that is me, CraziestOzzy :P Cheers [/INST] These units are Soft starters for motorsThe blocks are back to back scr's that fire off on the back end of the 50 hz sine wave. ( use your crow - aussie name for Osciloscope - to check this)The 150N1 unit only allowed for remote start/ and ramp stop with an up to speed aux.The units are rated for scr's full on ( not variable speed ) and the voltage ramp starts once 3 phase power is appliedPlease use them for what they were designed for and leave the smart stuff for the one's with all the money !!! n </s>
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<s>[INST] Counter 1734VHSC24 by Devicenet How to configure the card 1734VHSC24 to read the value accumulated by DeviceNet. I can not see the total. [/INST] Hi, useful informations are available as a Word Attachment in Aid 24322 Anyway, first thing I suggest to check is the Message Type you're using with your module...default is COS, and within this message are the Stored value at the time of some specified event, like rising edge of Z input... POLLED would be preferrable.... it contains the Present Value (current count value). See the screenshot..... Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] Power fail on Powerflex 400 Please help with this one as well, same client same powerflex 400 250A unitI am getting really tired of this Power Loss Fault, and the worst part is it does not auto-reset not does it allow me to reset remotely. No, I did NOT experience a dip during operation – the other running drive had no problem. It’s costing us water now at the rate this is going... So it seems the bus volts did drop. A bit strange that other running drive did not also report a fault... why? In any event, WHY does it not auto-reset? Or, alternatively, if this is a fault that does not permit auto-reset then why can I not even reset a Power Loss Fault with the reset input OR with the Fault Clear Parameter (197)? From Subject Received Size Joshua Grimm power loss fault drives 3:33 AM 88 KB [/INST] Did you see Aid 49990 ? There is a known problem with some PF400... maybe you're in that case... A Type 2 fault may require drive or motor repair, or is caused by wiring or programing errors. The cause of the fault must be corrected before the fault can be cleared. Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Hi Fuzzy; i dont think this is the problem this time round, we have had these failure's on previos units and have changed the power supply module's. you can reset these units if you go to the unit and go to clear faults using the HMI and then reseting the unit. all other faults can be cleared via Dnet through the plc it is only the F3 fault that cannot be cleared. the forum does not allow me to post the drive exec. images for you to see. We experience this issue more than 1 year,you can mask this fault by modify par A196. Hi there, Just a thought, when you mentioned Fault F3, I have had customers come up with this fault too and the best solution was to add a Line Reactor to the drive. Do you already have one? The other cause of this fault is excessive DC bus voltage ripple, and this is typically caused by harmonics coming into the drive. If you do not have Line Reactors on either drive I would suggest adding one to both. The other drive might start tripping if you correct your problem with the drive in this dicussion. Cheers all four drives are fitted with input and output line chokes, we have also fitted EMC Filters on these units. Chokes or Reactors, there is a difference. Line Reactors Part number 1321-3R500-BRFI filter Part number 22-RFD480 More correspondence from the client Can we first try some remote support? Are there no configs and/or drive logs I can download and email to the relevant persons that will help pinpoint the problem(s) before someone comes all the way here? Also – will an update of the FW maybe help? I’ve tried to find the release notes for the latest firmware but was not successful. I would like to try fix the problem without incurring unnecessary expenditure. Our drives are on the network – I can even give a technician remote access if necessary via VPN. Just some ideas – how do you feel? Last night 23h00, I switched all pumps off and all starters were “healthy”. This morning once again: And like I say, the really annoying part is that the only way to reset it is to power the thing down in person OR perform a reset: Clearing the fault does not solve the problem. Surely it has to be a drive defect... we are not really getting support from Rockwell in SA at the moment, this is a converted Siemens client from and he is busy losing faith in our product now. n </s>
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<s>[INST] Studio 5000 Small Icons I have a system with a high res monitor on laptop (2880X1620) and 2 standard res monitors on either side (1920X1080). The icons on the toolbar are coming out very small. Also on the one toolbar with the tabs for commands was unusable. The text scaled properly but not the symbols. I do a lot of .NET programming. I have seen this before. When code is written in hard pixels scaling does not work well. It is surprising that FactoryTalk Studio works fine. Studio 5000 does not. Everything else in Studio 5000 looks OK. It looks to me like Studio 5000 tried to use a home grown toolbar system instead of the standard Microsoft system. Microsoft updated there system but Studio 5000 is left in the dust. Note that I am running Windows 10. No other problems yet. Also note that I used to post a lot in this forum. I have been out a couple of years taking a Master's in Computer Science. It was a lot of fun but now to go back to work. [/INST] Hi Michael, We are experiencing the same thing. Do you have a solution for this? Studio 5000 is out of date and really needs a major update. Complain to them a lot. If anyone has a fix for this please let me know as we have the same problem. Thanks. That's a problem affecting many software packages, not only Studio 5000. According to Microsoft, it can be solved going to the application properties > Compatibility and selecting the Disable display scaling on high DPI settings option. However, that solution does'n work at all. Thank you, Bill. Since Microsoft can't help me, I wrote an external manifest to turn off the dpiAwarebit for Studio 5000 (one for version 24, another one for version 28). Third party software like LibreOffice, Total Commander and Gimp also need an external manifest. n </s>
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<s>[INST] PLC-3 Run Mode change privilege violation The PLC-3 memory card is replacement, the code download and upload is ok, The key switch is Meory protect OFF, The Front indicator is (Processor:Green, Outputs:ORED,PROGRAMM:Green, Access:flash ) This indicate that the PLC-3 is programm load mode and no error. But the user can not change mode to RUN Mode when using software 6200. The customer operation is: Online program (F1)==>Proc Function (F1)==>Change Mode(F1)==>Run mode(F3) , select Yes, the information is privilege violation. The manual (6200-um423_-en-p) chapter 3-8 say Make sure Remote Enable is selected through LIST. In the List function menu, the system mode (remote Enable) can not be selected. Why and how to do? [/INST] Haibowei, Please refer to the PLC-3 Programmable Controllers Installation and Operation Manual, publication 1775-gr001_-en-p, which is available on the Literature Library. See Chapter 6, and specifically section 6.2. Go to the front panel of the PLC-3 chassis, and on the keypad press SHIFT then LIST. You should see the LIST menu items scroll by. Item number 4 will NOT have a star ( * ) by it. [4 REMOTE ENABLE] Press 4 to select this item and press ENTER. You should now see a star ( * ) next to item 4 when the LIST menu scrolls by. [4* REMOTE ENABLE]. Now you should be able to remotely change modes, do programming, etc. You cannot do this from the 6200 software. It must be done on the keypad on the front panel of the PLC-3. Man, it's been a long time! I hope I got that right! Good Luck!Dale, W8ABZ n </s>
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<s>[INST] PowerFlex 4M & PowerFlex523 4-20mA Input Hi Guys, I have 4 drives on the site: VSD 1, 3, 4 - PowerFlex4M VSD 2 - PowerFlex523 I'm having some issues with reading analog input (4-20mA) from my PowerFlex 4M 2.2kW drives. These analog signals comes from PLC analog output and I have confirmed with multimeter on the PLC output points that they are giving out correct mA. For eg: At 16mA, VSD 1,3,4 - Parameter d021 is reading around 80%, instead of 75%. t213 - 0, t214 - 100 VSD2 - Parameter d361 is reading around 75% as it should. Since all PowerFlex 4M are doing the same behaviour, I might be missing out on some settings? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank You. Reference: 22F-UM001D-EN-E PowerFlex 4M Adjustable Frequency AC Drive FRN 1.xx - 2.xx User Manual (rockwellautomation.com) 520-UM001I-EN-E PowerFlex 520-Series Adjustable Frequency AC Drive User Manual (rexel-cdn.com) [/INST] Hello Maung, It seems the scaling is slightly off. I think in the 4M the scaling is based off the min and max frequency parameters P104 and P105 if I am not mistaken. These parameters may need some slight adjustments to align your VSD speed control with the PF525. Hope this helps. In addition to Daniel's comment, also look at parameters t213&t214, Anlg In4-20mA Lo and Anlg In4-20mA Hi. EDIT: (t095 / t096 in PF525) Regards, RM Hi Ryan, Thank you for the reply. Also, these are set correctly on both models as below: PowerFlex4M: t213 - 0 t214 - 100 PowerFlex523: t095:0 t096:100 Is there any other settings that might affect the scaling that you can think of? Hi Daniel, Thanks for your reply. Min and Max frequency settings are set to the same Hz on both models. They are set to: For PowerFlex 4M, P102 - 50Hz P104 - 0Hz P105 - 50Hz For PowerFlex523, P032 - 50Hz P043 - 0Hz P044 - 50Hz n </s>
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<s>[INST] SSL Security Connection Error Summary: SSL Security Connection ErrorHello All: When I am trying to open FTV SE project, I am getting SSL security connection error. Could anyone please let me know what is the problem? [/INST] Is this when running the project or when opening in studio? n </s>
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<s>[INST] Folder Button on 20-HIM-A6 Summary: Accessing the Folder Button on 20-HIM-A6 causes my PowerFlex 753 Drive to StopWe were doing a startup on a new PowerFlex 753 with imbedded Ethernet/IP when while accessing parameters via the Folder button the drive ramped down and shut off. We started the drive back up and tried to replicate the behavior and the drive ramped down and shut off again while browsing parameters via the folder button. Has anybody else experienced this anomaly and is there any way to disable it? This is not a good feature... [/INST] Hmmm... never seen... try to contact TechSupport for this issue. Did you have the chance to test another HIM? It could be defective... - fuzzy logic In order to enhance the reputation of the Forum's contributors, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! This happened on earlier versions of the HIM firmware. Please upgrade the firmware in the HIM to version 2.005. n </s>
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<s>[INST] PLC5/40 Self Induced Controller Fault Summary: Want to put a PLC5 controller in fault Hi all, Is there any way I can put my controller in minor fault as I need to check whether DO's hold their outputs or no if configured correctly on rack. Of course, the major fault would reset the outputs. Maybe there is way of doing it by writing some routine or logic. I tried math calculation of dividing by zero but it does not produce a fault, any ideas? Thanks a lot! [/INST] Try moving a negative value into a Timer .PRE word. I think that will fault a PLC-5 controller programmatically, though it's been years since I had to work on one. Kakkerlak said: Try moving a negative value into a Timer .PRE word. I think that will fault a PLC-5 controller programmatically, though it's been years since I had to work on one. View original Hi Kakkerlak, This didnt work as it does not allow to enter negative value during development mode. PLC-5 behavior: A minor fault indicates a status change (for informational purposes only) or that a problem occurred, but that the problem is not severe enough to halt the processor. To clear a minor fault, reset individual bits on the status displays where the minor error bit is displayed. If you are unsure where the minor error bit is displayed examine the minor fault table. About Kakkerlak's suggestion: He wrote: try MOVING a negative value.... indicating to use a MOV instruction to the Timer Preset (see the image below). That generates a Major Fault inside the controller. - fuzzy logic In order to enhance the reputation of the Forum's contributors, please rate the replies you got and remember to close the thread clicking Choose as Best Answer button over the solving answer. Thanks ! n </s>
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<s>[INST] host IDs Can I use a modem as a host ID? the PCI slots are full. I want to move the activation from my hard drive to a network card. [/INST] Host ID can be the Hard Drive, a Network card and an USB Dongle... modem is not a valid device. Aid 58310 explains how to determine the available Host ID options for your PC. See also Aid 35591 and Aid 64331 about possible issues using a NIC card as Host ID in some cases. But.... is there a particular reason for this change ? Hope this helps… - fuzzy logic Is it possible that I can use my Portable USB HDD for the Host ID.If possible please tell me the procedure.What device do Rockwell mean when they say USB dongle? Regards No, it isn't possible... :smileysad: A Dongle is a USB hardware device that gives out an address (Host ID), that your activation is tied to. You can purchase it from your local distributor, the part # is 9509USBDONG. NOTE: it is not a Memory stick, you can not save your activation file on a it. Your Activation file has to be saved on every computer that will use the software in the activation directory. i.e. C:Program FilesCommon FilesRockwellActivations. Your new software will activate when you attach the Dongle. - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] FactoryTalk View Studio errors, does not exist. Hi there, I have been having problems for a while on trying to get this factorytalk view studio running for a month plus. I have been going through forums, tech support but I still does not get any resolve answer. I believe there are people out there having the same problems too. I hope I can get this problem resolve here and help others out too. Problem:When I startup Factorytalk View Studio, evrey part of the screen loads and it ended up with Computer M1000 does not exist in Factory Talk Directory. Please contact your administrator. I have tried uninstalling all the softwares including rslogix and linx, and restart and reinstall and I have the same results. I tried running the FactoryTalk Directory wizard and it still gives me the same error. Please I hope someone out there can assist me in this problem. Currently, My client requires updates on their screens but I could not update it for them at all cause my software is not working. Please reply this post and/or email me at [email protected] Thank You,Johnny [/INST] Johnny, you've mentioned you've ran FactoryTalk Directory Configuration Wizard... Did you follow the short procedure explained in Aid 51491 ? Also, you've not mentioned if you're using ME or SE, and if the last if it is a Networked solution... in that case take a look to Aid 30375 - fuzzy logic n </s>
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<s>[INST] Industrial LAN Italy Support In regards to Italy specifically, is anyone able to provide insight on the level of coverage and technical support that one could expect with Rockwell's Industrial LAN products and operations throughout Italy? Are local resources available to provide technical onsite support, etc. Many thanks. [/INST] Hello Sadiqi, thanks for your question We have several options in regards of what you are asking. If the intention is to get support for Rockwell products and it's acceptable to get remote help by phone (available also in Italian Language) then the option could be to sign a TechConnect . More details about the TechConnect program are available in the following publication TechConnect Support User Guide The product family for getting support on networks, according to publication Support Services Product Family Guide , is Automation Control. This family includes Stratix Switches If you are searching for such a Network assesment or Network validation then we have local resources that can be engaged for working on site, but this is part of different service. You find some details here Cybersecurity Services In the above page you have a form to contact Rockwell in case you are interested to this service. If you are interested to get this support for a specific company located in Italy and that is already in contact with Rockwell (directly or via distributor) , is preferable to get them in contact with their local RA representative who will guide them to the correct contact to speak. If your interest is to get a support on site then Rockwell Italy offers the possibility to have Field Service Engineers who are skilled on all our products. In this case I would suggest contacting Rockwell by phone The following link contains the information about the phone numbers you can use to contact Rockwell Customer Care in whatever country. https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/phone If you want to speak with Customer Care Italy just select Europe and Italy from the drop-down list and you will get the correct number to use. The phone menu' allows also the selection of the English language if Italian is not your mother language. Regards Antonio n </s>
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<s>[INST] Rexroth amplifier card Summary: controlling a VT5011 or VT5013 amplifier cardI wanted to know if there is a way, with a CompactLogix 1769-L32E processor, and what ever required input/output cards are needed, to control a Rexroth VT5011 or VT5013 electrical amplifier card. Right now the card is controlled via external command value potentiometers (10 turn, 10kOhm) wired to control the card. Could this be done via an analog output card and setting the channel to +/- 10 VDC? Attached is the spec sheet on the amplifier card. Please help, as I would like to get rid of these potentiometers and control this via the PLC, if possible. [/INST] nan n </s>
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<s>[INST] Virtual Computer Is it possible to transfer an EVRSI type of activation to a Virtual Computer? I am using microsoft virtual PC to run XP on a vista machine and I can load the rockwell software, but so far have failed at getting the activations to transfer. [/INST] It should work. I've done it plenty of times on a VMWare virtual machine;I'd imagine VirtualPC to work similarly. Are you transferring from a floppy master disk to the virtual machine? Make sure the floppy is getting exclusively mounted in the virtual machine. JHutch Thanks for letting me know that it will work, now that I know it is possible I will try some other methods to see if I can find an option that works. The computer I am using does not have a floppy drive. I loaded the activation on to a USB flash drive and then moved it to a shared folder (shared as a network drive and shared with the VM). I had read that Virtual PC did not allow direct USB access so I did not try loading directly from the flash drive. I've done this over a network share before when there are floppy or USB 'issues' - works great in VMWare (note - most Rockwell training classes are done with virtual machines - to allow easy resetting of the enviroment) Since often having multiple Virtual Computer environments can often lock out a floppy drive, if you have problems, move the license to the host environement, then map a network drive and move it to the virtual environment. Also, you can use the EvMoveCF utility to move it from a usb stick. Past that, as long as the file system is NTFS or FAT32 you should be ok. Any of the other file systems, you will run into problems. My only attempt at setting this up has actually been to share a folder on the host PC then use the host PC (Vista) to move from the CF drive to the shared folder. I then mapped this folder as a shared folder in the virtual PC and tried to move from that shared drive (it shows up as a network drive in the VC) to the local virtual drive. Since I am not sure if it is a drive mapping isse, a Vista issue or a virtual drive sharing issue (or smething else that I do not know ould be a problem) I am going to try using an XP computer to move the activation to a real network drive, but I have not had time to get both machines on the same network so that I can try again. I will let you know if it works over the network. Microsoft virtual PC, the last time I used it, only allowed me to transfer EVRSI files from a mounted floppy drive or I was able to do it with a CD-RW. No other method....ie...network, shared folder, usb drive......allowed me to tranfer sucsessfully. If you are going to use Microsft Virtual PC, buy a $20 USB floppy drive and save yourself some headaches. I did use a USB floppy drive and got the activation moved, but even that method was a battle. The Virtual PC locked up several times while accessing the drive. Thanks for the warning about not wasting time on a network install. Of course if you waste your time on Microsoft products you end up wasting your time. I have never had a hint of these problems using VMWare even on a Linux host. Although we are not all going to go out and buy vmware esx server, the free virtual pc product gets most users started in the right direction. It is nice to know that Microsoft products run much better on a Linux platform. Thank you for your input badmojo. I think VMWare is so good that I bought VMWare Workstation 5 and then upgraded to 6. I haven't used ESX Server, but if you need a server version and don't want to pay then VMWare server is free (again I haven't used it so this is not a recomendation). I first recommended virtualisation to a client to over come legacy issues (Windows 95/98) wouldn't run very well on modern PCs. I demonstrated with a DOS Guest, running IPDS 6200 PLC3 development software. The VM wont see a KT card but it'll connect via RS232 and the correct KE/KF box. I have also demonstrated Step7 in a VM, no problems here. In fact by far the biggest success to date was allowing multiple versions of WinCC Flexible to be run on the same laptop (all in their own VM of course). Sorry if it seems like I'm a nay-sayer, but I think I should point out that we (Rockwell Automation) do not currently support virtual PCs for production. You can see that in answer 30209: There is currently no support for virtualization in production environments. However, Rockwell Software recognizes the trend towards virtualization, and certain products are likely to support virtual environments in the future. One known limitation of virtual platforms is the general inability to access devices that reside on the host computer's bus (ISA, PCI, PCMCIA, etc). This severely limits the ability of a virtual machine to access communication interface devices that reside on the bus. Generally speaking, the only types of devices that Rockwell products can access are those that appear to the operating system as COM ports, USB ports, or are accessed through the Winsock stack. It used to just say a blanket no, so I think that is promising. We use virtual PCs extensively in training and support. I have found no problems running any Rockwell product that are attributable to the Virtualisation (yet). I have, however, only used them with the old style (eversi) activation and have no idea how they will cope with the new activation (FactoryTalk) (but I don't know how real PCs are going to cope with that either). The VMs have already paid for them selves by allowing a quick restart on many occassions when early versions of RSViewStudio trashed development machines.:smileywink: Kurt I had seen that Rockwell does not support Vista or virtual PC's, but I had been to a training session and saw that the labs were all run on virtual machines. Since it is not supported I looked here for information instead of Rockwell tech support. Since it will not access some communication options I need it does not look like I will be able to abandon my win 2K laptop for a while. Depending on what you are doing and why, you could set up RSLinx gateway that the VM image accesses I'm using RSLogix 5000, RsLogix 500, RSNetworx, Factory View SE and RsLinx Enterprise all over a VM Ware 6.5 machine (with OS Windows XP SP2 English) using the Factory Talk Activation Tools and is working perfect! Best Regards. n </s>
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