where can download GE's pac8000 hart device management software ? guess the software can direct connect pac8000 cpu through ethernet and monitor the pass through hart info..
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hart device management software
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Configuring IC693CMM311 for coms with pc
Good morning,
I am relatively inexperienced with GE Fanuc controls and am having trouble with getting communications with a 90-30 in our plant. I have made a cable to attach to the #1 port of the CBL305 cable following the diagram in GFK-00359F figure#5. I found the program in the Cimplicity software on our laptop. I opened the program and tried to establish communications. The com port lights are flashing on the processor card but I am timing out with no communication. I found a post from Russ regarding the pin out for the above cable with some direction on how to establish communications. I noticed that there is a difference between the cable I made and his diagram. On his diagram pin 4 on the 9 pin goes to pin 8 of the 25 pin connector. On the diagram I used pin 4 and pin 1 go to pin 8 of the 25 pin connector, is this wrong? I also see that the CMM is supposed to be configured to SNP. The program that I opened on my laptop indicates configured CCM/SNP does that need changed to SNP only? Thank you all very much this forum has helped me a lot in getting my feet wet. I went ahead and changed the configuration on the com card to SNP only and tried again, still the same result, com port 1 light is flashing periodically like it is receiving signal from pc but not sending back. I was reading in the ADC module book GFK-0499 about a "hard" reset to establish communication between the pc and and the processor. It sounds kind of sketchy and I don't want to disable the processor or loose programming if I can't even get comms with the machine, would disconnecting the cable attached top port 2 make any difference? It doesn't seem like it would, thanks again.
I am relatively inexperienced with GE Fanuc controls and am having trouble with getting communications with a 90-30 in our plant. I have made a cable to attach to the #1 port of the CBL305 cable following the diagram in GFK-00359F figure#5. I found the program in the Cimplicity software on our laptop. I opened the program and tried to establish communications. The com port lights are flashing on the processor card but I am timing out with no communication. I found a post from Russ regarding the pin out for the above cable with some direction on how to establish communications. I noticed that there is a difference between the cable I made and his diagram. On his diagram pin 4 on the 9 pin goes to pin 8 of the 25 pin connector. On the diagram I used pin 4 and pin 1 go to pin 8 of the 25 pin connector, is this wrong? I also see that the CMM is supposed to be configured to SNP. The program that I opened on my laptop indicates configured CCM/SNP does that need changed to SNP only? Thank you all very much this forum has helped me a lot in getting my feet wet. I went ahead and changed the configuration on the com card to SNP only and tried again, still the same result, com port 1 light is flashing periodically like it is receiving signal from pc but not sending back. I was reading in the ADC module book GFK-0499 about a "hard" reset to establish communication between the pc and and the processor. It sounds kind of sketchy and I don't want to disable the processor or loose programming if I can't even get comms with the machine, would disconnecting the cable attached top port 2 make any difference? It doesn't seem like it would, thanks again.
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Help with Boolean (BL) block and DR inputs
I've been doing some testing with a BL block and it appears that it can't use DR blocks as inputs. Is this correct or is there some way to get around that?
I'm trying to use these BL's to do some simple logic in the SCADA instead of in a PLC (it's a validated environment and SCADA changes are easier to get the paperwork approved for and less invasive to existing operations), so I want to re-use the existing SCADA tags which are reading from the PLC, but those are DR's and not DI's.
Any assistance appreciate,
-Greg
I'm trying to use these BL's to do some simple logic in the SCADA instead of in a PLC (it's a validated environment and SCADA changes are easier to get the paperwork approved for and less invasive to existing operations), so I want to re-use the existing SCADA tags which are reading from the PLC, but those are DR's and not DI's.
Any assistance appreciate,
-Greg
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Equipvalent Function block to RSlogix 5000
Hi,
We are currently convert our original PLC program from RSlogix 5000 to Proficy Machine Edition. In RSlogix there is a function block for PID control naming PIDE. I wonder does Machine Edition has anything similar.
I also look for similar function block for Retentive timer. The RSlogic is RTO.
Thanks
Alan
Enhanced PID (PIDE)
The PIDE instruction provides enhanced capabilities over the standard PID instruction. The instruction uses the velocity form of the PID algorithm. The gain terms are applied to the change in the value of error or PV, not the value of error or PV.
We are currently convert our original PLC program from RSlogix 5000 to Proficy Machine Edition. In RSlogix there is a function block for PID control naming PIDE. I wonder does Machine Edition has anything similar.
I also look for similar function block for Retentive timer. The RSlogic is RTO.
Thanks
Alan
Enhanced PID (PIDE)
The PIDE instruction provides enhanced capabilities over the standard PID instruction. The instruction uses the velocity form of the PID algorithm. The gain terms are applied to the change in the value of error or PV, not the value of error or PV.
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Cimplicity License Steps
Hi Experts,
I want to license Complicity Software 8.1 , i have USB Dongle.
Please tell me steps to follow to install License.
thanks in Advance
I want to license Complicity Software 8.1 , i have USB Dongle.
Please tell me steps to follow to install License.
thanks in Advance
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iFix Integration Toolkit /iFix Toolkit adapter?
Hi all
can someone Tell me how can I implement iFix toolkit adapter in visual Studio? I have to get data from iFix, and and i need to write an application with Visual Studio after installing iFix integration toolkit, but I don't know how can I see it in Visual Studio?
thank u for every small Information :)
can someone Tell me how can I implement iFix toolkit adapter in visual Studio? I have to get data from iFix, and and i need to write an application with Visual Studio after installing iFix integration toolkit, but I don't know how can I see it in Visual Studio?
thank u for every small Information :)
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Application to transfer data from iHistorian to an other tool for trendnalysis
Hi all
I want to display the trend from analogue inputs no more with iFix but with an other tool (Trendviewer.net)? my questions are: when I work with iHistorian, is it possible to create an application witch transfers real-time and historical data from iHistorian to the other Tool? through OPC for example? or API interface?
will i need visual studio to create it?
I'm new in the domain, and I'm thankful for every small information?
thank u :)
I want to display the trend from analogue inputs no more with iFix but with an other tool (Trendviewer.net)? my questions are: when I work with iHistorian, is it possible to create an application witch transfers real-time and historical data from iHistorian to the other Tool? through OPC for example? or API interface?
will i need visual studio to create it?
I'm new in the domain, and I'm thankful for every small information?
thank u :)
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Cimplicity 8.2 - SQL Server version compatibility
Hi all,
Running Cimplicity 8.2 SIM 24 on Windows 7 64 bit machines. We are upsizing from MS Access to SQL server. What is the latest release of SQL server that we can install on a windows server and still be compatible with Cimplicity 8.2? I've seen both SQL server 2008 and 2008 R2 being mentioned but cannot find the official ruling on this. Also, what is the latest release of Windows server that I can run?
Regards,
Axle
Running Cimplicity 8.2 SIM 24 on Windows 7 64 bit machines. We are upsizing from MS Access to SQL server. What is the latest release of SQL server that we can install on a windows server and still be compatible with Cimplicity 8.2? I've seen both SQL server 2008 and 2008 R2 being mentioned but cannot find the official ruling on this. Also, what is the latest release of Windows server that I can run?
Regards,
Axle
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Fix AE Collector not collecting
Hi all,
I am having an issue where I have to restart my AE collector in the Historian Administrator (The ifix AE collector) in order to get my most recent alarms and events.
I have installed Historian SIM 19 on my redundant SCADA pair as well as on the Historian Server, and I recently installed AEDB_SIM5 which was supposed to correct this issue.
Anyone ever have this issue and have a "simple" solution?
Thanks,
Jason
I am having an issue where I have to restart my AE collector in the Historian Administrator (The ifix AE collector) in order to get my most recent alarms and events.
I have installed Historian SIM 19 on my redundant SCADA pair as well as on the Historian Server, and I recently installed AEDB_SIM5 which was supposed to correct this issue.
Anyone ever have this issue and have a "simple" solution?
Thanks,
Jason
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Set iFix DB Tag Engineering Units from VB
Hi. I am setting up a customers batch recipes in a SQL server with a set point and high/low limits. It would be nice to set the low and high engineering units from VB script based off the SQL data.
When I tried to write tag.F_EHI and tag.F_ELO I get an error, "Cannot write to this field." Does anyone have experience with this?
When I tried to write tag.F_EHI and tag.F_ELO I get an error, "Cannot write to this field." Does anyone have experience with this?
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Webview requirements
Hi,
What are the minimum requirement to run the webview in client PC? The PC is in a proxy server and the customer asks us the required setting in the PC to get webview .
What are the minimum requirement to run the webview in client PC? The PC is in a proxy server and the customer asks us the required setting in the PC to get webview .
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Single screen on multiple monitors command line options
I am running Version 8.0 on the Windows 7 64 bit OS. I have eight monitors to display a single large screen. This setup work fine until I replaced the motherboard and had to reinstall Windows. I failed to write down the command line parameters for the shortcut to this screen. The short story is that I have the system working as before except for one detail. I'm using the /geometry command line parameter to position and size the screen. This work well except for the fact that I must set the lower right display as the main screen (#4 in this case), as the /geometry switch appears to reference to the bottom right corner. On startup, this arrangement puts the Windows taskbar on screen 4. Before the upgrade I had this working so that the taskbar appeared on screen 1. I would like to get the taskbar back to screen 1. As information, I don't recall using the /geometry parameter before the upgrade, and my recollection is that there were other commands in the original shortcut target line. The current target line is:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\GE Fanuc\Proficy CIMPLICITY\exe\CimView.exe" /nomenutitle /geometry 7680x2048-0-0 "C:\AWCTC\screens\CTC.cim"
Thanks in advance for any help.
-- Vic Grappone
"C:\Program Files (x86)\GE Fanuc\Proficy CIMPLICITY\exe\CimView.exe" /nomenutitle /geometry 7680x2048-0-0 "C:\AWCTC\screens\CTC.cim"
Thanks in advance for any help.
-- Vic Grappone
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iFix 5.8 Migration Question
We have several XP machines with earlier versions of iFix. I will be replacing the PC's with WIN7. My development PC is WIN8 with 5.8. I want to update the earlier files to 5.8 and than transfer these files to WIN7. Is this possible? I have copied the the entire directories of the older iFix files and will transfer as necessary. So essentially I am going from XP/5.1 to W8/5.8 to W7/5.8. Thoughts please.
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Dictionary Object
The Dictionary object shows up the in help file, but there is no reference to MS Scripting Library available in the VBA IDE so when I use it in the VBE the code fails.
Is this object not available or do I have the wrong library in mind?
Update: lib was "MS Scripting Runtime" and was not in alpha order so I missed it,
Is this object not available or do I have the wrong library in mind?
Update: lib was "MS Scripting Runtime" and was not in alpha order so I missed it,
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VBA code file parsing
OK I know I can do this, But apparently not today.
I want to populate a ComboBox with the first column of values from a CSV file, then use the second and third values from the same CSV file as parameters for other commands.
First Column is a friendly name, the other two are cryptic filenames related to that friendly name. a TGD and CSV file used for trends.
I can pull the values out and populate the combobox with the any "field" of the csv I like, but I can't figure out what to do with the second and third fields in order to have them available for a later command when the selected item is chosen.
I tried using a dictionary but I have to destroy the dictionary object before I can call the _change event in the combobox.
Am I heading the wrong way here?
I want to populate a ComboBox with the first column of values from a CSV file, then use the second and third values from the same CSV file as parameters for other commands.
First Column is a friendly name, the other two are cryptic filenames related to that friendly name. a TGD and CSV file used for trends.
I can pull the values out and populate the combobox with the any "field" of the csv I like, but I can't figure out what to do with the second and third fields in order to have them available for a later command when the selected item is chosen.
I tried using a dictionary but I have to destroy the dictionary object before I can call the _change event in the combobox.
Am I heading the wrong way here?
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SQL Openquery for Historian - TimeGood
Hello,
Trying to create a query to determine how long a tag had a negative value for a given time period. I think this works using the Filtered type query, but can this be done for more than one tag at a time? This is similar to a Time in State query in other tools we have worked with previously.
Select Tagname, [Timestamp], [value], [Value]/1000 as 'Seconds Negative' from OpenQuery(iHISTORIAN,
'SET SamplingMode=Calculated,CalculationMode=TimeGood,
FilterComparisonMode="LessThan",FilterValue="0",
FilterMode="AfterTime",
FilterTag="BS1.B100DPT011.F_CV",
StartTime="2015-04-19 12:00:00.000 AM" ,
EndTime="2015-04-20 12:00:00.000 AM",
NumberOfSamples=1
SELECT Tagname, Timestamp, value FROM ihRawData
')
Trying to create a query to determine how long a tag had a negative value for a given time period. I think this works using the Filtered type query, but can this be done for more than one tag at a time? This is similar to a Time in State query in other tools we have worked with previously.
Select Tagname, [Timestamp], [value], [Value]/1000 as 'Seconds Negative' from OpenQuery(iHISTORIAN,
'SET SamplingMode=Calculated,CalculationMode=TimeGood,
FilterComparisonMode="LessThan",FilterValue="0",
FilterMode="AfterTime",
FilterTag="BS1.B100DPT011.F_CV",
StartTime="2015-04-19 12:00:00.000 AM" ,
EndTime="2015-04-20 12:00:00.000 AM",
NumberOfSamples=1
SELECT Tagname, Timestamp, value FROM ihRawData
')
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SIM Tag
I have a SIM tag that has the value of the current recipe that is loaded. Is there a way that I can write this info to an IO tag for writing to a PLC register? Thanks
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iFix 5.8
HI all
can someone tell me if I can open a project (witch was created with the iFix version 5.5) with iFix 5.8?
thanks in advance
can someone tell me if I can open a project (witch was created with the iFix version 5.5) with iFix 5.8?
thanks in advance
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IFIX SCADA Manual
Hello,
I am new to iFIX SCADA and will start working on the project which uses iFIX.
I was trying to find Manual or some notes for iFIX but couldn't find it.
Can anyone please direct me to some help which will give basic information about iFIX software and how to create/ update projects etc.
Thanks.
I am new to iFIX SCADA and will start working on the project which uses iFIX.
I was trying to find Manual or some notes for iFIX but couldn't find it.
Can anyone please direct me to some help which will give basic information about iFIX software and how to create/ update projects etc.
Thanks.
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iFIX 5.8 / IGS / Studio5000 v24 Issues
We are running Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 V24 project on ControlLogix with the latest versions of iFIX (5.8 SP1) and IGS (7.514).
iFIX has issues reading some PLC tags. These are typically arrays or elements of a Logix UDT, but on rare occasions, sometimes normal data types as well. IGS displays a CIP error 0x04 with an error event description similar to: "Unable to read '1' element(s) starting at 'TC_AVG_DATA[0]' on device 'Channel1.Device1'.
Despite the errors, the OPC quick client can read the values, but not iFIX through the SAC and PDB.
The part of this that is most confusing is that iFix can always read PART of the aforementioned array, but fails to read some elements (the number of array elements that iFix can read seems to be random, sometimes 9 , sometimes 11, sometimes 4). For example: TC_AVG_DATA[] contains 22 elements, in once instance, iFix can only read the first 9 elements. OPC quick client can always read all elements with no issues.
At first glance, one might think that the issue is a typo or other discrepancy between IGS/IFix PDB/PLC tag names, however, being able to read a partial array in iFix puts an end to this theory.
We noticed that Kepware has released a new version of KepServer (5.17) in February 2015 which specifically addresses Studio 5000 V23 and V24.
Could this issue be caused by incompatibility with IGS v7.514 and Studio 5000 v24? Or perhaps it is more closely related to the IGS iFix driver wrapper of KepServer since OPC quick client can see the data without issue? If this is the case, is GE working on a fix for IGS? If so, when?
I have screenshots that I can send, however, was unable to attach in the forum.
Any other thoughts or insights would be appreciated.
iFIX has issues reading some PLC tags. These are typically arrays or elements of a Logix UDT, but on rare occasions, sometimes normal data types as well. IGS displays a CIP error 0x04 with an error event description similar to: "Unable to read '1' element(s) starting at 'TC_AVG_DATA[0]' on device 'Channel1.Device1'.
Despite the errors, the OPC quick client can read the values, but not iFIX through the SAC and PDB.
The part of this that is most confusing is that iFix can always read PART of the aforementioned array, but fails to read some elements (the number of array elements that iFix can read seems to be random, sometimes 9 , sometimes 11, sometimes 4). For example: TC_AVG_DATA[] contains 22 elements, in once instance, iFix can only read the first 9 elements. OPC quick client can always read all elements with no issues.
At first glance, one might think that the issue is a typo or other discrepancy between IGS/IFix PDB/PLC tag names, however, being able to read a partial array in iFix puts an end to this theory.
We noticed that Kepware has released a new version of KepServer (5.17) in February 2015 which specifically addresses Studio 5000 V23 and V24.
Could this issue be caused by incompatibility with IGS v7.514 and Studio 5000 v24? Or perhaps it is more closely related to the IGS iFix driver wrapper of KepServer since OPC quick client can see the data without issue? If this is the case, is GE working on a fix for IGS? If so, when?
I have screenshots that I can send, however, was unable to attach in the forum.
Any other thoughts or insights would be appreciated.
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