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SQD & SQT versus VBA ADO

January 15, 2013, 8:05 am
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I am a relative newbie so please don't shoot me down if this has already been asked.

I have gathering energy usage data over the network via modbusTCP. At the moment, I have 6 meters to read, but will eventually have 38.
Each meter will provide me with 12 readings (volts per phase,amps per phase, KW,KVA,KVAR etc.....).
I currently have the 6 meters being read and log the data to mySQL via SQD/SQT at a period of once every 15 seconds based on a tag changing which is polled every 15 sec. This process works but I can't go any faster than the 15 seconds, so once I get all 38 meters in service I am thinking I will have to extend the poll time even further, probably to over a minute.

The manuals suggest SQD/SQT is the quickest method of getting data into mysql, but i am wondering if they just mean the quickest to set up.
Therefore, my question is, will using VBA and ADO be quicker and if so, can anyone point me in the right direction to some sample scripts.

Secondly, I will want to retrieve this long term data from the mySql database to show on a chart, again, any pointers to some sample scripts will be much appreciated.

Using iFix 5.5. Do not want to use Historian - too expensive for the task in hand.


Thanks in anticipation.
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THISNODE and Webserver

January 15, 2013, 8:11 am
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I will be using iFix5.5 on node1, and webserver on node2.
If I enable THISNODE on node 1, this will give me the flexibility to produce pictures for a node3 which will be identical to node1, thereby saving development time.

However, my question, is will the webserver on node2 get confused to which database tags it should be showing....will the webpages on node2 have its THISNODE alias replaced by node2 rather than node1.....
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Tags Not Showing Up In Historical Selection

January 15, 2013, 9:26 am
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I am using iFix 5.5 on a Windows 7 32-bit. I have the tags configured in the historical collection, I look in Mission and see the HTC running. It is in the tasks when started and set to background. I check the HTRDATA folder and there are files being created.

When I go to select pens to display in a trend, I click on the Historical tab and nothing appears. It's setup to use THISNODE and I see a THISNODE folder under the HTRDATA. i have restarted the SCADA a few times and still no tags appear.

Any ideas on why the tags are not appearing? My trend is configuring itself correctly to the CSV files, just no data is displaying because the Historical can't match the Hist.THISNODE.tag defined in the CSV file.
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How to delete "Groups"

January 15, 2013, 7:01 pm
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It is easy to create an group in "Security Groups", but encountered error messsage when attempt to delete it:

Failed to delete Group - The object is currently in use.

PS:
WORKFLOW version 1.5 SP2
Only one "Set Keys" assigned to this group

Anyone have ideas? Thanks in advance.
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Urgent: Block on SCAN AI

January 16, 2013, 8:34 am
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Hello,
I am setting my alarm limits (.A_LOLO, .A_LO, A_HI, A_HIHI) of my AI tags (SIM driver) with VBA in picture. When I do that alarm is still in database even if it is not an alarm anymore. And when I click on the tag in databasemanager and save it with no changes then alarm goes away.
What can I do so that alarm will go away immediately when I change the alarm limits with VBA script?
Best regards
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2.0/6.1.1 - Silverlight DataCell - Limits

January 16, 2013, 4:58 pm
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I just created a test form using the Silverlight DataCell component in a Workflow form.

I attached a cell to a variable that had limits defined, but no limits were shown in the context menu.

Has anyone else used the DataCell and had their variables' limits shown?
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how to add graph using script?

January 17, 2013, 4:42 am
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graph with multiple Y axises

Thanx
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Register time issue with Current Year

January 17, 2013, 6:30 am
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I guess we are in 2013 where as register form only accepts "2012"!!! A guessing and try worked!

please update the same :)
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Sockets and Cimplicity 8.2

January 17, 2013, 7:28 am
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Hello everyone,

I got a task to connect to a few peripheral devices using TCP/IP. To be consistent with all other HMIs (Cimplicity 8.2) and because the interface with these peripherals will require few extra GUI screens, I would like to use Cimplicity to make socket connections to all perpheral devices.

Can you tell me if Cimplicity is capable of making such connection at all?

Thanks,

EC
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How to config project startup...

January 17, 2013, 8:33 am
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I have a project ("D:\Scada")
To open, i do:
- Run Ifix, then
- Run Workspace

Now I want have shortcut (same the shortcut to open Sample Ifix on desktop) to do:
- Run Ifix
- Run Login (if Ok then Run Workspace, else = End)
Please show me step and step to do it!
Thanks!
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programming CPU by proficy machine edition

January 17, 2013, 8:41 am
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I have changed type 364 pcu to 374 and i have problem installing the new program.
I am using proficy machine edition. The 374 cpu is new. I have error codes on the proficy machine edition and cannot seem to clear these. I believe the error codes are preventing the installation.
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'Bad' Tag Causes Reader Service Delays

January 17, 2013, 3:20 pm
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Had an issue where some equipment was taken offline for maintenance. We have tags in Plant Apps(PA) to calculate the average with a sampling window of 1 minute.
We are running PA 5.0 and there was a change from 4.4.1 that makes PA ignore our sample window when the data quality is bad. As the equipment is off longer, the gap back to 'Good' data keeps getting larger and the reader progressively gets more and more behind as it tries to process the data.

GE's recommendation is to either remove the tags(not an option) or add calculations as the historian to account for the bad data(don't want to pay for essentially duplicate tags when PA should be able to handle this)

I assume somebody else has come across this scenario and am wondering how it was resolved.

I do have the expectation that I can turn off equipment and not hinder general PA performance because of 'Bad' data, especially when the quality is flagged as 'Bad'
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Excessive Time to Build Changes

January 17, 2013, 5:45 pm
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I'm currently doing some PLC code development for a project using Proficy Machine Addition V7.0 SIM 7. We're using the RX3i range of PLCs with a IC695CPU320 processor.

Whenever I build any code changes it takes approximately 4-5 mins to complete the process regardless of how minor the change is. The point in the process at which it seems to get stuck is when it is building retentive maps. At the bottom of the screen it says:

Building retentive maps: 99% Time Remaining:00:00:01

The message will stay there for a few minutes and then the process progresses from that point.

The 4-5 mins delay is significantly hampering our development time. Is there someway of turning off the need to build retentive maps (whatever that means) or some sort of work around for this issue?
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LM90 to Proficy ME Conversion

January 17, 2013, 6:31 pm
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I have a 90-70 program in LM90. This particular PLC has an interface to several DC300 drives using GE's DLAN card (IC697BEM763).

I was able to import the program without any major issues, just a couple of warnings about names with "<", ">" or multiple "_" characters in them.

I don't see any reason why I would need any special files if the whole program is converted.

Has anyone else dealt with this issue already?
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changing IP address of quickpanel control

January 18, 2013, 6:41 am
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I have tried to change the address of quick panel control as described in the manual. It accepts the change but when i ping it from my PC , i get no reply. But when i change back to the old IP address i get a reply.
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quickpanel control memory

January 18, 2013, 6:47 am
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When i try to run view runtime on qp control i get the message program memory low. I bought a 2 gb flash card. The program memory when viewed in memory set up is now 15 mb but i still get memory low when i run view runtime. How do i get more program memory to be used from The flash card or do i need to increase the RAM?
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how to create navigation bar and CIMLayout in cimplicity 8.2

January 18, 2013, 12:53 pm
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Hi all,

I have cimplicity 8.2 installed on windows 7. I have a very simple question that how to create navigation bar and CIMLAYOUT file in cimplicity 8.2 projectless version. I already have some .CIM files of which i want to add in navigation
bar and CIMLAYOUT. please tell me how to do this in cimplicity 8.2 PROJECT LESS Version.

Regards
mhs100
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[Question] Dynamo Set

January 18, 2013, 11:24 pm
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Hi guys,

I just wanna create a dynamo object, which is working like:
- Showing form to assign data tags to animation object
- Create event click, which is calling to other form to working in runtime mode.

The first is easy to do and it's done.
The second is something I feel confuse. Adding event to dynamo object is okay, but how can I call forms in the "automatic event create"?

I could create form in User, adding procedure and think it'll be okay since I could call this from workspace. But assume the form is inside dynamo, what do i need to reference to?

Thanks for your suggest!
Best regards,
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Toolbox ST version 04.04 Trip log problem

January 20, 2013, 8:38 am
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Hi all,

I am facing a problem with Triplog in controlST. Actually the data which it is logging and retaining is only for the last 3 days. However, my requirement is that i want trip log to retain data for the last 30 days.

There maybe some setting which i lam looking over. Can anyone help me regarding this issue? It seems to be simple.

Any suggestions?

Regrds,
mhs100
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Debug message from iFix: Fault tolerant heap shim applied to current process

January 20, 2013, 12:12 pm
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When I run our customer OPC driver, I see this strange message in DebugView which, when I google has zero results. It's a very strange message:

[4776] FTH: (4776): *** Fault tolerant heap shim applied to current process. This is usually due to previous crashes. ***

Oddly enough, that's exactly the problem we're having... Crashes.

Has anyone else seen anything like this?

Debug View, for anyone who doesn't know is a way of seeing OutputDebugString messages even when you're not running in a debugger like the one that is built into Visual Studio. Debug View is a microsoft tool which makes these otherwise invisible "trace messages" visible.

Warren
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