Hi folks. Trying to do a quick online edit on the depal, 1756 l72, Studio 5000 v31. Need to add a one shot on a rung in R_Infeed. Right click the rung, Start Pending Rung Edits, and it throws a box saying edits are already pending in this program, or words like that, and won't let me in.
Nobody else has the project open, I'm the only one on site with a laptop tonight. I went offline and back online, restarted Studio, then uploaded a fresh copy, same box every time. There are no edit marks on any rung in R_Infeed that I can see.
Is something stuck in the controller? I'm not rebooting a running line at 1am. Is there a way to clear whatever's pending from the laptop, or am I stuck waiting for the Sunday shutdown?
No reboot, not on a 1756-L72 for this. The message says program, not routine. Look at every routine in that program in the organizer. Any of the icons have the little edit marker on them? What firmware, 31.011? And when was the last time somebody other than you was online with it.
R_Glue has the marker, I never even opened it. 31.011 yes. A contractor was in for the glue system back in March, so 6 months.
There's your contractor. He tested edits in R_Glue, left them in test, and drove home. The controller runs the test version, the program sits with edits for six months, and the next person who edits anything in that program gets your box. Seen it twice.
Open R_Glue. Look at what the test rungs do first, they're the ones with the I and R on the left. If the glue guy's change is what's running and it's been fine since March, Assemble Accepted Program Edits on the toolbar makes it permanent. If you don't know what it does, Untest, then Cancel Accepted Program Edits drops back to the original. Then your one shot goes in normally. Writeup on edit states here: https://plctr.com/advanced-troubleshooting-techniques-for-plc-systems/
Opened R_Glue, three rungs with I and R marks, a purge timer change and a new interlock on the glue pot heater. That's been running since March and nobody's complained, so I assembled them. Box went away, one shot went in on R_Infeed, depal ran the rest of the night.
Short version for the next person: contractor left test edits in R_Glue in March, and test edits block the whole program. Assemble, then edit.
The offline file on the shared drive doesn't have the glue changes either. So I need to upload and save that before somebody downloads over it. Tomorrow. Thanks pat_k and carlh.
Upload it tonight, not tomorrow. That's how the next thread starts.