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billr
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RE: CompactLogix reboots whenever a bank of solenoids fires

It's over 10 before the inrush on 40 coils. The supply hits current limit and folds back, the rail drops under the controller's minimum for a few mill...

2 hours ago
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RE: 1756-EN2TR DLR ring ran broken for six weeks before the cell went down

Green all the way through, that crimp was gone long before Tuesday.

2 hours ago
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RE: RSLinx shows red X on 1756-EN2T in RSWho, ping works from the same laptop

Close enough. Two ways. In RSLinx, Communications, Configure Drivers, add an Ethernet devices driver instead of EtherNet removed link That one doesn'...

3 hours ago
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RE: 1756-L61 lost its program after a power outage, BAT LED had been red

Check the chassis PSU LED anyway while you're in there. But it's the battery.

4 hours ago
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RE: ControlLogix redundancy stays Disqualified after replacing a 1756-EN2T in the secondary

Not sure it's series yet. Ping the new EN2T from the primary side first, then worry about that.

6 hours ago
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RE: 1734-AENTR over industrial wifi drops 16#0204 a few times an hour

What's the connection timeout on that rack. Not the RPI. The timeout.

7 hours ago
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RE: Stratix 5700, four cells down after a tech patched two switch ports together

That's the port sitting in listening and learning before it forwards. Set the ports facing a PLC or an HMI to portfast, on the Stratix the Automation ...

12 hours ago
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RE: RSLinx shows red X on 1756-EN2T in RSWho, ping works from the same laptop

Nothing wrong with the module. Ping works, that's layer 3 and it goes through the router. RSWho with the EtherNet/IP driver finds modules by broadcast...

16 hours ago
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RE: 1756-EN2T solid red NET LED after a spare went in, duplicate IP on another line

Solid red NET on an EN2T is duplicate IP detected. The module shuts its own port. It doesn't need a switch to do that. What address does the spare sc...

3 days ago
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RE: 1756-EN2T faulted, 16#0204 connection request error after weekend power outage

Don't swap it. Display scrolling BOOTP is the whole story, the module has no address. What are the three rotary switches on the front set to? Photo, t...

3 days ago
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RE: CompactLogix reboots whenever a bank of solenoids fires

40 solenoids on a 10A supply. Do the sum.

3 days ago
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RE: 1756-EN2TR DLR ring ran broken for six weeks before the cell went down

The ring did exactly what it's for. First break, it heals, nothing stops. Second break, two islands. Nobody looked at the supervisor status for six we...

3 days ago
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RE: Stratix 5700, four cells down after a tech patched two switch ports together

Not a virus. A cable from a switch back to itself is a loop, and the switch is supposed to block that on its own. Is spanning tree turned on?

4 days ago
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RE: 1734-AENT faults every module in the rack after adding a 1734-IB8 on the end

Hannah has it. Chassis Size on a 1734 is modules plus the adapter itself, so 9 for you, and 8 was right when you had 7 modules. Set it to 9 in Module ...

1 week ago
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RE: 1734-AENT faults every module in the rack after adding a 1734-IB8 on the end

No firmware. Open the AENT in the tree, Module Properties, General tab. What does Chassis Size say?

1 week ago