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carlh
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Topics: 5 / Replies: 42
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RE: Kinetix 5700 axis fault excessive position error at the end of fast moves

Copied and edited is where I'd stop looking at the mechanical side, pretty sure.

3 weeks ago
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RE: Studio 5000 refuses online edit, pending edits exist in another routine

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 edi...

3 weeks ago
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RE: PowerFlex 525 kept running after the switch died, stop on the screen did nothing

Not sure what you mean by fault action, that's not a parameter I've been in. All six came from the same integrator, same commissioning sheet.

3 weeks ago
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RE: 1756-DNB error 78 on node 5 after replacing a DeviceNet valve manifold

05 on the dials, power cycled the manifold, scanner display went back to cycling the nodes with the rest. Sorter ran all night. Whole thing was the d...

3 weeks ago
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RE: DeviceNet 1747-SDN, nodes at the far end of a 300 m trunk drop at 250 kbps

Pretty sure one node you missed is still at 250. One wrong rate and the whole bus goes off, that's your 91. Check the one you didn't touch, usually th...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Eight machines, one screen for everything, proper SCADA or a bigger PanelView Plus 7

We did the big PanelView in the office thing. Eight controllers on one Plus 7, and it worked, right up until the owner asked why the count was differe...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Motor current into a CompactLogix via CTs for predictive maintenance, is it worth it

Ignition, plenty of room, we keep two years. Line state and product code are already tags, so is runtime hours per motor.

3 weeks ago
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RE: Micro820 start/stop rung, motor starts then drops out the instant I let go of Start

Nothing wrong with the output. Your rung is only true while your thumb's on the button. Confirm one thing, the stop input reads 1 when nobody's touch...

3 weeks ago
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RE: SICK light curtain won't reset, one beam blocked by the new guard bracket

Blanking is paperwork and a guard. Moving steel is two bolts.

3 weeks ago
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RE: Upload from ControlLogix has no rung comments or tag descriptions

Off because it eats controller memory. Friday backups will save you more than the box will.

3 weeks ago
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RE: Ignition can't reach a 1756-L72 on VLAN 20 from VLAN 10, IT says routing is fine

It's ARPing for an address on another subnet because it hasn't got a gateway. Same thing on our palletizer PLC. Studio 5000, controller organizer, rig...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Light curtain muting trips on every second pallet on the exit conveyor, mute lamp flickers

Moved the sensors in to about 24in as a trial, old holes marked, area roped off and nobody on the line. Ran ten short pallets through, lamp stayed on,...

3 weeks ago
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