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

Hex box ticked, MSG runs, and Network Status came back 0 with both cables fixed. Pulled one on purpose Friday with the line stopped, it went to 1 in a...

3 weeks ago
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RE: MicroLogix 1400 CTU counts two or three per bag from a photoeye, count 15 percent high

Not bouncing, seeing two things. The heat seal on those woven bags is glossy. Eye sees bag, then the seal reflects and it drops out for a few ms, then...

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

There's your comments. Don't download the 2023 file, compare it against the upload.

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

Sensors are about 36in apart, one either side of the curtain. New pallet load is about 40in long, two cases stacked with a gap between them at the bot...

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

Got the AOI in. The MSG inside it errors, 16#0005 path destination unknown. Message type CIP Generic, class 47, instance 1, attribute 2, path 1,2 for ...

3 weeks ago
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RE: 12 zone accumulation conveyor in a CompactLogix, twelve copies of the same zone rungs

What mikko said, I'll fill in the shape. UDT Zone: Eye, Run, Release_Delay, Next_Clear, a timer. Zones[12]. AOI Zone_Ctrl with the rule in it, run if ...

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

Dials under the cover say 63. Old one, dug out of the scrap bin, says 05. Should have looked under the lid first. Pretty sure I just set it to 05 and ...

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

Fair. Not sure where I'd have looked though. Nothing on the HMI, nothing in the controller faults, no fault on the module in the tree. Only the Networ...

3 weeks ago
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RE: SLC 5/04 limit switch on a vibrating frame runs the compact step twice

Seen it on a bale press. Before the code, how loose is the switch bracket? Grab it and shake. And is it a roller arm or a plunger?

3 weeks ago
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RE: Point I/O modules past slot 8 fault intermittently, 1734-AENTR itself is fine

Seen it on a sorter with 18 modules. The AENTR pushes about 1A down the POINTBus for the modules' own electronics and 20 modules with output cards eat...

3 weeks ago
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RE: MicroLogix 1400 CTU counts two or three per bag from a photoeye, count 15 percent high

Where's the eye looking. Square across the bag, or down at it? And is it seeing the heat seal?

3 weeks ago
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RE: 12 zone accumulation conveyor in a CompactLogix, twelve copies of the same zone rungs

Seen this on every case line I've touched. Before the code though, is zone 5 catching because of the delay or because the transfer plate's worn? Run y...

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

Seen this on our palletizer trunk after it got extended. How long is it exactly, and what baud?

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

Seen this one. Our fabricators bolted a mesh bracket to the curtain post on the palletizer, same thing, one beam out. Is the bracket between the sende...

3 weeks ago
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