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jcasey
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RE: PanelView Plus 7 setpoints snap back to 50 within a second of typing them in

> it's only Fill_SP_1 and Fill_SP_2 that revert That's your tell. The panel writes fine, then something in the PLC writes it back. Right click Fil...

3 weeks ago
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RE: GuardLogix safety signature, auditor wants it in the validation file, what is it actually

Neither. The signature is a checksum of the whole safety task plus a timestamp. Studio 5000 generates it on that tab and you lock the safety applicati...

3 weeks ago
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RE: 1769-L33ER watchdog fault, type 6 code 1, after adding an ST WHILE loop

> it goes back to the start and looks again Forever, inside one scan. The controller never reaches the end of the task, so the watchdog fires. Rai...

3 weeks ago
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RE: SINAMICS G120 on S7-1500 telegram 1, r0052 ready to switch on but never runs

> 16#4000 is 100 percent Yes, 2000 is 50 percent and p1080 minimum is 0. Tried 4000 as well. Still ready to switch on, still nothing.

3 weeks ago
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RE: CompactLogix 1769-L30ER, sump pump started by itself after the plant lost power

Ron's right about the pit. The tag values are all still there after an outage, the difference is what the instruction does with them on the way back i...

3 weeks ago
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RE: S7-300 goes to STOP with SF, diagnostics buffer says OB 121 not loaded

> OB 121 not available That line is the one that matters, not the battery. On a Logix box this would be a major fault with a code and the controll...

3 weeks ago
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RE: FactoryTalk Transaction Manager stopped writing to SQL Server, cache file at 2 GB

> the line with the reason FTTM log: "Login failed for user 'fttm_svc'" repeated every 10 seconds since 18:42 Friday. SQL side says the same, erro...

3 weeks ago
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RE: PanelView Plus 6 numeric input writes 12 or 0 when the operator types 12.5, INT tag

> data type INT Half the answer's in that line. An INT can't hold 12.5, so the driver rounds or refuses on the way in. In TIA the same thing gives...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Modbus exception 02 illegal data address reading a flow computer with S7-1200 MB_CLIENT

> "Input Registers (3xxxx) read only" That heading is your answer. The totals are input registers, function code 4. You're asking with 47001, whic...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Logix SFC step goes inactive but the valve OTE stays on into the next step

Controller Properties, SFC Execution tab. What's Last Scan of Active Steps set to? Don't scan is the default if I remember right.

3 weeks ago
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RE: 1769-IQ16 input chatters after wiring it in parallel with a 1734-IB8S safety input

Third block if there's a free position, and don't let anybody suggest killing the pulse test on that point instead. On an e-stop channel that pulse is...

3 weeks ago
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