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RE: FactoryTalk View Studio v12 opens in demo mode after a server reboot

Nobody ever admits to hardening a server. Glad it was free.

12 minutes ago
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RE: EtherNet/IP I/O drops 16#0204 about five minutes after every switch reboot

Kepware is TCP, class 3, it doesn't care. Your I/O is multicast. Two things: is there an IGMP querier on that VLAN, and what's the snooping group time...

27 minutes ago
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RE: New PanelView Plus 7 shows //// in every numeric display, fine in Test Application

Design (local) tab has the shortcut CP1 pointing at the L33ER. Runtime (target) tab is empty, no shortcut in it at all. Does that matter? Test Applica...

2 hours ago
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RE: PowerFlex 525 16#0116 electronic keying mismatch after drive swap

Compatible Module did it. Module Properties, Change, keying dropdown, downloaded on the lunch break, drive went green and the belt ran on the first st...

2 hours ago
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RE: Plant kWh total in a CompactLogix went to minus 2 billion after 24 days

Two billion Wh, 24 days at 3.5 MW. The maths checks out.

3 hours ago
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RE: New PanelView Plus 7 shows //// in every numeric display, fine in Test Application

Terminal says 11.00 and the MER was built as V11, so that matches. Tags on the PLC are all DINT and REAL, nothing odd about them, same tags the old te...

7 hours ago
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RE: FactoryTalk View Studio v12 opens in demo mode after a server reboot

Before you touch the licence: services.msc on that server. Look for the FactoryTalk Activation helper service, the exact name has a version suffix on ...

9 hours ago
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RE: PowerFlex 525 16#0116 electronic keying mismatch after drive swap

Old one was a 4 point something, new one shows 7.001 on the keypad. Decel is 5 seconds, load is a short belt, not much on it. So the new drive is newe...

12 hours ago
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RE: FactoryTalk View SE v12 client can't find the HMI server after a PC rebuild

Run the FactoryTalk Directory Configuration Wizard on the client. Local or Network?

2 days ago
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RE: Plant kWh total in a CompactLogix went to minus 2 billion after 24 days

Is Wh_Total a DINT or a REAL, and what was the last value the historian logged before it went negative? The exact digits, not the kWh on the screen.

3 days ago
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