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  1. So I have done quite a bit of googling and i even reached out to our integrator but i am having a nuisance fault of "Watchdog Fault" Caused by periodic task overlap. The task is scheduled to start again before it is finished. I added all of the Programs in this task MAX scan time and it only came out to 102 ms. the task is scheduled for every 100 ms. The watchdog is set at 500 ms. The task is currently running at 146-148 ms and i confirmed this using a TON instruction at the end of the task followed by a reset. What can i do to get this down?? What would be the best practice? Move programs into another task? Make the task continuous? What would happen if i did make it continuous? I tried setting the task to 150 ms and the controller DID NOT like that. I was barely able to get back on line with it to change it back to 100 ms. CPU usage is at 91% and this task accounts for around 50% of that. Thank you all in advance for your help.
  2. Just to update everyone that helped out. That AVE instruction has not produced an error since I added the NEQ to keep from loading duplicate values into the array. I am not sure how this helped or solved but it appears that it did.
  3. As of right now I waiting on the AVE instruction to error out again so I can see what the values are in the array when it does error out. Last time it was nothing but the same value over and over again so I put an NEQ so that the new value has to be different from the calculated average in order for it to get loaded into the array.  Maybe this solved it?? so far this is the longest it has went without producing an error. If anyone has any idea why that would have possibly fixed it please let me know. I would have to do quite a bit of learning to get to where i could do testing in C++. I use python and javascript from time to time but i am still learning. This would be the best solution. If i could find a way to test for bad data before filling the array. 
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  5. Ok thanks, ill look into that. I'm not sure how it would not be a number though.... Its coming from a real data type from a MSG instruction. 
  6. I have another array with a length of 60. I'm not using the last one in either array. But the condition it errors out in is the same [60]=0 [59=1.#QNAN and the rest 1.35 Sorry it took so long to respond. I set it up to stop filling the array when the AVE instruction errors out so i could get the results above. Any idea what causes this? They are both filled at the same time with a 1 sec pulse.
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  8. A little background information here, I am trying to create a moving average so I accomplished it with the code (imaged attached) The problem i am having is the AVE instruction error bit goes true. it leaved me with a result of 1.#QAN  I did some googling and it said this is typically done when dividing by zero?? so i added a NEQ to 0 prior to loading the array. then it happened again. so i put the error bit in front of the FFL so it will stop loading the array when i get the error bit so i can see what values are in the array when it errors out. Has anyone else had this issue and what could you do to resolve it? I haven't had any luck find something that points me in the right direction. Thanks in advance for your help.
  9. Has anyone had any luck adding Allen Bradley EtherNet/IP devices to the IO tree in Codesys using the EtherNet/IP scanner module from Codesys??
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  13. The problem I am having is costs. The OEM of the machine has the program locked. There is only 4 devices on each machine. 2 i/o modules an HMI and a PLC. They are all small machines but we have no plans of having that machine being able to initiate communications out. I just want to read maybe 10 tags out of the machine. It's not worth the 2500 dollars per machine they want for the programs. That's 10 grand and it's just not worth it for what we are trying to accomplish. Likewise it would costs around the same to have the OEM come out and change the IP addresses. I am not sure what you mean by creating a VLAN on each machine. Currently the NAT device I found is around 260 dollars. If I could do it cheaper that would be even better. Also I do not have the hassles of dealing with any corporate or local IT department. They do not want anything to do with the PLC network and all communications are done through a single machine with 2 network cards. Currently I am the only one making any changes to the PLC network. And I keep a record of all of the devices and IP and MAC addresses. I also label them locally at the device.
  14. Opc. I am going to use the driver in Ignition to browse the tags.
  15. Unfortunately the switch I have does not have this feature. I just checked the product ID. I will check tomorrow first thing with out local AB rep to see if this is indeed an add on functionality that I can purchase. But I am still thinking I could probably do what you suggested and find a router that supports 1:1 NAT. I am learning a lot through this conversation and I greatly appreciate your help. Each machine does have it's own LAN. We have all of the ports on the stratix switch setup as one big VLAN. Basically just using it as an unmanaged switch. But it looks like I may not be able to utilize that switch. Unless there is some way to use port forwarding. But I would probably still have issues with the machines trying to communicate to one another since they all have that exact same VLAN setup. If you have any suggestions on particular NAT 1:1 small router let me know. If I can configure 5 cheap ones real quick then I wont even fool with the Stratix switch. 
  16. Unfortunately the switch I have does not have this feature. I just checked the product ID. I will check tomorrow first thing with out local AB rep to see if this is indeed an add on functionality that I can purchase. But I am still thinking I could probably do what you suggested and find a router that supports 1:1 NAT. I am learning a lot through this conversation and I greatly appreciate your help. Each machine does have it's own LAN. We have all of the ports on the stratix switch setup as one big VLAN. Basically just using it as an unmanaged switch. But it looks like I may not be able to utilize that switch. Unless there is some way to use port forwarding. But I would probably still have issues with the machines trying to communicate to one another since they all have that exact same VLAN setup.
  17. Could this be what you are talking about? It says that stratix 5700 is capable of creating a NAT.
  18. The drawing is exactly what I am trying to do. I'm not sure what a NAT device is, I will have to research that.And I am trying to pole them to read the tags that are in them. They are in a temperature controlled area that rarely goes above or below 70 degrees Fahrenheit so the residential equipment will be probably be fine. I do have a managed switch they all connect too. So just to make sure I understand what your saying. I need to get a NAT device. Which I will figure out what device that does. It sounds really straightforward the way you explained it. Basically this device will take the IP of the PLC and forward it to a different IP that I can use on the PLC network to communicate and pole its tags? Networking is somewhat new to me. Other than putting everything on the same network I haven't done much with port forwarding or any type of complex communication paths. Thank you so much for your response.
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  21. Ok guys, this is more a networking question involving a Stratix 5700 managed switch and 5 machines. The five machines all have set IP addresses from the OEM that cannot be changed. The manufacturer has them set in the program to maintain that IP ,so if it sees the IP change it will change it back. With that being said all Five machines have the exact same IP configuration and I cannot change it without contacting the manufacturer and getting them to change it or sell me the program so i can change it. both options will costs entirely too much in my opinion. With that being said my only goal is to read tags from the PLC on each machine. Is there anyway to set each port on that Stratix switch where i can communicate with each  machine individually without causing them to have IP address conflicts with the other machines that have the same IP address. I hope I explained my question well enough. Thank you in advance for any help on this issue.
  22. I have multiple PVP 1500's on the same network. From the one in my control room i need to be able to see what user is logged into what HMI. How would I address the system tag of another HMI on the same network would I use the IP address? thank you for any help in advance