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Hi, iX has a feature called Alias that allows you to create instances of a screen. Each instance can be connected to separate/unique tags. This is however configured in the development software and not in runtime. There is a sample application included in iX Developer that shows and explains this feature. //Supporter

Hi, We are trying to connect more than 15 Beijer operator panels to the same CompactLogix CPU (via Ethernet). 15 panels are working OK but when trying to add the 16:th panel to the network it will Always get a Comm Error (the other 15 are still working OK). I'm assuming that this has nothing to do with the Beijer driver since 15 panels can connect and communicate properly, the limitation seems to be on the CPU-side. According to documentation I found the CPU should support 256 CIP Connections (and 120 TCP Connections). I've not been able to find any references to limitations similar to our situation/application. Do you have any ideas or tricks that we could test? I appreciate any help or advices that you can provide.

Hi, From a HMI point of view, which protocol is the better one, NT Link or HostLink? - What are the differences between these protocols? - Are there different user areas for the protocols? - Which protocol has best performance (based on that the HMI-application is developed properly (with consecutive addresses etc)). Thanks for your help, if you need more information please let me know. //Supporter

Hi, Does anyone know the wiring of the cable connected between a Omron HMI and a MPI-adapter (NT631C-CN323-EU)? Thanks for your help! //Supporter

Hi Colin, Beijer has some function blocks for configuring ethernet modules, refer to the link below (it might be that the documentation is in Swedish): http://www.beijer.se/web/BExFilePileAUT.nsf/0/CFA73A52557575BEC12574BA003DA0AC/$FILE/EthQna.zip Best regards Patrik

Hi, You should just write DATA_LOG (no file extension, no "-characters), then the file should be attached to the e-mail. Have you been able to send "plain" e-mails without any attachments? //Supporter

Hi, It's possible to attach one file to an e-mail. Create a text block, right click and select properties. In the e-mail tab you can setup trigger variables as well as which e-mail addresses that should receive the e-mail. In the bottom part of this dialog you can assign which file (trend, alarm, recipe) that should be attached to the e-mail. Another alternative could be to use Beijer's Data Collector software: http://www.beijerelectronics.com/web/beijer_electronics.nsf/AllDocuments/60ECF928C68FDA13C12570BC005A666B //Supporter

Hi, Beijer Electronics has an OPC-server that supports both Yaskawa and Mitsubishi. Best regards Patrik

Hi, Another possibility could be to use Modbus. FXCPU <--- E1101 Modbus Slave <------- Modbus Master E910 The Modbus slave driver has a nice function called Protocol conversion which makes it possible to map FX-devices to modbus addresses in a simple way. Then the Modbus master can poll the modbus slave and even write values to the FX-CPU via the protocol conversion functionality. When using modbus it's possible to use either ethernet or a serial connection between the panels. Another possibility is to exchange the E910 to a E1000 terminal and use BDTP instead. //Supporter

You can also use the ASCII-object in the text block, this way you can dynamically change the phone number that should receive the SMS.

Hi, E1000 supports recipe names/directories that are 32 characters long (compared to 8 characters in old E-series). If I remember correctly there should be a system command that change E1000 back to 8 characters. Otherwise you will need to re-arrange the HMI-application so that you don't get overlapping addressing. Regards //Supporter!

Hi, It's the terminal that is disconnecting the client after a certain idle time (if I don't remember wrong 10 minutes). You can increase this time in the web services menu (Setup -> Network -> Services -> FTP-server -> Connection time out). //Supporter

Hi Colin, It could be a problem with the Java Virtual Machine that you are using. The old E-terminals only support Microsoft's JVM, SUN's version will not work 100 % OK. The Microsoft JVM is available for download on Beijer's website. For E1000-terminals you can use VNC to connect to the terminal instead. If you use a VNC-client software you don't need any java support at all. If you connect to the VNC-server through Internet Explorer java support is necessary, both Microsoft's and Sun's JVM should be OK in this case. //Supporter

Hi, I use LKA all the time, it's very powerful: http://hem.passagen.se/downloadlka/lka/index.htm //Supporter

Hi, You are probably not using the released FX-CPU driver. The version that you should use is 3.13.00 (if I remember correctly). The driver initially checks what kind of CPU-type that is connected (address ranges in e.g an old FX is stored in different places in the memory compared to a FX2N and FX3U). If you are using an old driver then it's not aware of that it's actually an FX3U connected to the HMI and it will ask for devices in wrong memory locations (for e.g D-registers I thank that the start-address in the memory is the same). So to sum up, update the driver and try again. Let us know if you need more help!