kckku

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  1. Soft-NA HMI

    My local Omron rep. didn't suggest this digital license method. It's good to know that this method exists. For now, we will label the dongle and tie it to the PC with a steel aircraft cable. Hopefully someone will not just throw it away. If there is money still on the project, I will buy a spare dongle to keep around just in case.
  2. Soft-NA HMI

    I just got my first Soft-NA application. The software is installed and everything is working fine.  I am worried that at some point the USB dongle will get lost out in the field. Has anyone experienced this? Can I duplicate the dongle as a backup or would I have to contact Omron to get a replacement?
  3. CX-Server corrupted?

    Uninstall all CX-One or just CX-Server?
  4. CX-Server corrupted?

    I was trying to do an update and something went wrong.  Now whenever I open CX-Programmer, I get this message about CX-Server. Any ideas how to fix this?  
  5. NA HMI Alarm Viewer

    I think I know what's going on. I checked the maximum number of user alarm logs and it's set to 2000.  I looked at the alarm file that I got over ftp and it does in fact have 2000 entries. However, the log file contains all the alarms and some of them I don't care about. For example, it's logging the operator alarms like (load parts, remove parts, scan new box, etc.). About 1800 out of the 2000 entries are these sort of 'alarms'.  This is why I am only seeing about an hour's worth of actual 'errors' where the machine stops. The rest of the buffer is filled with 'warnings'. I don't think there's a way to define what actually gets logged. Not sure if there's another way.    
  6. NA HMI Alarm Viewer

    I think I know what's going on. I checked the maximum number of user alarm logs and it's set to 2000.  I looked at the alarm file that I got over ftp and it does in fact have 2000 entries. However, the log file contains all the alarms and some of them I don't care about. For example, it's logging the operator alarms like (load parts, remove parts, scan new box, etc.). About 1800 out of the 2000 entries are these sort of 'alarms'.  This is why I am only seeing about an hour's worth of actual 'errors' where the machine stops. The rest of the buffer is filled with 'warnings'. I don't think there's a way to define what actually gets logged. Not sure if there's another way.    
  7. NA HMI Alarm Viewer

    I do see a scroll bar but no luck. Even when I scroll, it's only showing around 50 alarms.
  8. NA HMI Alarm Viewer

      All of the user alarms are configured as level 1. The alarm viewer in historical mode is set to show only level 1 alarms. I really thought it would be easier than this to set the number of alarms that is shown.
  9. NA HMI Alarm Viewer

    I checked the HMI and it's only showing 50 alarms in the alarm viewer. So not really useful at all right now. It looks like I will need to use the save to the log file option. I remember doing this for another project. I had our intern ftp the files out daily so we can see what happened overnight. It would be nicer if we can look at the screen with more alarms (like 8 hours for a shift's worth).
  10. How can I increase the number of logged alarms in alarm viewer when using historical mode? The number of alarms seem to restart on its own and doesn't log alarms back far enough for me to get any useful information about machine stoppages. I seem to be only getting about an hour's worth of alarms.
  11. NX102-9000

    My understanding for the NX102-9000 controller is that it can't control servo axes. The controller description says 0 axes but my machine builder is telling me otherwise. I would think the -9000 suffix would indicate something inherently different from the other -1000 series units. What am I missing? I am not sure what it means for number of 'controlled' axes and number of 'used real' axes from the manual.
  12. I had a weird problem with their EtherCAT expansion card on a XG-X vision controller. It would cut off downstream communications when trying to connect using a daisy chain configuration. The only way we got it to work was to put the XG-X with the EtherCAT card at the end of the chain.
  13. NA5 HMI Popup

    Is there a system variable from the HMI that lets me know if a popup is active?
  14. Safety PLC Upload

    I will have to try using the USB option later. I ran out of time and had to leave. The machine is being powered down for shipping and will arrive at our plant in two weeks.  I will try connecting again when the machine arrives. Thanks to all for the help and suggestions. I will give an update in two weeks or so.
  15. Safety PLC Upload

    I unchecked the boxes in the Synchronization dialog box. It tells me there isn't any data to transfer.   I also tried the same with the boxes unchecked for transfer from controller. It then gives me the safety PLC dialog box. I say 'OK" but it then tells me there's a network communication error.