Secure way to download PAC Project Forum - Published: We have EPIC connected to our company network. It is obvious that, anyone from our company who knows IP address of EPIC, and who has PAC Control Software can modify/download a strategy. I see this as...moreWe have EPIC connected to our company network. It is obvious that, anyone from our company who knows IP address of EPIC, and who has PAC Control Software can modify/download a strategy. I see this as security issue. And another one, If anyone has KepserverEx, and decided to get data from EPIC, as long as they know IP Address and standard PAC port. They will be able to stream data. Is there a way to some sort of password protect this?... <less Database Usage Forum - Published: Hello Opto Users! We are running into an implementation problem and could use some ideas. Here is what we need to do: We have an asphalt plant that might dispense product to 20 different companies who...moreHello Opto Users! We are running into an implementation problem and could use some ideas. Here is what we need to do: We have an asphalt plant that might dispense product to 20 different companies who each might have 50 different trucks (so we have a database of 1000 entries). When a particular truck pulls up, we need to be able to quickly search and find this truck from the database and display its particular info (for now lets just say we need the weight of the truck when empty (Tare weight...... <less Log in and out of Groov and Groov Updates Forum - Published: Where can I find a list of updates for groov? I want to see what has all changed/updated since my current revision. I have a client that is using 3 groov boxes to monitor 3 sites. They are very pleased...moreWhere can I find a list of updates for groov? I want to see what has all changed/updated since my current revision. I have a client that is using 3 groov boxes to monitor 3 sites. They are very pleased with what they are able to do with them. However, they just asked me if there was a way to show a list of who was all logged in at the same time. Sometimes when they get an alarm, multiple people log in at the same time and 1 person makes a change and another might change it back accidentally. The...... <less Create / Update certificates when IP changes Forum - Published: Just a note for anyone who might come across this issue. After the initial EPIC-PR1 setup, it will create security certificates. If you are using them with one or more PR1 and I assume Groov-AR1...moreJust a note for anyone who might come across this issue. After the initial EPIC-PR1 setup, it will create security certificates. If you are using them with one or more PR1 and I assume Groov-AR1, you will need to re-create your security certificates if using Node-Red Pac nodes. I was confused at the start, as things were working on the test bench. Once I changed to my production IP address things stopped working, and an error would come up in the Node-Red flow. "**IP Address(192.168.1....... <less Log Viewer Feature Forum - Published: Hi,I have a potential client who asks me about the user’s access records to the groov view. I have seen that they are registered in the Log Viewer section under the gear icon, and my question is as...moreHi,I have a potential client who asks me about the user’s access records to the groov view. I have seen that they are registered in the Log Viewer section under the gear icon, and my question is as follows: How long is that info stored? Is a limited number of records in a FIFO queue? a little more detail about this log record functionality would be great. Thanks in advance.... <less Paragon users? Here's a TTB (Truth Table) block example (chart v. OptoScript example) Forum - Published: Hi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might...moreHi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might look in a flowchart or OptoScript. I took a stab at an example, based on some old documentation (a small snippet included below). The example may also be of use to those wanting to learn OptoScript vs. flowcharts. Paragon doc/example:[INDENT]The Truth Table shown below illustrates how these functio...... <less Wireshark + OptoMMP Dissector Forum - Published: Attention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news!...moreAttention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news! Wireshark now has a built-in dissector for you. Note that most PAC Control users rarely, if ever, have to worry about our OptoMMP protocol details. You might notice some addresses when you use PAC Manager, but that’s about it. But if you’ve ever used [U][B]form 1465[/B][/U] and Wireshark (networ...... <less Scan time explained - old forum post Forum - Published: peterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines...morepeterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines. We are a new Opto distributor and of course we run up against PLC people on a daily basis. I saw a question recently in which a person asked what the scan time of an Opto controller was? The person who answered the question went on to explain that a PAC is different from a PLC. While I understa...... <less Communication SNAP-SCM-232 Forum - Published: Dear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication...moreDear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication. the software we use is Snap Project prof. 9.6. Our hardware setup is, controller S2 is connected to two racks both with a R1 controller, on the first rack we have installed the SNAP-SCM-232 module this is connected to the device. Who can help me on setting up the configuration and provide us with...... <less Restrict users from PAC Display? Forum - Published: I know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which...moreI know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which creates support (and possibly liability) issues. Restricting Control is easy enough. I can remove all files minus the idb at release time. However, what can I do for Display without having a compiled runtime? I seem to remember some sort of fancy trick using file encryption? All thoughts are ap...... <less Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Database Usage Forum - Published: Hello Opto Users! We are running into an implementation problem and could use some ideas. Here is what we need to do: We have an asphalt plant that might dispense product to 20 different companies who...moreHello Opto Users! We are running into an implementation problem and could use some ideas. Here is what we need to do: We have an asphalt plant that might dispense product to 20 different companies who each might have 50 different trucks (so we have a database of 1000 entries). When a particular truck pulls up, we need to be able to quickly search and find this truck from the database and display its particular info (for now lets just say we need the weight of the truck when empty (Tare weight...... <less Log in and out of Groov and Groov Updates Forum - Published: Where can I find a list of updates for groov? I want to see what has all changed/updated since my current revision. I have a client that is using 3 groov boxes to monitor 3 sites. They are very pleased...moreWhere can I find a list of updates for groov? I want to see what has all changed/updated since my current revision. I have a client that is using 3 groov boxes to monitor 3 sites. They are very pleased with what they are able to do with them. However, they just asked me if there was a way to show a list of who was all logged in at the same time. Sometimes when they get an alarm, multiple people log in at the same time and 1 person makes a change and another might change it back accidentally. The...... <less Create / Update certificates when IP changes Forum - Published: Just a note for anyone who might come across this issue. After the initial EPIC-PR1 setup, it will create security certificates. If you are using them with one or more PR1 and I assume Groov-AR1...moreJust a note for anyone who might come across this issue. After the initial EPIC-PR1 setup, it will create security certificates. If you are using them with one or more PR1 and I assume Groov-AR1, you will need to re-create your security certificates if using Node-Red Pac nodes. I was confused at the start, as things were working on the test bench. Once I changed to my production IP address things stopped working, and an error would come up in the Node-Red flow. "**IP Address(192.168.1....... <less Log Viewer Feature Forum - Published: Hi,I have a potential client who asks me about the user’s access records to the groov view. I have seen that they are registered in the Log Viewer section under the gear icon, and my question is as...moreHi,I have a potential client who asks me about the user’s access records to the groov view. I have seen that they are registered in the Log Viewer section under the gear icon, and my question is as follows: How long is that info stored? Is a limited number of records in a FIFO queue? a little more detail about this log record functionality would be great. Thanks in advance.... <less Paragon users? Here's a TTB (Truth Table) block example (chart v. OptoScript example) Forum - Published: Hi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might...moreHi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might look in a flowchart or OptoScript. I took a stab at an example, based on some old documentation (a small snippet included below). The example may also be of use to those wanting to learn OptoScript vs. flowcharts. Paragon doc/example:[INDENT]The Truth Table shown below illustrates how these functio...... <less Wireshark + OptoMMP Dissector Forum - Published: Attention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news!...moreAttention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news! Wireshark now has a built-in dissector for you. Note that most PAC Control users rarely, if ever, have to worry about our OptoMMP protocol details. You might notice some addresses when you use PAC Manager, but that’s about it. But if you’ve ever used [U][B]form 1465[/B][/U] and Wireshark (networ...... <less Scan time explained - old forum post Forum - Published: peterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines...morepeterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines. We are a new Opto distributor and of course we run up against PLC people on a daily basis. I saw a question recently in which a person asked what the scan time of an Opto controller was? The person who answered the question went on to explain that a PAC is different from a PLC. While I understa...... <less Communication SNAP-SCM-232 Forum - Published: Dear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication...moreDear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication. the software we use is Snap Project prof. 9.6. Our hardware setup is, controller S2 is connected to two racks both with a R1 controller, on the first rack we have installed the SNAP-SCM-232 module this is connected to the device. Who can help me on setting up the configuration and provide us with...... <less Restrict users from PAC Display? Forum - Published: I know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which...moreI know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which creates support (and possibly liability) issues. Restricting Control is easy enough. I can remove all files minus the idb at release time. However, what can I do for Display without having a compiled runtime? I seem to remember some sort of fancy trick using file encryption? All thoughts are ap...... <less Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Log in and out of Groov and Groov Updates Forum - Published: Where can I find a list of updates for groov? I want to see what has all changed/updated since my current revision. I have a client that is using 3 groov boxes to monitor 3 sites. They are very pleased...moreWhere can I find a list of updates for groov? I want to see what has all changed/updated since my current revision. I have a client that is using 3 groov boxes to monitor 3 sites. They are very pleased with what they are able to do with them. However, they just asked me if there was a way to show a list of who was all logged in at the same time. Sometimes when they get an alarm, multiple people log in at the same time and 1 person makes a change and another might change it back accidentally. The...... <less Create / Update certificates when IP changes Forum - Published: Just a note for anyone who might come across this issue. After the initial EPIC-PR1 setup, it will create security certificates. If you are using them with one or more PR1 and I assume Groov-AR1...moreJust a note for anyone who might come across this issue. After the initial EPIC-PR1 setup, it will create security certificates. If you are using them with one or more PR1 and I assume Groov-AR1, you will need to re-create your security certificates if using Node-Red Pac nodes. I was confused at the start, as things were working on the test bench. Once I changed to my production IP address things stopped working, and an error would come up in the Node-Red flow. "**IP Address(192.168.1....... <less Log Viewer Feature Forum - Published: Hi,I have a potential client who asks me about the user’s access records to the groov view. I have seen that they are registered in the Log Viewer section under the gear icon, and my question is as...moreHi,I have a potential client who asks me about the user’s access records to the groov view. I have seen that they are registered in the Log Viewer section under the gear icon, and my question is as follows: How long is that info stored? Is a limited number of records in a FIFO queue? a little more detail about this log record functionality would be great. Thanks in advance.... <less Paragon users? Here's a TTB (Truth Table) block example (chart v. OptoScript example) Forum - Published: Hi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might...moreHi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might look in a flowchart or OptoScript. I took a stab at an example, based on some old documentation (a small snippet included below). The example may also be of use to those wanting to learn OptoScript vs. flowcharts. Paragon doc/example:[INDENT]The Truth Table shown below illustrates how these functio...... <less Wireshark + OptoMMP Dissector Forum - Published: Attention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news!...moreAttention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news! Wireshark now has a built-in dissector for you. Note that most PAC Control users rarely, if ever, have to worry about our OptoMMP protocol details. You might notice some addresses when you use PAC Manager, but that’s about it. But if you’ve ever used [U][B]form 1465[/B][/U] and Wireshark (networ...... <less Scan time explained - old forum post Forum - Published: peterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines...morepeterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines. We are a new Opto distributor and of course we run up against PLC people on a daily basis. I saw a question recently in which a person asked what the scan time of an Opto controller was? The person who answered the question went on to explain that a PAC is different from a PLC. While I understa...... <less Communication SNAP-SCM-232 Forum - Published: Dear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication...moreDear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication. the software we use is Snap Project prof. 9.6. Our hardware setup is, controller S2 is connected to two racks both with a R1 controller, on the first rack we have installed the SNAP-SCM-232 module this is connected to the device. Who can help me on setting up the configuration and provide us with...... <less Restrict users from PAC Display? Forum - Published: I know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which...moreI know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which creates support (and possibly liability) issues. Restricting Control is easy enough. I can remove all files minus the idb at release time. However, what can I do for Display without having a compiled runtime? I seem to remember some sort of fancy trick using file encryption? All thoughts are ap...... <less Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Create / Update certificates when IP changes Forum - Published: Just a note for anyone who might come across this issue. After the initial EPIC-PR1 setup, it will create security certificates. If you are using them with one or more PR1 and I assume Groov-AR1...moreJust a note for anyone who might come across this issue. After the initial EPIC-PR1 setup, it will create security certificates. If you are using them with one or more PR1 and I assume Groov-AR1, you will need to re-create your security certificates if using Node-Red Pac nodes. I was confused at the start, as things were working on the test bench. Once I changed to my production IP address things stopped working, and an error would come up in the Node-Red flow. "**IP Address(192.168.1....... <less Log Viewer Feature Forum - Published: Hi,I have a potential client who asks me about the user’s access records to the groov view. I have seen that they are registered in the Log Viewer section under the gear icon, and my question is as...moreHi,I have a potential client who asks me about the user’s access records to the groov view. I have seen that they are registered in the Log Viewer section under the gear icon, and my question is as follows: How long is that info stored? Is a limited number of records in a FIFO queue? a little more detail about this log record functionality would be great. Thanks in advance.... <less Paragon users? Here's a TTB (Truth Table) block example (chart v. OptoScript example) Forum - Published: Hi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might...moreHi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might look in a flowchart or OptoScript. I took a stab at an example, based on some old documentation (a small snippet included below). The example may also be of use to those wanting to learn OptoScript vs. flowcharts. Paragon doc/example:[INDENT]The Truth Table shown below illustrates how these functio...... <less Wireshark + OptoMMP Dissector Forum - Published: Attention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news!...moreAttention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news! Wireshark now has a built-in dissector for you. Note that most PAC Control users rarely, if ever, have to worry about our OptoMMP protocol details. You might notice some addresses when you use PAC Manager, but that’s about it. But if you’ve ever used [U][B]form 1465[/B][/U] and Wireshark (networ...... <less Scan time explained - old forum post Forum - Published: peterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines...morepeterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines. We are a new Opto distributor and of course we run up against PLC people on a daily basis. I saw a question recently in which a person asked what the scan time of an Opto controller was? The person who answered the question went on to explain that a PAC is different from a PLC. While I understa...... <less Communication SNAP-SCM-232 Forum - Published: Dear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication...moreDear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication. the software we use is Snap Project prof. 9.6. Our hardware setup is, controller S2 is connected to two racks both with a R1 controller, on the first rack we have installed the SNAP-SCM-232 module this is connected to the device. Who can help me on setting up the configuration and provide us with...... <less Restrict users from PAC Display? Forum - Published: I know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which...moreI know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which creates support (and possibly liability) issues. Restricting Control is easy enough. I can remove all files minus the idb at release time. However, what can I do for Display without having a compiled runtime? I seem to remember some sort of fancy trick using file encryption? All thoughts are ap...... <less Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Log Viewer Feature Forum - Published: Hi,I have a potential client who asks me about the user’s access records to the groov view. I have seen that they are registered in the Log Viewer section under the gear icon, and my question is as...moreHi,I have a potential client who asks me about the user’s access records to the groov view. I have seen that they are registered in the Log Viewer section under the gear icon, and my question is as follows: How long is that info stored? Is a limited number of records in a FIFO queue? a little more detail about this log record functionality would be great. Thanks in advance.... <less Paragon users? Here's a TTB (Truth Table) block example (chart v. OptoScript example) Forum - Published: Hi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might...moreHi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might look in a flowchart or OptoScript. I took a stab at an example, based on some old documentation (a small snippet included below). The example may also be of use to those wanting to learn OptoScript vs. flowcharts. Paragon doc/example:[INDENT]The Truth Table shown below illustrates how these functio...... <less Wireshark + OptoMMP Dissector Forum - Published: Attention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news!...moreAttention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news! Wireshark now has a built-in dissector for you. Note that most PAC Control users rarely, if ever, have to worry about our OptoMMP protocol details. You might notice some addresses when you use PAC Manager, but that’s about it. But if you’ve ever used [U][B]form 1465[/B][/U] and Wireshark (networ...... <less Scan time explained - old forum post Forum - Published: peterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines...morepeterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines. We are a new Opto distributor and of course we run up against PLC people on a daily basis. I saw a question recently in which a person asked what the scan time of an Opto controller was? The person who answered the question went on to explain that a PAC is different from a PLC. While I understa...... <less Communication SNAP-SCM-232 Forum - Published: Dear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication...moreDear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication. the software we use is Snap Project prof. 9.6. Our hardware setup is, controller S2 is connected to two racks both with a R1 controller, on the first rack we have installed the SNAP-SCM-232 module this is connected to the device. Who can help me on setting up the configuration and provide us with...... <less Restrict users from PAC Display? Forum - Published: I know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which...moreI know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which creates support (and possibly liability) issues. Restricting Control is easy enough. I can remove all files minus the idb at release time. However, what can I do for Display without having a compiled runtime? I seem to remember some sort of fancy trick using file encryption? All thoughts are ap...... <less Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Paragon users? Here's a TTB (Truth Table) block example (chart v. OptoScript example) Forum - Published: Hi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might...moreHi All, Sometimes we hear from people who are using Opto 22 hardware with another company’s software, including long-gone Paragon. The other day we had someone ask about their “TTB” and how that might look in a flowchart or OptoScript. I took a stab at an example, based on some old documentation (a small snippet included below). The example may also be of use to those wanting to learn OptoScript vs. flowcharts. Paragon doc/example:[INDENT]The Truth Table shown below illustrates how these functio...... <less Wireshark + OptoMMP Dissector Forum - Published: Attention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news!...moreAttention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news! Wireshark now has a built-in dissector for you. Note that most PAC Control users rarely, if ever, have to worry about our OptoMMP protocol details. You might notice some addresses when you use PAC Manager, but that’s about it. But if you’ve ever used [U][B]form 1465[/B][/U] and Wireshark (networ...... <less Scan time explained - old forum post Forum - Published: peterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines...morepeterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines. We are a new Opto distributor and of course we run up against PLC people on a daily basis. I saw a question recently in which a person asked what the scan time of an Opto controller was? The person who answered the question went on to explain that a PAC is different from a PLC. While I understa...... <less Communication SNAP-SCM-232 Forum - Published: Dear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication...moreDear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication. the software we use is Snap Project prof. 9.6. Our hardware setup is, controller S2 is connected to two racks both with a R1 controller, on the first rack we have installed the SNAP-SCM-232 module this is connected to the device. Who can help me on setting up the configuration and provide us with...... <less Restrict users from PAC Display? Forum - Published: I know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which...moreI know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which creates support (and possibly liability) issues. Restricting Control is easy enough. I can remove all files minus the idb at release time. However, what can I do for Display without having a compiled runtime? I seem to remember some sort of fancy trick using file encryption? All thoughts are ap...... <less Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Wireshark + OptoMMP Dissector Forum - Published: Attention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news!...moreAttention all serious bit-heads who get deep into our [U][B]OptoMMP (memory-map protocol)[/B][/U] – that’s what we use to communicate (either via TCP or UDP) to our PAC brains and controllers. Good news! Wireshark now has a built-in dissector for you. Note that most PAC Control users rarely, if ever, have to worry about our OptoMMP protocol details. You might notice some addresses when you use PAC Manager, but that’s about it. But if you’ve ever used [U][B]form 1465[/B][/U] and Wireshark (networ...... <less Scan time explained - old forum post Forum - Published: peterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines...morepeterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines. We are a new Opto distributor and of course we run up against PLC people on a daily basis. I saw a question recently in which a person asked what the scan time of an Opto controller was? The person who answered the question went on to explain that a PAC is different from a PLC. While I understa...... <less Communication SNAP-SCM-232 Forum - Published: Dear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication...moreDear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication. the software we use is Snap Project prof. 9.6. Our hardware setup is, controller S2 is connected to two racks both with a R1 controller, on the first rack we have installed the SNAP-SCM-232 module this is connected to the device. Who can help me on setting up the configuration and provide us with...... <less Restrict users from PAC Display? Forum - Published: I know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which...moreI know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which creates support (and possibly liability) issues. Restricting Control is easy enough. I can remove all files minus the idb at release time. However, what can I do for Display without having a compiled runtime? I seem to remember some sort of fancy trick using file encryption? All thoughts are ap...... <less Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Scan time explained - old forum post Forum - Published: peterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines...morepeterservo Joined on 03-10-2007 Posts 2 SNAP PAC R1/2 Application Performance? My background is in providing controls for Industrial Automation, particularly Machine Tools and Automated Assembly machines. We are a new Opto distributor and of course we run up against PLC people on a daily basis. I saw a question recently in which a person asked what the scan time of an Opto controller was? The person who answered the question went on to explain that a PAC is different from a PLC. While I understa...... <less Communication SNAP-SCM-232 Forum - Published: Dear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication...moreDear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication. the software we use is Snap Project prof. 9.6. Our hardware setup is, controller S2 is connected to two racks both with a R1 controller, on the first rack we have installed the SNAP-SCM-232 module this is connected to the device. Who can help me on setting up the configuration and provide us with...... <less Restrict users from PAC Display? Forum - Published: I know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which...moreI know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which creates support (and possibly liability) issues. Restricting Control is easy enough. I can remove all files minus the idb at release time. However, what can I do for Display without having a compiled runtime? I seem to remember some sort of fancy trick using file encryption? All thoughts are ap...... <less Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Communication SNAP-SCM-232 Forum - Published: Dear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication...moreDear all, We like to communicate with a new device by using a SNAP-SCM-232 module, this is complete new for us and there for I look for some help in how to configure and how to set up the communication. the software we use is Snap Project prof. 9.6. Our hardware setup is, controller S2 is connected to two racks both with a R1 controller, on the first rack we have installed the SNAP-SCM-232 module this is connected to the device. Who can help me on setting up the configuration and provide us with...... <less Restrict users from PAC Display? Forum - Published: I know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which...moreI know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which creates support (and possibly liability) issues. Restricting Control is easy enough. I can remove all files minus the idb at release time. However, what can I do for Display without having a compiled runtime? I seem to remember some sort of fancy trick using file encryption? All thoughts are ap...... <less Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Restrict users from PAC Display? Forum - Published: I know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which...moreI know that I have had this discussion directly with you guys in the past. Of course, I can not find reference to it at this point! We have a client who is actively modifying our Display code which creates support (and possibly liability) issues. Restricting Control is easy enough. I can remove all files minus the idb at release time. However, what can I do for Display without having a compiled runtime? I seem to remember some sort of fancy trick using file encryption? All thoughts are ap...... <less Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Profibus DP Help! Forum - Published: I’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO...moreI’m sure I’m probably in the minority when it comes to OTPO and Profibus protocol, but we recently received a third party analyzer with Profibus communication. This is my first time trying to use OPTO to communicate through Profibus. I followed all the steps in “1591 Profi master tech note”, but it seems like its geared more towards digital data versus what I need, which is to extract analog data. Is there anyone in OPTO land who has worked on OPTO and Profibus analog communication that is willi...... <less Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Link in email to open groov View mobile app Forum - Published: Hello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these...moreHello All, This may be more of a feature request than an issue but here goes… I have an app where I am generating notifications that are being delivered via email. Most of the users who receive these emails have groov View mobile app installed on their phones. I notice from using the Amazon app (and other apps as well) that when I get an email from Amazon that has links, clicking on the links open the Amazon app. Playing around with it I realize that this functionality is based on a redirectio...... <less Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Weekly and monthly data tables Forum - Published: I have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use...moreI have started to log my water use at home. We installed a 1 pulse per gallon water meter, the output I have put to my EMU. (Yeah, it shows up as Kw in the EMU Sensor Manger software, but I don’t use that, I use groov to look at the data, so I don’t care what it gets labeled in the EMU - as long as the scaling is right, 1 pulse per gallon sure sounds like 1 pulse per Kw). Since the whole family looks at the data, I needed it to be a little friendly, so I have a day of the week table, and a month...... <less Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Another HTTP Web page scrape: of a Campbell Scientific CR1000 Datalogger Forum - Published: Hi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of...moreHi All, Recently helped a customer who needed a screen scrape of their little CR1000 datalogger (by Campbell Scientific). I found a ton of them out on the Internet logging all sorts of data (lots of Weather stations), so I thought I’d share this example in case it might be of use to anyone else. I used the PAC Control HttpGet command for this one, wrote the data to a local file, then parsed that file (converting values to floats and ints for use in groov, for example). Here’s an example of the t...... <less EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
EPIC and RIO Used CPU and Memory - Example Flow Forum - Published: We have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same...moreWe have a flow to show you how much free disk space you have; Flow to get free diskspace from EPIC or RIO Node-RED EDIT. It seems that not every EPIC drive number is the same, please read this whole thread. You may have to do a raw ‘df’ command and look at your payload string to find out what your EPIC drive letter is. Keep reading for how to use the same flow in your RIO. A lot of people are using EPIC to do local data-logging, either to a file or often to a databas...... <less PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
PAC Display Vertical Label Range Max Value must be an integer? Forum - Published: I’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC...moreI’m just full of questions tonight, it seems. We often have process variables whose full-scale ends up being less than 1. Examples are chlorine concentrations or turbidities in drinking water. In PAC Display, I can’t find a convenient way to set up graphs (trends or supertrends) that have a full-scale range that is a non-integer. An example is turbidity of finished water leaving filters. We want to have graphs scaled from 0 to 0.3 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) so that we can easily see t...... <less HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
HMI error messages "No String Resource" Forum - Published: Hello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1...moreHello everyone, Im reaching out to see if I could get some guidance on a couple errors that we are recieving once we run a particular strategy. The first error is “No String Resource Found for ID -1” The second is “Bad String From Control Engine (Zero-Length) using Default file name” Can someone point me in a direction to resolve these two messages? Also we’ve had a few people come and go who’ve edited strategies without any kind of documentation and occasionally it results in issues. How do you...... <less Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Analog Input Under / Over Range Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on...moreHi OptoFans, One of our OptoPals asked this question re: under/overrange. The main thing that popped in my brain to watch out for is qnans, as I mentioned in the “SANITY CHECKING” of this post on totalizing. Anyway, here’s his whole question and his approach to solving it. Any/all ideas and comments appreciated, as always! To monitor if an analog input is within an acceptable range we do one of the following: Bring in raw 4-20ma signal into the controller, measure if we are within acceptable r...... <less Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Using Port 502 for Modbus Clients on groov Devices Forum - Published: Both groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I...moreBoth groov EPIC and groov RIO (the whole family) are ModbusTCP slaves out of the box. They listen on port 502 and send the requested data back out that port. This is very powerful if you are needing I/O or scratchpad data out of any of the groov devices to a ModbusTCP master on your local network. TIP. If you need a PAC Control variable available via Modbus, just write the variable to a scratchpad location and use the groov Manager Modbus calculator to get the device ID and register address of t...... <less I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
I've just inherited this control/display project Forum - Published: This previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about...moreThis previous post from an OptoFan wanting to add some logic to an existing strategy prompted this OptoNews [URL=“http://www.opto22.com/site/optonews/2012/optonews_04112012.aspx#ttip”]Tech Tip about understanding a new-to-you strategy. Here’s the story of another common situation: “Too Slow” This week in class we had more OptoFans who’d inherited a system – that the bosses wanted to replace with something non-Opto because it was “too slow.” NOOO!! Looking at their hardware architecture (lots of...... <less Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Modbus in the Middle -- leverage our built-in Modbus support as glue Forum - Published: An integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be...moreAn integrator had: A. Some Modbus master (not sure if it was hardware or software, but it was TCP) B. One of our hardware PACs C. Another device that connected via serial (which happened to be communicating via Optomux, but that’s not particularly relevant to this example). The important part was that the PAC could communicate with it, and as you know, PACs and communicate with a whole lot of things–including websites on the Internet which is super fun, but I digress… They wanted to connect A th...... <less Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Line Printer - Need Help to Print Lines Forum - Published: Hi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same...moreHi Everyone, I have a project where I need to print one line at a time to an OkiData Microline form printer, every x minutes. In order to not print a whole form and print multiple statuses on the same sheet. This is a law in some states for the product that we are producing. The printer will be connected to the PC that is running PAC Display via USB. As of right now I have the printer and PC configured so that I can print single lines using the following command from the windows command line:...... <less What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
What are your favorite nodes & cloud services? Forum - Published: Hi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?...moreHi OptoFans, especially those who Node-RED, What Nodes (besides our SNAP and groov nodes) are you using? Here’s some especially popular ones I’ve seen in practice: Various databases (which do you use?) Ping Email (both send and receive) Modbus (read/write) We’ve provided various notes and tools on getting info to/from various MSP (managed service provider) and cloud offerings, e.g: AT&T’s M2X: http://documents.opto22.com/2216_Connect_Real-world_Data_to_an_AT&T_M2X_Device_Technical_Note.pdf I...... <less ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
ICMP Packet Creation Forum - Published: Using Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a...moreUsing Opto22 Hardware, i am able to create SNMP packets which i use to monitor multiple devices. I am creating a script wherein, if in between requesting the parameters of the SNMP device, a communication loss or data error happens it will create an error log. Unfortunately i happen to encounter that if the physical connection is not established, multiple error log will happen. What i want to do is to check if a connection is established first then skip the whole SNMP parameter requests. Using O...... <less Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items
Where can I get the certificate for MQTT server? Forum - Published: Greetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service...moreGreetings, I am not sure where can I get *ca.pem certificate file for the MQTT server in groov EPIC. I haven’t activate my Ignition yet. I search for a few tutorials on youtube to enable MQTT service in the Ignition trial version. But I am stuck with the certificate problem.... <less Page 1 of 19Next » Show 25 Items Show All Items Show 10 Items Show 25 Items Show 50 Items Show 100 Items