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Open Discussion / Re: How to Run two Advance HMI application in one computer ?

« on: March 03, 2019, 08:28:33 PM »

https://www.advancedhmi.com/forum/index.php?topic=588.msg2562#msg2562

I believe that his my be what you need.

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Open Discussion / Re: Trending Chart

« on: March 03, 2019, 07:36:29 PM »

Thanks Archie!

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Open Discussion / Re: Trending Chart

« on: March 03, 2019, 05:00:27 PM »

That took care of the problem, however, I discovered that if one of the plc's has no communication that will also keep the chart from working. so maybe I must rethink the way I group the charts. I have anywhere from 2 to 8 machines in a system. I usually trend all of the alike variables on the same chart, so maybe I need to just trend all variables from one machine on a single chart since it is not uncommon to power down a machine for maintenance purposes. Thanks for your help.

Gene

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Open Discussion / Re: Trending Chart

« on: March 03, 2019, 02:07:12 PM »

OK my problem returned when I tried to implement into my application instead of just the simple pages I was using.
What I have found is that if I use the same tag each with a different comcomponent the chart will not work. SO if I read System_Pressure from EthernetIPforCLXCom1 everything is fine. If I add System_Pressure from EthernetIPforCLXCom2 to the same chart it will not work.

Gene

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Open Discussion / Re: Trending Chart

« on: March 02, 2019, 11:43:07 PM »

I just tried this with ChartWithLogging on each, the MainForm with the FormChangeButton and the Page2 form as it is, each with its own ModbusTCP driver pointing to MODRSsim2 simulator (2 simulators all together, setup with different ports).

Both charts were working and logging to separate directories.

I started from a clean slate and added charts to mainform and page 2 just as you stated and it works just as you stated. I started from a clean slate again and created two forms with a chart on each. The first trend worked the first time I went to form1. The second chart on form2 did finally work but I had to return to mainform and back to form2 three times with trending data showing on the third attempt. I know that sounds strange but at least it is working for me know. Thanks for the help.

Gene

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Open Discussion / Re: Trending Chart

« on: March 02, 2019, 09:40:31 PM »

I wasn't able to replicate exactly, but some issues were fixed that was possibly related. These are in the Beta27 release

I am still having the same issue. First chart works on form1 and chart on Form2 does not. Since you can't replicate the problem it must be something that I am not doing correctly but I surely can't put my finger on it at the moment. I tried with the driver on each form pointed to the same plc and tried pointing each at a different plc.

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Open Discussion / Re: Trending Chart

« on: March 02, 2019, 06:44:23 PM »

OK I will check and see if I can make it work.
Thanks!!

Gene

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Open Discussion / Re: Trending Chart

« on: March 02, 2019, 08:52:22 AM »

Does your second form have a driver instance on it?

Yes it has a different driver instance.

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Open Discussion / Re: Trending Chart

« on: March 01, 2019, 04:29:40 PM »

Yes it works fine if both are on the same form.

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Open Discussion / Re: Trending Chart

« on: March 01, 2019, 03:50:10 PM »

The first chart shows data just fine. The second chart is blank.
I did not remove any code. I added two formchangebuttons on the mainform
one for each form containing a chart. I am sure that it must be something with my setup but I wanted to verify that I have the DataDirectory configured properly.

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Open Discussion / Re: Trending Chart

« on: March 01, 2019, 12:20:41 PM »

Archie, I know I probably can't see the forest for the trees here but I am missing something.
I created two forms each with a ChartWithLogging trend. On the first form in the Properties for DataDirectory I put
.\Pressure Trend and a Folder was created called Pressure Trend and inside of that folder the datalog and 2019 folders
were created with the datalog.csv created in the 2019 folder. On the second form for the DataDirectory I put .\Vibration Trend. This Folder isn't being created thus the trend is not working. So what am I not understanding here?

PS. I am using v399yBeta26

Thanks,
Gene

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Application Showcase / Re: Sample app with latest controls

« on: February 20, 2019, 12:59:49 PM »

Thanks James I will check it out.

Gene

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Application Showcase / Re: Sample app with latest controls

« on: February 19, 2019, 11:54:59 AM »

OK, Sounds like staying with the ini file maybe the better way. So no bother in adding the plc description functionality back. The ini file will be fine, once created should be good for all of my projects anyway. I appreciate your help.

Gene

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Application Showcase / Re: Sample app with latest controls

« on: February 19, 2019, 11:10:34 AM »

Here again I am not sure that I am doing this right but I am using Alarm_Descriptions.

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Application Showcase / Re: Sample app with latest controls

« on: February 19, 2019, 08:59:59 AM »

James, I have been trying to get the alarms to use the description in the PLC.
I am using a Compaclogix L24. I configured the application ini file (Alarm_Use_PLC_Desc=1)
and set the alarmtriggers to use my plc. The alarm popup window showing that an alarm occured
will show but appears to still be populated from the ini file and does not show in the active alarms list page.
I also noticed that the header bar remains red and is blank. It's obvious that there must be more steps to configure
this to work with a PLC. I have tested with the included Modbus Simulator and it works fine.
Thanks, Gene