KB-29747: Monitoring the communication between Elipse E3 and a PLC.
Question: How can I set up an alarm to be triggered when the communication between the Elipse E3 and a PLC is offline? Solution: There are two different ways to…
Question: How can I set up an alarm to be triggered when the communication between the Elipse E3 and a PLC is offline? Solution: There are two different ways to…
Question: How can I break a line on a MessageBox? Solution: To do so, you must write a script using the Chr() function. For example: MessageBox(“phrase line 1″+Chr(13)+Chr(10)+”phrase line 2”…
Question: In an application, the data is being “drawn” by E3Chart, but when leaving the screen and returning to back to it, the chart is erased and it starts to…
Question: How can I view the Driver’s status? Solution: To do so, you must create a tag and configure its parameters as N1=-1, N2=0, N3=0 and N4=2, or import a…
Question: How can I change the physical layer from serial to Ethernet? Solution: To do so, the Driver must belong to the IOKit. The IOKit is a shared component used…
Question: Which files must be copied for backing up an E3 application? Solution:To do so, you must copy the .DOM (Domain), .PRJ (Project), and .LIB (Library) files. However, it is…
Question: How can I write more than one line on an object’s description (be it by using Chr(10), Chr(13), etc.)? Solution: It is not possible to write more than one…
Question: When I use ChooseRecipe() method, a window pops up with all recorded recipes. How can I increase the size of this window’s font? Solution: To do so, go to…
Question: How many driver licenses are necessary to communicate with two PLCs via ISOTCP? Solution: To do so, you need two Driver licenses.
Question: Why is data recorded on a Historic not being viewed when the *.dat file is too big? Solution: This happens because Elipse SCADA can’t open files that are too…