Question: Why does the communication properly established via E3Studio fail at run time? Solution: A few reasons for communication failures at run time are: 1. The hardkey or softkey was…
Question: How does a tag’s deadband (PercentDeadband property) work? Does it depend on a configured scale, or is it calculated from each value updated in the tag? Solution: If you…
Question: What are I/O Blocks for? Solution: I/O Blocks optimize the communication. For example, when there is a sequence of addresses in the device, the I/O Block will read all…
Question: How can I detect any communication failure via Elipse E3? Solution: Any communication failure can be handled via scripts the Driver’s OnCommError and OnCommErrorEx, which are always fired whenever…
Question: How can I access (read/write) the bits in an I/O tag? Answer: To do so, you must enable the tag’s UseBitFields property. That way, these bits can be accessed…
Question: How can I apply a scale in an I/O Tag? Can I retrieve, via scale, its value without the scale? Solution: To use a value scale in an I/O…
Question: How can I make some tags be updated before others in Elipse E3? Solution: Usually, the driver will require each tag’s value periodically, according to the tag’s Scan property.…
Question: What is the difference between the I/O tag’s Value and RawValue properties in Elipse E3? Solution: The difference between them is: Value: shows the formatted value (in the chosen…
Question: As seen below, I have an XObject with one driver and three I/O tags: The driver starts on offline mode, and its parameterization (IP, port, and network…
Question: If an IOTag’s N/B parameters are edited at run time, will more I/O licenses be consumed? Solution: Yes. By default, both Elipse E3 and Elipse SCADA consume an I/O…