Accessing OPC A&E driver’s events individually.
The EventBlock tag is a read-only, 18-element tag that returns a data block for each alarm or event received by the driver. Each read in this tag can return anything…
Category: Elipse E3
Softkey revalidation/updates.
Softkeys are software protection mechanisms developed by Elipse Software as an alternative to hardkeys. With a softkey, Elipse products can be executed in remote environments, since the license is validated…
Adding a watermark to a Report.
Question: Can I add a watermark to a report? Solution: Yes, you can. Watermarks are texts of figures displayed under the document’s main text; these watermarks are added to the…
KB-83197: Sorting out alarms in E3Alarm.
Question: An alarm that has previously occurred and whose activation limit has been altered was once again displayed by E3Alarm, with a new date and below the other alarms. Can…
Recording alarms in different databases and tables.
Question: Can I create multiple alarm servers in an E3 application? If not possible, can two alarms be saved in two databases at the same time via Alarm Server? Solution:…
KB-76062: How to integrate Elipse E3 to Google Maps API.
Can Google Maps be integrated with Elipse E3? Can I send tag values from E3 (such as Latitude and Longitude) to Google Maps…
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Délio Damin, Felipe Scherer
KB-83657: Generating an event in the driver only when an element is changed.
Question: A script in a block tag’s OnRead event isn’t being executed properly: there is only one element whose EnableDriverEvent property is set as TRUE, this element is not changed,…
Executing Python scripts via Elipse E3.
Python is a general-purpose programming language especially used for scientific and engineering solutions due to its several libraries for handling data, calculations, statistics, visualization, etc. Elipse E3 has no native…
Referencing external pathfiles in Elipse E3.
Question: When working with external image files, Access databases, or drivers (.dll), these objects’ functionalities can be missing when the application is moved to a new machine or when their…
KB-81331: Stopping/Starting Windows services via Elipse E3 scripts.
Question: Can Windows services be stopped/started via Elipse E3 scripts? Solution: Yes, they can. To do so, insert the script bellow into the Click event of a button interacting with…