Question: How can I create a password to protect the application against accidental edition? Solution: To do so, open the Organizer, Application tab, an click Protection. On Application Protection dialog,…
Question: How are tags counted in Elipse SCADA for licensing purposes? Solution: The following tags are counted for licensing purposes in Elipse SCADA: RAM, DDE, Demo, Expression, PLC, and PLC…
Question: Which DOS command lists the ports being used by the computer? Solution: The command is: netstat -na
Question: Why does Excel interpret as absolute a value written in date formate by a DDE tag? Solution: If the Excel cell is formatted as Date/Time, several “###” characters will…
Question: What are the limitations of Elipse SCADA’s demo mode? Solution: Elipse SCADA’s demo and set up modes share several resources, except for the following: Demo mode does not allow…
Question: An application is indexing N1 parameter of two PLC tags at runtime with a Lite 75 hardkey, when the following messages are displayed: “NameTag1.N1 cannot be altered in this…
Question: What DOS command can be used to synchronize the computer’s date/time with the server’s date/time? Solution: The DOS command used for synchronizing the computer’s time with the network’s is…
Question: When an Elipse SCADA application is run in Windows Vista, the right side of the screen appears to have been cropped. Why does this happen? Solution: Elipse SCADA’s appearance…
Question: How can P1 to P4 parameters be altered when the application is being executed? Solution: If the driver is communicating, you must to the following: stop communication via StopComm()…
Question: How can I find out whether there is a communication error in the driver? Solution: Whenever there is a communication error in the driver, Elipse SCADA will automatically call…