KB-38040: Hot-StandBy servers’s switchover via scripts.
Question: How can I force a HotStandBy servers’s switchover via scripts? Solution: To do so, you must enable the Activate backup server on local failure option in the Domain’s options…
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KB-27783: Driver for Rockwell’s CompactLogix.
Question: What driver should I use with Rockwell’s CompactLogix? Solution: With this, you must use ABCIP driver (Ethernet/IP – CIP protocol). You can download it directly at Elipse’s website.
KB-27662: Saving values when the application stops.
Question: Can I save values configured at run time when stopping an application, in order to load them later? Solution: Yes; to do so, you must use Recipes and create…
KB-27705: Generating a report every X minutes.
Question: How can I create a report that repeats itself periodically in a regular time interval (for example, every 15 minutes)? Solution: To do so, you can create a Chrono…
KB-27732: Exponentiation function.
Question: What is the exponentiation function in Elipse SCADA ? Solution: To do so, you must use **. Example of script: // tag001 squared tag001 ** 2
KB-27605: Executing Windows calculator via application.
Question: How can I call the Windows calculator at run time? Solution: To do so, you must use the Global Manager’s ShellExecute method: ShellExecute (strOperação, strArquivo, strParametros, strDir, nCmdVisual)) Example…
KB-37120: Enabling the IEC61850 driver to read a relay’s buffer data.
Question: After reestablishing the communication lost between the supervisory and several relays, why is the driver not able to access data from the relay’s buffer? Solution: When the communication between…
KB-27638: Communication between SCADA applications.
Question: Can data from a SCADA application be acquired via another one? Solution: Yes. To do so, there are two options: Via Remote Applications (but you need to purchase a…
KB-35784: Displaying values with milliseconds in a Report.
Question: How can I display values with milliseconds in a Report? Solution: For versions equal to or higher than v. 3.5 b. 174, to format the date/time with milliseconds, the…
KB-36903: Using Set command to enhance a script’s performance.
Question: How does Set command help enhance a script’s performance? Solution: In addition to improving the organization and making it easier to analyze scripts, Set command optimizes the script’s performance…