KB-32428: ICD files.
Question: Can I import/export ICD files with Elipse’s IEC 61850 driver? Can it import data and generate ICD files? Solution: ICD files describe all the contents of what is inside…
KB-36094: Downloading drivers for testing purposes.
Question: How can I download a driver developed by Elipse for testing purposes? Solution: To do so, you must first sign in (for free) to Elipse’s website. After that,…
KB-33436: Driver licenses for Ethernet communication.
Question: How many licenses are needed to communicate with a network with five PLCs via Ethernet? Solution:To do so, you will need one license per driver object in the application,…
Setting drivers to generate daily logs.
Question: How can I generate daily logs for Elipse’s drivers? Solution: With drivers using IOKit (version 1.10 or higher), just locate the log’s name (at Log to File: on Logging…
KB-27195: Disabling message Abort in Error of the driver.
Question: How can I disable the message Abort in Error of the driver at Elipse SCADA? Solution: To do so, select the driver at the Organizer and uncheck the option…
KB-28910: Communicating S7-300 with softnet software.
Question: Is it possible to establish communication with Siemens’ PLC S7-300 by using Siemens’ “softnet” software? Solution: Yes, it is possible. The “softnet” software works as an OPC server, and…
KB-29155: Visualizing communication status.
Question: How can I use the driver to visualize the communication status? Solution: In the driver’s folder, there is an icon called TagBrowser. This object has several I/O drivers from…
KB-31579: Driver Starts in listen mode.
Question: How does Driver starts in listen mode option behave when enabled? Solution: Listen Mode happens when the driver is able to ‘listen’ to the connection of another master/slave. The…
KB-31754: Redundant PLCs.
Question: Can I use two PLCs working in redundancy with the same driver? Solution: Yes. To do so, you must enable the option BackUpAddress on IOKit’s Ethernet tab, and insert…
KB-30938: Exporting I/O tags.
Question: Can I export a driver’s I/O tags to a list in Excel format? Solution: Yes, you can. To do so, you must right-click the driver object and choose the…