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Hello, Me and my team have been using a user library created on C# with no problems for many revisions. Today however, I compiled on Visual and sent to my colleague and when he selects "Replace Library" he gets the error: "The referenced library could not be loaded because it would cause ambiguous ids." I can load the …

Hello, do you know the cause about these CILG0030 compilation errors? I don`t know what ACTF means. The DWORD_TO_WORDS and WORDS_TO_DWORD are PLCnE FBs. The customer is using 2020.3 FW with AXC 2152 und 2020.3 PLCnE version.

Dear PLCnext Team, I have two questions about the DataLogger feature(included in PLCnext runtime). 1) How to calculate the required memory size for the DataLogger ? Since PLCnext controller has limited memory space for data logging, I would like to estimate how long the PLCnext controller can store the data using the…

Hello ， I wonder if plcnext engineer 2020 can be installed on Windows Server 2012 system? Can you provide the operating system installation suggestion form? Thanks!

Hello, I'm trying to connect PLCnext to Safety logic(LPSDO) via Modbus TCP for online configuration. I got modbus TCP library (https://www.plcnextstore.com/#/246) from plcnext store and implemented like example server described in the document. I could connect PLCnext to Modbus TCP client via port 502(for test) but…

Hi All! I want to use the notification manager as an extensive "activity tracker". I'm still a bit fuzzy on this topic, so a bit of explanation of experts would certainly help! As I understand, there are two parts of this. The Notification Manager and the Notification Logger. The Notification logger subscribes to the…

Dear Sir, Dear Madam, I have an AXC F 1152 in use and would like to connect it to node red. Unfortunately I can only find a Node.js in your store that is suitable for the AXC F2152 controller. Can I connect the AXC F 1152 at all and if so how?

Dear sir, We've encounter problemes with the next store since thursday. I wanted to install 1 of the 2 licenses of mqtt client on to my plc. When I selected the license and install it to my PLC (firmware 2020.0) it say it cannot install the software to my plc. So the only option is to choose offline installation. But…

Hi, I have a questions about ComSiemens library: 1) How many bytes is possibile to exchange between an AXC F 2152 and a S7-1500? 2) Is possibile to exchange LREAL data types? 3) How many S7-1500 could be read with one AXC F 2152? My customer needs to read 200 LREAL from one or (if possible) more S7-1500 and needs to lo…

Dear Sir, Dear Madam, I am using an AXC F 1152 and would like to connect it to a Profibus network. I have found the AXL F BK PB on your website, which I believe would be suitable for this purpose. Can you confirm this on the one hand and on the other hand explain to me how to integrate it into PLCnext Engineer.…

Hi, I have tried to offline install the Node.js runtime for AXC F 2152 downloaded from the store, on a AXC F 1152 but I have had the Error Code: TargetIncompatible. I think an specific Node.js runtime will be avaible for the 1152, is it right? Do you know when it will be ready?

Dear All, maybe someone willing to help me. I just soon getting PLCnext starter kit. I already long time working with other PLC, but just new comer on PLCnext. I got that we can use few software for PLCnext, but which is more recommended. Is it correct if I select PLCnext Engineer software?

Hello, Based on the manual (I attached the screenshot) I could pass auth token and get the code. However, I couldn't pass authentication of the access token. Could you tell me the way to pass through? myenv: PLCnext 2152, FW: 2020.0 Step1. https://192.168.1.10/_pxc_api/v1.2/auth/auth-token {"scope":"variables"} =>I got…

I have a couple questions regarding the eHMI. I am using version 2019.9. * If the Enforcement of user levels is set to PLCnext user management, how can I allow some functionality without a user login? I want some pages to be accessible without logging in then for it to prompt you when you try to access a page that requ…

Hello Colleagues, I got question for Installation of PLCnext Engineer to PC. Execute the installer, but the installation does not complete. The progress bar stops at about 30%, and there is no change even after 1 hour. So, looking at the task manager, the operating rate of the hard disk is 100%. What are the possibilit…

Hello, I was hoping that when creating a method in a function block, this method would be available as OPC UA Method on the OPC UA server of the controller. It doesn't appear to be the case. Is there a way of doing that? If not, are there plans of doing that? I think that could be an interesting feature to make the who…

Hello, Is the function of flashing a discovered device available in the Online Devices tab in Project active? I can toggle flashing on and off but I don's see any difference at PLC's LEDs. As far I remember this kind of function in classic AXC and PC Worx had an easily noticeable flashing effect.

I am trying to develop an application using the eCLR library with C#. I program various logic blocks that are then used by a PLC. I see from the help file that the System.IO classes Directory and DirectoryInfo are not supported. This is a major problem for us since the application involves creating, reading, moving, an…

Is it planned to implement DLMS protocol support (e.g. in the form of a IEC 61131-3 library)? Of maybe someone know any good open source DLMS library? I foud very good looking library - Gurux.DLMS but it has very strong copyleft licence.

Hello everyone, I need the help of the community, im working with the AXC2152 and i lost the archive with the program, but i loaded the program into the PLC with the sources, anyone knows if its posible download the program from the plc to my computer ??? im using the PLCnext engineer software

I've the following problem: I want to log GSD-Data just every 1s to the sqlite database an read the values every 60s from the database. I've configured the data-logger.config this way: The problem is that the data is written to the db-file all 1000 values instead of all 60s (for testing i just have one value). Could it…

Is there a functionblock for "Astro timer"? I need a FB thats works like an "Astro Timer" who switch off when the sun rise and switch off when the sun sets.

Hi, Recently I have been trying to install new nodes on node-red and usually give me this error, can someone help me solve it? I have very few things installed in the PLC and I find it strange to be out of space, thank you.

Dear Sir, One of Customer is Using Matlab2018a With Target for Simulink v1.42 . Created Simulink Model as per Video but on Build Getting Error Index Exceeds array bounds. Please Suggest Error Details as follows === Model Save (Elapsed: 0.704 sec) === === Model Save (Elapsed: 0.159 sec) === === Build (Elapsed: 29 sec) =…

Hi Is it possible to change the standard zoom level, and pin's in fx. Variable editors so they always are active. (or just remember it for next time project is loaded) I spend a lot of time changing zoom in editor/debug windows all time. and if i program from my home computer, i have to do it all again. What about zoom…

Hi, If an IT department wants to practice the principle of least privilege, what are the minimum rules that the IT department needs to allow to enable the connection of a PLCnext device to the Proficloud? I.e. what are the specific ports, IP addresses, protocols, etc. that an IT department must whitelist to connect PLC…

Hi, I noticed that if I use the function block PBCL_SysRestart_1 from PLCNextBase library I loose the possibility to download changes, I have to download everything. Is this a known issue or is it just a problem in my project? I am using RFC4072s with fw 2020.0 LTS Best regards Stefan

Hi, I am trying to use a TON_R (Retentive Timer) to turn on and off based on the status of a bit. However I cannot find the "Power On/Off" bit of this timer. That bit seems to be what enables the timer. As you can see from the picture I attached, the IN input does not really enable the timer therefore I can't use that…

Hi, I'm trying to replicate the RT_datalogger example on Github. I'm trying to make part 6 but I have some issues with the c++ code. https://github.com/PLCnext/PLCnext_RT_Datalogger The first issue I had was that Eclipse couldn't find the Datalogger folder in Services in de ARP structure. So I created those folders and…

Hi, Some times i add a new retain variable, event under Fast edit mode (and download changes only) the "old" retain values/variables are cleared/re initialized. Is something we have to ignore, or is it a bug in the PLCnext engineer? it's not all time, but sometimes it comes 3-4 times in a row.... - Emil