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Sure, Blue and Blue/White stripe would be following NFPA 79... but all I had was red and black when wiring the demo.

You will need v1.4 or higher of Optix Studio, and choose the Micro Controller Driver, it supports the Micro800 and MicroLogix 1400 Ethernet communications.

@@wawelk thankyou for your support but FT unable to import the tags

Are you trying to import controller/global scope tags, or local scope tags? It will only work with controller scope tags.

You will need v1.4 or higher of Optix Studio, and choose the Micro Controller Driver, it supports the Micro800 and MicroLogix 1400 Ethernet communications.

I'll have to look into that one, as I don't know - seems like something such as auto-scaling would be needed... but this Rockwell knowledge base article seems to confirm what you are having to do: rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1140824/

This KB article on how to automatically scale graphic objects when runtime is resized may be something to try: rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1139478/

@CameronNovak-c4g - this video from Rockwell on responsive design may also be helpful when running on different devices with varying screen resolutions. th-cam.com/video/EsKS-rXvXY4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=KKdbsq8OUJKVyP5L

@@wawelk Wayne thanks for the response, looking at a few github repositories, I settled on a single panel loader. When changing the panel if the session is a web session it loads a larger version of a screen (larger fonts, UI layout changes for web, etc) and if its not a web session it loads a duplicated panel/screen that is more suited for a small 7 inch Optix panel. probably not very efficient and heavily reliant on OOP to not have to duplicate every change, but it solves my problem. the new Grid layout and scale layout with font scaling has been helpful too.

Thanks for sharing the solution you found. I'll have to test that out as well.

Thank you, I'm glad to hear they have been helpful to you.

Thanks Marcus! I appreciate the feedback.

Thanks! Glad these videos were helpful to you.

I've had that issue before, there is a Rockwell Knowledge Base article that addresses it. Basically you will need to reduce the number of cores that your CPU is using: rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1091976/

@@wawelk Thanks for your prompt reply. May I know why "Synchronize the module configuration" button is not active for my CCW application with standard version?

If the Micro800 simulator is powered on (power light is green) it will be greyed out. You need to make configuration changes before it is power on.

Hey Zachary, that comes straight from the Optix help center where it provides Logix controller support for firmware versions 32 and later: www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/docs/factorytalk-optix/1-00/contents-ditamap/using-the-software/communication-driver/communication-drivers-overview/ra-ethernet-ip-driver.html

Thank you for sharing that. I can confirm that online tag importing with version 30 has no issues.

Thanks, that’s good to know.

Support down to version 20 will be coming soon. It may be in the 1.4 release hopefully next week. We shall wait and see.

That's good! I had not seen anything on that, but makes sense, it probably just needed to be tested and validated back to V20 by Rockwell.

I don't see why not - it let's me add multiple aliases in the dialog's properties.

It does let you add multiple aliases to the dialog. But when you create the button click event I can’t see how to address all of the aliases. It only lets me do one!

Also, thanks for the reply!

Not sure, I'll have to give it a try...

@@wawelk I figured it out. It doesn't list the NodeID's separately in the button click event. You have to click the invisible, until you hover over it, edit button and then it shows all the aliases defined on the dialog you're trying to open.

Thanks for the comment - I was able to upload a video that shows the steps to create the Studio 5000 project and the Factory I/O scene used - th-cam.com/video/N70_RcFYpuA/w-d-xo.html

You need to enable the "Show feature previews" under FactoryTalk Optix Studio Options. Also you will need to verify that the "Advanced Mode" is checked.

@@wawelk Thanks a lot!

Yes, it is easy to customize the color of the background and objects. Images can be added by just dragging the image file from your desktop to the Optix Studio screen.

Rockwell Automation offers training workstations, you will need to work with your local Rockwell authorized distributor for more information: www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/support/workforce-development-training/workstations.html

Thank you for your reply. I contacted a distributor but he advised to contact few other integrators. May I know what was the cost for the one you displayed in your video? Thank you

@eugeniugangan7402 - With the FactoryTalk Optix V1.4 release (coming soon), Rockwell will introduce several faceplate device libraries for Optix. These will be prebuilt faceplates similar to what is available for the PanelView Plus and View SE. Rockwell will continue to build more faceplate libraries throughout the year.

Use the Text Box base control object - this lets you click on it and enter a value during runtime.

Are you using the base controls switch? And what version of Optix Studio are you using. I have V1.3.0.968 and the base controls switch does show the value of the BOOL tag when I force the tag on/off in the PLC. It also lets me change the value of that same BOOL tag in the PLC from Optix. And it is retaining the value when I switch from between panels. I know in the previous version I saw the switch not retain when switching between panels - it may have been resolved in this latest version.

@@wawelk Hi Thanks for your videos, that helps me a lot. Can you please explain how to create a drop down list based on a string array from PLC. I have array of 32 string and I need to display them when I click on drop down/button and send a index number back to PLC so the PLC know which one I selected.

@jaconais - view this video to see how to create a popup with an alias to pass parameters into it. th-cam.com/video/BKL3RLka7Wc/w-d-xo.html

I don't have a video showing the details (will have to work on that), but there is an example project available on Rockwell's GitHub. There are two examples in that project where the "motor widget" can be opened like a popup window. github.com/FactoryTalk-Optix/Training_UserInterfaceWithAlias

View this video to see how to create a popup with an alias to pass parameters into it. th-cam.com/video/BKL3RLka7Wc/w-d-xo.html

I posted this video with the details. th-cam.com/video/UKUBQ2-sX24/w-d-xo.html Basically you need V1.3 of Optix Studio and enable Feature Previews in FactoryTalk Optix settings.

Yes, you can reference extended tag properties. For the tag's description you will reference TagName.@Description. If using FactoryTalk View SIte Edition (SE) you will need to have Version 9 or higher for this to work. For FactoryTalk Optix, referencing extended tag properties is a "feature preview" or beta release in Version 1.3.

Not sure - the only mouse event that changes just a "single bit" is the variable command "toggle". The mousedown event/mouseup event seems similar to the Siemens SetBit and ResetBit.

Noted

I agree that the launch of FT Optix has not been the best and training and documentation is missing. But I do see Rockwell being fully committed to FT Optix and continuing to develop it.

@@wawelk it's not true. I don't see references. I keep seeing the same pictures. it's embarrassing and their demo app is poor. By the way, where is the documentation?

Yep, the only documentation I am aware of is the built-in help files from the ? icon. Just in case if you are not aware, Rockwell has a public github repository with many sample Optix projects to download - a lot more than what is provided in FactoryTalk Hub: github.com/FactoryTalk-Optix

@@wawelk Compare FTOptix with WebIQ or myScada and I purposely do not mention Ignition

@@wawelk Past year activity shows that almost no one uses it.

Appreciate the feedback! I will have to demonstrate that method as well. Admittedly I'm not a developer, so glad to get comments from anyone who has been working with Optix.

th-cam.com/video/0O_royUATME/w-d-xo.html posted to show how to do this from design time (preconfigured). I'll work on a video that also shows how to do it dynamically during runtime.

Rockwell does offer an eLearning course for FactoryTalk Optix: www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/support/workforce-development-training/learning-plus/configure-and-deploy-a-basic-factorytalk-optix-project.html Also available are a few hands-on workshop labs on getting started with FactoryTalk Optix. Both of these would be something your local Rockwell Automation authorized distributor can assist you with getting setup.

Using the S7 TIA PROFINET or S7TCP driver? Does the Port setting in FT Optix match that of the S7-1200 PLC? From the Optix help: Number of the port used by the TCP-IP connection. It must match the one configured in the controller.

@@wawelk yes it match with the plc port, in my case, port is 65 i already checked in the hardware configuration

I don't have a way to test with a real S7-1200 CPU currently, but I would say to verify your laptop is setup with the right IP address and subnet and you have a good connection to the controllers with TIA Portal. Use the S7 TIA Profinet driver (if not already). The Optix help file (question mark at the top of Optix Studio) gives some additional information on recommended settings in the CPU such as: - Set Access level to a Full access option. - If applicable, disable the Only allow secure PG/PC and HMI communication option.

What is the version of the firmware running in the 5370 CPU? Is it V32 or higher?

@@wawelk it has version 33.

Not sure, I can't find any info on "Bad Conversion" in the help file or knowledge base. Perhaps try an offline import of your tags from the ACD file to see if you get the same error - it could be something with the application and not the Ethernet communications.

@@wawelk I'll try that as soon as I can. Thank you for your response. I can't find anything either.

It's a new HMI visualization platform from Rockwell Automation. Learn more at: www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/products/software/factorytalk/optix.html

@@wawelk So why not FactoryTalk View SE?

FactoryTalk View SE and ME are still good options from Rockwell for HMI. View SE remains as a full supervisory HMI with client/server and redundant server architectures. FactoryTalk Optix is a new HMI option that will bring new capabilities such as cloud-based editing, github support for collaboration, and native OPC UA support, to name a few... Optix can also run on a Windows or Linux OS, which provides for more deployment options.

Can you view the Runtime of Optix in any web browser?

Yes, if you use a token to enable the Web HMI Client - this allows the realization of the graphical part of the project with all the classic controls data, images and drawings, accessible from one or multiple HTML5 web clients.