Help
  • Explore Community Expore Community
  • Get started
  • Ask the Community
  • How-To & Best Practices
  • Contact Support
Login / Register
Brand Logo
Help
  • Explore Community Explore Community
  • Get started
  • Ask the Community
  • How-To & Best Practices
  • Contact Support
close
  • Community Home
  • Forums
    • By Topic
    • By Topic
      EcoStruxure Building
      • Field Devices Forum
      • SmartConnector Forum
      EcoStruxure Power & Grid
      • EcoStruxure Asset Advisor
      • Gateways and Energy Servers
      • Metering & Power Quality
      • Protection & Control
      APC UPS, Critical Power, Cooling and Racks
      • APC UPS Data Center & Enterprise Solutions Forum
      • APC UPS for Home and Office Forum
      EcoStruxure IT
      • EcoStruxure IT forum
      • EcoStruxure IT™ Advisor CFD
      Remote Operations
      • EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert Forum
      • Remote Operations Forum
      Industrial Automation
      • Alliance System Integrators Forum
      • AVEVA Plant SCADA Forum
      • CPG Expert Forum DACH
      • EcoStruxure Automation Expert / IEC 61499 Forum
      • Fabrika ve Makina Otomasyonu Çözümleri
      • Harmony Control Customization Forum
      • Industrial Edge Computing Forum
      • Industry Automation and Control Forum
      • Korea Industrial Automation Forum
      • Machine Automation Forum
      • Modicon PAC Forum
      • PLC Club Indonesia
      Schneider Electric Wiser
      • Schneider Electric Wiser Forum
      Power Distribution IEC
      • Eldistribution & Fastighetsautomation
      • Elektrik Tasarım Dağıtım ve Uygulama Çözümleri
      • Paneelbouw & Energie Distributie
      • Power Distribution and Digital
      • Solutions for Motor Management
      Power Distribution NEMA
      • Power Monitoring and Energy Automation NAM
      Power Distribution Software
      • EcoStruxure Power Design Forum
      • LayoutFAST User Group Forum
      Energy & Sustainability Services
      • Green Building Scoring and Certification Forum
      Light and Room Control
      • SpaceLogic C-Bus Forum
      Solutions for your Business
      • Solutions for your Business Forum
      Support
      • Ask the Community
  • Knowledge Center
    • Building Automation Knowledge Base
    • Remote Operations Devices Knowledge Base
    • Geo SCADA Knowledge Base
    • Industrial Automation How-to videos
    • Digital E-books
    • Success Stories Corner
    • EcoStruxure IT Help Center
  • Events & Webinars
    • All Events
    • Innovation Talks
    • Innovation Summit
    • Let's Exchange Series
    • Partner Success
    • Technology Partners
  • Ideas
    • EcoStruxure Building
      • EcoStruxure Building Advisor Ideas
      Remote Operations
      • EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert Ideas
      • Remote Operations Devices Ideas
      Industrial Automation
      • Modicon Ideas & new features
  • Blogs
    • By Topic
    • By Topic
      EcoStruxure Power & Grid
      • Backstage Access Resources
      EcoStruxure IT
      • EcoStruxure IT™ Advisor CFD
      Remote Operations
      • Remote Operations Blog
      Industrial Automation
      • Industrie du Futur France
      • Industry 4.0 Blog
      Power Distribution NEMA
      • NEMA Power Foundations Blog
      Energy & Sustainability Services
      • Active Energy Management Blog
      Light and Room Control
      • KNX Blog
      Knowledge Center
      • Digital E-books
      • Geo SCADA Knowledge Base
      • Industrial Automation How-to videos
      • Remote Operations Devices Knowledge Base
      • Success Stories Corner
  • companyImpact

Vista Workstation Error: 'No such entity' in value column

Building Automation Knowledge Base

Access this self-service resource 24/7 and post your questions or scroll through forums for answers on building automation.

cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
  • Home
  • Schneider Electric Community
  • Knowledge Center
  • Building Automation Knowledge Base
  • Vista Workstation Error: 'No such entity' in value column
Options
  • Article History
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Email to a Friend
  • Printer Friendly Page
  • Report Inappropriate Content
Invite a Co-worker
Send a co-worker an invite to the portal.Just enter their email address and we'll connect them to register. After joining, they will belong to the same company.
You have entered an invalid email address. Please re-enter the email address.
This co-worker has already been invited to the Exchange portal. Please invite another co-worker.
Please enter email address
Send Invite Cancel
Invitation Sent
Your invitation was sent.Thanks for sharing Exchange with your co-worker.
Send New Invite Close

Related Forums

  • Field Devices Forum

Previous Next
Contributors
  • DavidFisher
    DavidFisher
  • Sacco
    Sacco
  • Product_Support
    Product_Support

Invite a Colleague

Found this content useful? Share it with a Colleague!

Invite a Colleague Invite
Back to Building Automation Knowledge Base
Options
  • Article History
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Email to a Friend
  • Printer Friendly Page
  • Report Inappropriate Content
0 Likes
1279 Views

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Trying to translate this page to your language?
Select your language from the translate dropdown in the upper right. arrow
Translate to: English
  • (Français) French
  • (Deutsche) German
  • (Italiano) Italian
  • (Português) Portuguese
  • (Русский) Russian
  • (Español) Spanish

Vista Workstation Error: 'No such entity' in value column

Picard Product_Support
‎2018-09-07 06:39 AM

Issue

Vista Workstation Errors: 'No such entity' , sometimes accompanied with  'Could not parse blueprint' and 'Failed to parse application' error messages in alarm pane.

Error occurred: Failed to retrieve property from database. The property page will be disabled.
No such entity

Environment

  • Vista Workstation
  • Menta
  • OP tree

Cause

  • There is a mismatch between the .mta in the Xenta and the .mta in the Vista database. Vista asks for a value that does not exist in the device and errors.
  • Unused constants in the Menta file
  • Error in the OP tree
  • Transfer of the .mta to the controller upon download was invalid or failed.
  • Memory is low or has been totally consumed in the Xenta programmable controller.
  • PVR blocks that have invalid values, eg. 2,0E-16 or similar. This can happen sometimes if you save in simulation mode in Menta

Resolution

Most common:

If all of the signals are showing "No Such Entity", this is a sign that the controller does not contain a Menta file. Though you may think it should, it does not.

The following are reasons why the controller did not download or is applicationless. Applicationless controllers require a "direct connect" and download to the controller.

Errors in OP

NOTE: if you've customized the OP menu, changes will be lost

  1. In Menta editor, Tools>OP Configuration, Tree>test. Test to see if there are errors in the OP tree.
  2. Tree>Build and select "Yes" to replace the current tree.
  3. Tree >Generate.
  4. Tree>Test. This will verify your errors have been fixed.
  5. Save the OP file.
  6. In simulation mode select Command>Generate, File>Save to Vista database or save the Menta file to your hard drive with the intention of manually browsing in the .mta to the device.

Incorrect .mta in the Vista Database

  1. Browse in a newly saved .mta,
  2. Download the controller.

Application Too Large

Downloading through Vista may appear to be successful though an error exists. Using a serial connection is the most reliable way to reveal memory errors. Use one or more of the following to free up memory in a Xenta which is "Out of Memory".

  • Checked the free memory in Menta via Options>Memory Usage and make sure that the Application is not too big
  • Reduce application size by limiting the amount of "public" values and "descriptions" by un-checking public in the Menta block properties and deleting the description.
  • Delete unnecessary not connected outputs (TANVO's)
  • Delete the OP Menu if it is not needed. Alternatively, build the OP Tree instead of Auto Generating one for a smaller file.
  • Time schedules/charts consume significant amount of memory. Check all TSCH blocks and delete any unnecessary Week/Alt charts.
  • Replace the Xenta controller with a larger capacity controller (from a X280 to X300 or from X300 to X400)
  • Re-write your program to use all Menta blocks more efficiently.
  • Split the task among controllers but keep in mind limitations with TAC network variables and network traffic.


Invalid Values

  1. In Menta, go to simulation mode
  2. Go to Preferences uncheck view diagram
  3. Now you get all the signals in a list that you can easily scroll through and find any value that are to small or large
  4. Change the value to the real value
  5. Hit F5 and F12 and save in edit more.

 

If only some of the signals are showing "No Such Entity" there is a mismatch of what signal values are trying to be retrieved from the controller, and the signals that are actually present in the controller. This is known as Unused Constants.

Unused Constants

  1. In Menta, go to Options>Constants Tables and choose "Delete Unused" to remove all orphan variables
  2. Download to the controller.
Labels (1)
Labels:
  • TAC Vista
Tags (1)
  • Find more articles tagged with:
  • 4639
Was this article helpful? Yes No
No ratings

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

To The Top!

Forums

  • APC UPS Data Center Backup Solutions
  • EcoStruxure IT
  • EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert
  • Metering & Power Quality
  • Schneider Electric Wiser

Knowledge Center

Events & webinars

Ideas

Blogs

Get Started

  • Ask the Community
  • Community Guidelines
  • Community User Guide
  • How-To & Best Practice
  • Experts Leaderboard
  • Contact Support
Brand-Logo
Subscribing is a smart move!
You can subscribe to this forum after you log in or create your free account.
Forum-Icon

Create your free account or log in to subscribe to the forum - and gain access to more than 10,000+ support articles along with insights from experts and peers.

Register today for FREE

Register Now

Already have an account? Login

Terms & Conditions Privacy Notice Change your Cookie Settings © 2023 Schneider Electric, Inc