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Virtual Training Calendar for Machine Automation

Hello everyone, We would like to highlight that there are some available seats for Virtual Classes in Q3 of Y2025 in our Machine Automation training team as below, come and join us!!! EcoStruxure...
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TM172P / TM172SIG - get RTC from internet NTP servers

Hello everyone! Does anyone know if M172P controllers or the M172SIG IoT interface can obtain time and date from an Internet NTP server? I found a few related topics (for example: https://community.se....
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SNTP with M172

Hello everybody,I would like to connect my M172 28-42 I/O (firmware 596.13) to an server SNTP, I check in "target block" and I see sysSNTP_GetTime / sysSNTP_Reset(). I testing to use this but my M172 s...
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PLC TM171 | Cannot connect to target

I've already tried using speeds of 9600 and 19200 with the E, 8, 1 and N, 8, 1 configurations. The same converter port configuration for these speeds has also been checked. I have 4 electrical panels ...
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TM173DLED compatibility

According to this information on the M173 hardware guide, TM173DLED is compatible with both din versions and flush mount versions. However this is quite new in our country (actually it has not arrived ...
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Converting the Variables in variables using Eco Structure Machine Expe...

I am Communicating with a slave device and I able to read the variables value from 2 WORD Locations and after Combining the WORDs into a single DWORD and unlike Eco Structure Machine Expert I am not ab...
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Release 1.8 EcoStruxure Machine Expert - HVAC

Hi, When is the new release 1.8.0 ESME-HVAC planned? The paralel Eliwell Free Studio 1.8 has been released few months ago. In the past, both versions were released at a similar time.
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Ecostructure

Hi Team, I am Using PLC-M172 and HMI-HMIET6400. Now here I am reading the some flow meter data and i prepared the totalizer of it. now I want to make it retentive and EEPROM have some limit. so can you...
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M172 with Delta HMI type DOP107-EV

Dears .. The client has already bought a Delta HMI type DOP107-EV , and he want use it to read and write data from Modicon M172s that i have already programmed in his project . I configured the modicon...
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Communication between M172 and TM172DCL

Hi, I am trying to connect TM172DCL (Display for M172) but I keep getting Modbus Comm error. Current Setting: 1. I am using RS485-2 as a Modbus Master on M172. 2. Created a Generic Modbus Device ...
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The TM172PDG42RI 42 I/O PLC is not polled using the Modbus RTU protoco...

Hello! The task is to poll the PLC using the Modbus RTU protocol (by RS485-2). All the necessary settings have been made: 1. In the Configuration for RS485-2, the mode was set to "Modbus Slave-BACnet M...
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M172 - download on command line updates and generating the USB files

Hi, I have a copy of the 'HowToUse_DownloadOnLineCommand' rev3. Is there a new version of this resource? Also, I want to be able to use the 'EWDevice.exe' or similar to generate the USB files using...
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