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Issue Schneider Electric provides M580 ePAC and Ethernet modules. Several architectures are already documented. However, the need of customer sometimes is different and requires a specific architecture. In this case, we will have a look on remarks and questions regarding topology and modules characteristics with a special focus to avoid broadcast storms. Resolution From extraction of the EcoStruxure Control Expert Help and “M580 Ethernet Remote IO / Distributed IO Principles and Technologies” document, this article reminds the basic rules of the Ethernet ports of modules and Ethernet cables to connect or not, to avoid broadcast storm. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Background Growing in popularity now is the trend to propagate data into the Cloud. AVEVA Insight Online is one of the featured Applications which we can easily propagate data to and have them displayed as smart data to be viewed anywhere. When using AVEVA Insight Online as it is, without any added configurations, we usually have our contents displayed in its simplest form as below. Objective When this knowledge is applied, not only are we able to get the Units of Measurements to show (on the Analog Tags), but we are able to also get Digital Tags to show a descriptive state instead of just ON and OFF. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Background With the advent of IIoT integration into many industry solutions, one of the most common requests nowadays is with regards to the messaging. Objective In this knowledge base article, we will show how Citect can be made to send a message to Microsoft Teams. This is useful in situations where Citect needs to urgently alert a recipient on some critical matters occurring in the plant. Although this knowledge base is made around Microsoft Teams, the concept can be similarly applied to other messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Line and even Facebook Messenger. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Issue EcoStruxure Automation Expert V21.1 introduces the possibility of using adapters in the basic Function Blocks. Resolution The purpose of this document is to describe, using a simple example, how to use these as adapters. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Issue How do I utilise the new WWW Library released with EcoStruxure Automation Expert? Objective There is a new WWW Library released with the standard EAE installer. This library is rather user-friendly and allows us to engineer some specific processes in the water industry. The objective of this article is to, in the shortest time possible, teach you how to engineer an Aeration Process using objects from the Library. You will then run the Solution to see how it works. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Issue Need to create an easy integration of Modbus devices in EcoStruxure Automation Expert Resolution The Hardware CAT allows to integrate a fieldbus device, managing the communication parameters, the hardware abstraction layer, and the animated graphic symbol. The document describes how to create an Hardware CAT based on the creation of an STB island managed by an STBNIP2311. The example project archive is available in the download area. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Objective This article describes how to unpack a 16-Bit Analog value acquired via MODBUS communication, into its individual bit components that can then be used as an Array of 16 Digital states. This is a common practice in many industry automation implementations to optimize the traffic between devices and as a strategy to reduce the number of variables read in from a device. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Issue Explicit messaging can be used more effectively instead of implicit messaging in a few use cases. E.g. polling multiple services devices connected through a Modbus TCP to serial gateway; or configuring event-based read/write communication instead of cyclic ones. EcoStruxure Control Expert provides many function blocks for explicit messaging. The Data_Exch block stands out as it allows to program any Modbus or Ethernet/IP query required by the users. However, from its user manual, it's not so clear on how to go about it. Resolution This article can be read as additional guidance to users apart from the block's user manual. Focus is on using this block for any Modbus query, and as an example, Function codes 22 and 23 are implemented. Usage of Data_Exch over Ethernet/IP is not included as it has been well described in an existing document. Download link for the sample section: https://schneider-electric.box.com/s/e0er959u70biofuwpjtmoqxh44zdzngs Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Issue Using Modbus serial communication with third-party equipment requires complex logic to manage priorities and diagnostics. Resolution The General Purpose library (GPL) has powerful functions and only needs a simple configuration for the implementation of this communication. This document shows the implementation of a serial Modbus client and scanner communication, in EcoStruxure Process Expert. The GPL library is also available for EcoStruxure Control expert as a standalone library and the two examples described can be easily reused on this software platform. Library link: https://shop.exchange.se.com/en-US/apps/66288/general-purpose-library-v2-for-ecostruxure-control-exp... Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Issue The configuration of an MMM system with routes, starting and stopping assets in sequence, taking into account security and associated supervision, is not easy to achieve. Resolution EcoStruxure Process Expert and the MMM library allow to realize these functions and the associated supervision by simple parameterization. The document presents the functional description of an MMM process managing conveyor belts, valves and tanks and how to develop the system with a group control function used to start and stop the assets in sequence. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Issue Network management including performance monitoring is an important part of system diagnostics. Integration of the network monitoring system in the SCADA system provides a single window interface for the maintenance team. Resolution This article shows the different methods available for integrating ConneXium Network Manager into Citect SCADA. Similar steps can be followed for integration in other SCADA systems as well which have an OPC client driver or support ActiveX controls. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

Introduction According standard EtherNet/IP protocol, there are 2 types of messaging EtherNet/IP implicit messaging EtherNet/IP Explicit messaging This exercise will assist to know EtherNet/IP concept and how to implement EtherNet/IP implicit messaging within EcoStruxure Process Expert solution approach. Note: this procedure is validated and tested with EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS 2018 The concept of implementation is the same for later version of EcoStruxure Process Expert (EPE) (new name for EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS). Resolution Please see attached document for detailed implementation. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

This document presents different ways to change the animation color of the common process library objects in EcoStruxure Automation Expert. 3 methods are presented: a simple method using the standard parameters to modify the color animation of all objects in the library. A static method using the instance properties to customize the animation color of each instance. A dynamic method to change the animation color of an object, directly from the logic. Example of dynamic color change: These methods can be applied to change the color of any graphical objects. The Solution archive example is attached ( EcoStruxure Automation Expert V22.0)

Issue When creating a CAT using multiple animated symbols or SubCats and using an instance of that CAT in a canvas, the parameters of the built-in objects are not displayed and cannot be modified. Resolution The aim of the document is to explain how to display the properties of embedded objects (animated symbols or SubCATs) in order to be able to modify them in the instance of the CAT. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Schneider Electric.

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