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Issue The aim of this document is to provide a step by step guide for the installation and setup of EcoStruxure Automation Expert Soft dPAC into a Raspberry PI 4 and deploy a solution from the Buildtime software. Resolution Download the pdf document 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 This document aims to assist users to configure PLC Viewer App, which runs on AVEVA System Platform. With this configuration, the user will be able to view and navigate through the PLC logic on the supervision system. 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 Show the integration of our EcoStruxure Automation Expert with our IIOT softwares at the application layer Resolution This technical article will help you during the process to connect EcoStruxure Automation Expert with our platform of IIOT products like EcoStruxure Augmented Operator Advisor and EcoStruxure Machine Advisor. You can use this document as a proof of concept of our solutions and as a demonstration of the integration of different platforms. 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 When an EcoStruxure Process Expert application is being created, the user groups need to be planned according to the actions allowed to each one of them on the supervision participant Resolution This document explains how you can plan your users groups based on the Classic GPL. 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 Sometimes an existing application needs to grow, and with this the application license needs to be replaced. Resolution This document explains how to replace the application license and the impacts on the Process Expert system. 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 One of AOA’s (EcoStruxure Augmented Operator Advisors) most used features is the step-by-step procedures. These procedures are performed by operators, and the data of which procedure was made, by who, and when are stored in the AOA runtime PC, on a note.db file. These data are important when it comes to traceability. This knowledge base shows how you can retrieve this historical data through SQL. Resolution Enter resolution. 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 to configure Syslog Server with EcoStruxure Process Expert 2020 R2 Resolution The new version of EcoStruxure Process Expert 2020 R2 contains the Audit Trail functionality, which enables the user to get the traceability of all the changes made in Ecostruxure Process Expert platform when making modifications in the application. It includes all the changes that are made through the control participant, while refining online and offline. This article explains how to stablish the connection between EcoStruxure Process Expert and Syslog Server. 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.

In 2019 EcoStruxure Process Expert was released with a new General Purpose Library for Situational Awareness – GPL SA - as its default library. This is a new library and while functionally like previous General Purpose Library – GPL Classic - there is no direct upgrade between the libraries. Instead the existing library is maintained and supported for existing customers. If projects or customers want to leverage the new general process library, they must migrate their project between the libraries and re-draw their graphics screens...

Issue Having an agnostic approach when it comes to automation and decoupling the software from the hardware have been on the mind of many customers and a clear requirement from the industry. Resolution With the latest technology and thanks to a container approach, this is today possible with EcoStruxure Automation Expert runtime. 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 The attached document explains the best practice of implementation of FDT/ DTM technologies for integration of smart instruments (HART supported instrumentations) into Automation system architecture Exercise In the exercise, it will have some specific customer requirements scenario. By the completion of this lab the participant will be able to: • To design and to decide the correct place/ platform to implement FDT/DTM in order to answer specific customer requirements in their whole life cycle of the project (engineering/development, commissioning, maintenance and operation • To understand the drawback or limitation for each platform in term of FDT/DTM implementation in order to help participant to decide the correct platform. 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 The GPL Communication library contains objects managing explicit messaging for Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU technologies. This document will summarize how to manage devices on serial lines connected to BMXNOM0200 module on M580 X80 drops on EcoStruxure Process Expert/ Hybrid DCS platform Resolution Please see attached document where it explains how to manage devices on serial lines connected to BMXNOM0200 on M580 drops on EcoStruxure Process Expert/ Hybrid DCS platform. 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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