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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.

Issue In most projects related to mining it is necessary to integrate frequency inverters with their motor block respectively. Resolution This document will assist you in integrating a Mot1D engine block with the block for the Altivar Process ATV9xx 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 new versions of Ecostruxure Process Expert include libraries based on Situational Awareness. This document will help you in creating a very simple project from scratch Resolution The new versions of Ecostruxure Process Expert include libraries based on Situational Awareness. This document will help you in creating a very simple project from scratch 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 In some network architectures, the transparency of the network is necessary to be able to do configuration and commissioning from a local engineering station without having to go to the field, reducing the time of downtime and commissioning. Resolution This document explains the configuration of the BMENOC0321 Network Card to obtain transparency in the network without the need for the use of L3 switches. 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 With the standard real-time data retrieval from controllers using Node Red or EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert, we must add Modbus addresses to Unity Pro/EcoStruxure Control Expert variables. This increases the deployment time and effort considering that there may be iterations leading to the final variable list. Since Modbus deals natively with bytes, and the Modbus nodes generally provide data in 16-bit numbers (int, word), they must be further converted to 32-bit types using additional nodes or JS functions. Bit extraction from words also need separate nodes. Often WiFi media is used to connect the EcoStruxure Augmented Operator Advisor App on a tablet to the EcoStruxure Augmented Operator Advisor runtime. The WiFi network and/or WiFi devices may not be secure. Hence, these must be placed in an untrusted zone separated from the trusted SCADA+Controller zone by a firewall. Incoming connections from untrusted zones to trusted zones should be avoided. Outgoing connections from the trusted zone to untrusted zones can be allowed and must be monitored. To protect the controller from accidental/malicious Modbus commands, a deep packet inspection firewall (E.g. Tofino) is required. Resolution As a proof-of-concept, this article proposes to write real-time data from CItect SCADA to the EcoStruxure Augmented Operator Advisor Runtime via HTTP/json commands. This approach can mitigate the issues described above. 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 This document outline some of the user experience with respect to supervision project performance while using EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS. Use cases are like slow page update, alarm / trend & communication errors when dealing with large scale projects. There are multiple factors which effects supervision performance, however, can be finetuned with user experience. Majority of them are covered in this document to address such scenario. This gives better understanding and help user to improve supervision performance. 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.

Background Many of us are experienced EcoStruxure Process Expert (formerly EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS) users. With our extensive experience, we normally just jump straight into any new versions of EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS and we are on our way. However, since EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS 2019, we have a choice to use either the Classic GPL, or the new and widely promoted Situation Awareness GPL. Using these SA GPL correctly requires the use of the correct SA styled page templates in Citect SCADA. This can be a discovery process to some, and it takes time. Objective Objective This video condenses some key knowledges into 3 basic topics to get you started right away. They are: Creating supervision pages in EPE to use SA styled page templates. Configuring the navigation area of SA styled page templates. Different types of SA styled master layouts. 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 When Asset Link is installed into your system, several folders are created. And there are some demo folders in there. Objective The objective of this article is to show how to use them. This article will bring you through locating and running the demo project in PLC Sim. There are sections which will also guide you through setting up MCS and Asset Link in a fresh Galaxy on AVEVA System Platform. How to set up DIO $OPCClient to communicate with MCS and finally using Asset Link to generate objects. Snapshots of Contents: 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 explains the steps to add a numpad to the numeric entry in the GPL classic offer. The entry point selected for modification is the high high alarm setpoint entry in the analog input 1 ($AnalogInput1). This document is compatible for any version of EcoStruxure Process Expert platform when the user uses GPL classic offer (not GPL with Situational Awareness Library) For more detailed please refer to attached 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 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.

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