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Issue There are two available solutions to implement time stamping with EcoStruxure Control Expert, both methods are easy to implement and can be selected for use in almost any circumstance. Applicative – A function block is required for third-party SCADA to convert and read the information System – No programming is required (some components are needed) System and Applicative time stamping modes are exclusive in the same EcoStruxure Control Expert application running in the controllers. In this article, we will investigate the System Time Stamping solution. Resolution System Time Stamping provides a consistent SOE (sequence of events), time stamped at the source, to allow the user to analyse the source of abnormal behaviour in a distributed automation system. The SOE is displayed in an alarm summary or SOE page of a client (such as a SCADA). Each source of time stamped event of the SOE is a discrete I/O value change (transition) detected by a time stamping module, this event is then passed through to OFS and straight to the SCADA. 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 video demonstrate how to migrate an existing EcoStruxure Automation Expert solution to the latest version. It showcases the steps involved, the prompts that will be encountered will be explained, along with how to deal with them. Snapshots from video: 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 BME ECN 0100 Edge Compute Module uses the Docker environment running on an ARM processor. Resolution The purpose of this document is to show a method of using a Linux (Ubuntu) OS running on a laptop, usually an x86 processor, to create and run a container on the BME ECN 0100. 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 To enable remote access of EcoStruxure Automation Expert Platform, you need to create and configure the On-Prem Lite certificate. Resolution The objective of this article is to guide you through the steps to create self-signed certificate for your EcoStruxure Automation Expert Platform On-Prem Lite installer. 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 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 The Topology Manager Client-Server model, or Client-Server Architecture, is a distributed application framework dividing tasks between servers and clients, which either reside in the same computer system or communicate through an Ethernet network. It simplifies the automation life cycle by managing multi-controllers with a central repository for all project files and providing visibility of the entire system architecture. How do I set up a central repository to store all the system project files and manage multiple controllers? Toplogy Manager Client-Server Architecture Resolution Technically, there’s no limit to the number of clients. There’s only one installation file that installs both EcoStruxure Control Expert and the Topology Manager. Both server and client files are always installed together. The objective of this article is to offer guidelines for setting up a client-server architecture for Topology Manager. 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.

Issue The purpose of this document is to look at how and why devices using the Ethernet/IP protocol need to be managed at a switch level and how these simple settings can help improve system performance. Resolution Please review the document below. 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 The purpose of this article is to highlight the steps needed to set up a SmartVisu in EcoStruxure Machine Expert Twin for a robot application. This article is not dealing with target handling, it shows how to add static objects (Robots, Conveyors). Resolution This article highlighted how to set up a SmartVisu in EcoStruxure Machine Expert Twin. It explained the steps required to create static objects for a robot application and guided the reader through the necessary procedures in the related software.

Issue Sometimes the password for the Modicon Redundant Switch can be misplaced and therefore need to be Factory Reset. Note: The Knowledge Base article to Factory Reset a Modicon Managed Switch can be found here https://community.se.com/t5/Industrial-Automation-Knowledge/Modicon-Managed-Switch-Factory-Reset-with-Memory-backup-adapter/ta-p/475864 Resolution The following Knowledge Base article details the steps required to Factory Reset the Modicon Redundant Switch when the Username and Password are not known. Download the PDF for instructions. 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 The objective of this article is to demonstrate how to setup a remote connection with 2 layers of LAN using the M262 controller Resolution Configuring the IP forwarding on the NAT router and well as enabling IP forwarding for the corresponding controllers. In addition, you need configure a static route in the router to tell it how to reach the LAN2. 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 I would like to upgrade the firmware of my Modicon Switch to overcome published vulnerabilities identified in the previous firmware version or gain access to features delivered in a newer Resolution The aim of this article is to provide a step-by-step guide to update the firmware of Modicon Managed Switch using the Web Interface. 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 The Redundant Power Supply solutions for M580 provide a mechanism for reading device status and command the swapping of roles from duty to standby. Resolution The purpose of this document is to illustrate how to use these commands, with a particular reference to the implementation in a Hot Standby 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 I would like to upgrade the firmware of my Modicon Edge I/O NTS Network Interface Module to overcome published vulnerabilities identified in the previous firmware version or gain access to features delivered in a newer version. Resolution The aim of this article is to provide a step-by-step guide to properly upgrade the firmware of the Modicon Edge I/O NTS Network Interface Module NTSNEC1200 from V0.1.45 or earlier to V1.0.0.503. 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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