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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 To improve cybersecurity and facilitate collaborative automation engineering by allowing multiple users to work simultaneously on the same project. Resolution With EcoStruxure Control Expert version 16.2 and higher, the EcoStruxure Control Expert Client-Server Architecture enhances industrial automation by offering centralized data management, cost efficiency, scalability, improved performance, stronger security, and resource sharing. Teams with several engineers working on authentication can utilize the Security Editor to manage the certificate whitelist and oversee access to EcoStruxure Control Expert software. 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 connecting Schneider controllers to a customer network infrastructure there is often an issue where the path between IT and OT seems blocked. The purpose of this document is to examine one of the common causes and explain the different architecture philosophy implemented in IT using Cisco as an example. Resolution Please the attachment for more details. 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 Not having a 4G interface configured can lead to several issues, particularly if the HMIBSC Edge Box application relies on mobile network connectivity, means that the device will not be able to connect to the internet or communicate with other servers. This can disrupt services which require constant online access. Resolution With the use of 4G Cellular device within the HMIBSC Edge Box, this enables the Internet Connection. 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 can I obtain data values from any Modbus devices utilizing the State RAM topological objects (%MW, %M, %S, %SW, %KW, %I, and %IW) via EcoStruxure OPC UA Server Expert without having to install the EcoStruxure Control Expert programming software? Resolution Using the EcoStruxure OPC UA Server Expert Configuration Tool, enable the Populate option, we can use topological addressing to retrieve data values from the EcoStruxure OPC UA Server Expert without the requirement to create located and unlocated variables in EcoSruxure Control Expert. 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 Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) is a microprocessor-based device of power system equipment that can receive and sent data from and to controller of a process control system. Schneider Electric have several IED such as: Tesys T and Altistart for motor starter purpose, and Altivar process drive. Profinet is an industry technical standard for data communication between controllers and devices over Industrial Ethernet. Profinet is developed from Profibus by Profibus & Profinet International (PI). Profinet have its own redundancy system that is defined into four types: S1, S2, R1 and R2. This document is aimed to provide a report about possible methods can be deployed in order to make IED without built-in Profinet S2 capability to comply with Profinet-S2 redundancy system. Resolution Please find resolution in the attached PDF file. 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.

This knowledge base document do not intend to explain how to create a EPE supervision project but to give best practice advises on how to customize a EPE project based on General Purpose Library – GPL Situational Awareness. Software versions used in the kb: EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS 2019. GPL SA R2. This kb also apply to EcoStruxure Process Expert 2020 and further versions based on GPL SA. The GPL SA workspace include project is based on Citect Scada Situational Awareness template. The General Purpose Workspace leverage from Citect Scada Parameter Page Logo as show on the picture ... Keep reading this article to learn how to customize the GPL workspace with customer logo.

Issue Due to the discontinuation of support for less secure apps and user Google Accounts, an application thatutilizes the SendEmail and ReceiveEmail functions is no longer operational. To maintaining account security, Google no longer endorses the use of third-party applications or devices that require users to sign into their Google Account login with their username and password. Allowing sing-ins from less secure applications can increase the risk of hackers gaining access to your account. Blocking sing-ins from such applications is a measure that can help keep your account secure Resolution App passwords aren’t recommended and are unnecessary in most cases. To help keep your account secure, use “Sign in with Google” to connect apps to your Google Account. An app password is a 16-digit password that gives a less secure app or device permission to access your Google Account 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 required to set up and run auto-generated station concept in EcoStruxure Machine Expert for a Multicarrier applications. Resolution This article highlighted how to set up auto generated stations in EcoStruxure Machine Expert. It explained the required steps and guides the reader through the necessary procedures in the related software.

Issue How can I manage firmware packages in EcoStruxure Automation Device Maintenance? Resolution This document explains how to manage firmware packages in EcoStruxure Automation Device Maintenance. 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.

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