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Hello,
I am currently looking into a 90-30 controller for a customer. Online it looks like most of the old software these things used is discontinued. Does anybody know what software I need and if it is still available?

Hi there,

We have some really outdated systems in our facility and one of which is an old pa06-133 hmi connected to a Parker 6k4 motion plc.

When I made the upgrade for short term production uptime I was under the impression that the newer PA206 could run projects developed for older Hmis if I pulled the program from the original one and re-deployed it...

Good Afternoon ,

I have a FactoryTalk View application ( ME ), that I am able to "Test" Run the application on FactoryTalk View and it runs great, but when I download it to the HMI , there is no connectivity to my PLC. Why would the application run on my laptop but not the HMI ? When it ask to replace the communications , I said yes , so it will run the "Runtime Co...

Hello,

Looking to brainstorm and hopefully decide on a good path forward for displaying many items on a small HMI.

Hardware/Software: MTP700 Unified Comfort panel, TIA Portal V21, Siemens 1500 PLC

Task: Customer has a single conveyor packout line that can have up to 50 different model numbers on it at any given time. The model number (ind...

Hey everyone!

Sharing a tool that might come in handy if you work with FactoryTalk View ME/SE: FactoryTalkViewProjectComparator.

Ever had someone hand you an "updated" project and you're not sure exactly what changed from the previous version? This app compares two project exports (displays, alarms, tags, global objects, parameters, macros, images) and ...