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Cara Bereck Levy

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  1. On 4/30/2023 at 10:36 PM, kratmel said:

    eBay find. I wonder what software this mysterious PLC was programmed with.

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    Wow--that would be programmed with UPLC, which was an STL-based program that ran in Windows in a DOS window!
    I joined Unitronics in 1998, and the first documentation job I did was Axis Movement for UPLC...
    Check out the memory on this baby!
    Amazing--some of these dinosaurs are actually still up and running

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  2. On 1/30/2023 at 3:50 AM, Ausman said:

    But sometimes for me it's:  "Oh poop, here's this thing I knew I had and spent ages looking for....bummer I found it a day after I eventually gave up and bought a new one to use!

    Sometimes? That's GAP!!!
     

     

    On 1/30/2023 at 3:50 AM, Ausman said:

    My wife is constantly frustrated with my collection,

    I'm the wife in that configuration. If I am not around to locate whatever he's looking for...well, that's why we have about 800 putty knives lurking in the dark corners of this joint...

     

  3. Hi 🙂
    The downloadable Version Changes is taken from the What's New in the Help.

    The Version Changes open with the current version at the top; the version previous follows that on the next page.

    Below is a screenshot from the Help showing changes in the current version; if you download the version changes, you can see that the previous version supports multi-axes EtherCAT motion, EV Charger (OCPP) support, and more.

    Please let me know if this helps - I may have misunderstood your question.


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  4. @JOTA, I am sorry that you ran into this issue.
    You are correct--it is not a bug, it is just the way it works...however, that was certainly not intuitive, and I am glad you found the correct solution.

    I have clarified the Help which will be released with the next version. The topic now includes a better explanation and an example - this will help future users 🙂

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  5. On 4/22/2022 at 9:04 PM, Flex727 said:

    The Help file often refers to the "Standard Vision" product while what you have is the "Enhanced Vision" product. They are functionally almost the same - mostly some added features and capabilities. Usually, when needed, the entry will simply mention the differences between the two products rather than have a totally separate entry for each (the same VisiLogic program is used for both product lines). In the interest of keeping costs low, I think this is justified.

    I agree. This is why I stopped recommending other brands to my customers some years ago and now only accept work for Unitronics PLC programming. The software is great and the documentation is good enough for most needs. Since this software (and documentation) is free, I can understand why they don't have an army of technical writers keeping everything perfectly up to date.

    There is a Help topic explaining the difference 🙂
    And unfortunately...no army of tech writers... 
    I do try to fix issues called to my attention.

    > I don't need the element to be linked to anything but apparently you can't define an ASCII string element unless a Link is specified (the 'OK' button is greyed out if none is specified). I simply chose the bit which is set to indicate that this particular screen is being displayed thinking that it would always be '1' whilst displaying this screen and that all would be well. If it is changed to an unused bit variable the flicker goes away.

    This seems like a pretty obscure nugget of information so I hope that some other frustrated person who is plagued by a stubborn flicker might benefit from this.<

    I have put this on my to-do list - I will try to clarify the topic for the next version 🙂

  6. This is an excellent thread--great suggestions. 

    Vision has been taken as far as it can go, and people really do manage to create fabulous displays. UniStream HMI design is more advanced.

    On 4/5/2022 at 11:37 PM, viscoelastic said:

    Thanks, Hopefully I am not the only nerd on here who likes Star Trek :)

    I have probably watched the entire original series several times--the last time being with my family during the first lockdown, when we really did not want to be on Planet Earth!

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  7. 18 hours ago, Flex727 said:

    So do you recommend this process be run routinely? I often start new projects using a previous project that is somewhat similar. However, much editing of the HMI screens will take place. Should I run this near the conclusion of the project before final load into the PLC? Or also perhaps at various times during the project development?

    I don't have an exact answer - project complexity varies.  If your projects are working well, you've probably done ok without it up until now. This was added to help with mega-projects--what people do with the HMI is really amazing. I it is probably a good idea to run Fix when finalizing.
    Hey, even though my work is supposedly all safe in the Cloud...I still have backups...just in case 🙂

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