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I have an ECB600 that is refusing to import from device.
I get the following error code:
“End of Central Directory record could not be found”
The location is...

Good morning all

I have one of these 3300 ACM meters on site that is refusing to play ball.
It used to be connected to iNet via a Modbus-iNet protocol converter. The client recently had it put...

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Like the title says, are there any battery powered soldering irons worth buying?
Thinking of semi-production work load but infrequent use between, like extending cables to a new controller...

Does Schneider do any work directly in the U.S, or is it purely Schneider Partners? Just curious as like most multinational oem’s it seem to vary around the globe.

Unfortunately due to cyber securtiy we are only permitted to use approved VM's, which have all the corporate cyber security stuff installed.
There is a new one coming available that has local admin...

Hi all, and happy new year. :)

I have a new laptop, and am having problems getting into the Application Director.:eek2:

With our corporate cyber security, I have to run Niagara as an admin to...

In my eternal quest for a smaller, lighter load (who says hikers are the most anal about saving every gram / 1/4 Oz?) I'm considering buying a pen style multimeter.
There are several on the market,...

Cheers Orion

I may well give that a go in my own time, just to see if I can bring it back.
After some discussion the client chose to replace it with an AS-P solution (the long term plan bring to...

Hi Balibe

All the JACE’s on this job had battery packs, it was probably in the job specifications.
this particular JACE turns off immediately on pulling the power, which shows the battery pack...

Thanks guys

It does look like the backup battery has failed, as on pulling the power the JACE switched off much faster than you'd expect.
Anyway I've tried both of those tacks, without success....

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A client called us out today after they tried to power cycle a controller & everything went offline.
It's an EC-BOS-6 with several ECB's hanging off it.

Anyway, I can ping it but cannot...

Controls - or industrial sparkies - are hard to find around here, so my previous firm ended up employing a couple of decent guys & an apprentice. IMO it’s better than sub contract, for all the...

If they haven’t already done so, get rid of all the freeware widgets, etc. Or at least write some manuals for them all & include with the download. The single biggest thing that put me off EasyIO was...

That is brilliant! Thanks ever so much, VAEngineer.

Thanks VAEngineer.

It's EC-Net 3.8 & doesn't have the ability to export from the console as far as I can find. Maybe I'm blind? :D
You can export from either the Alarm DB or DB Maintenance, but...

We're using Cisco Meraki at the moment, fwiw. I don't know much about them I'm afraid, as they're set up by another dept. The guys do say that setting them up is pretty easy.

I am experimenting with the AlarmQueryToCsv to extract some alarms from a specific time & day for the client. So far I haven't been able to work out how to do it, although I expect it's a matter of...

If for some reason the alarm was required to remain at the current settings, I’d probably put in some logic to raise the set point during the heating cycle.
But what the others are saying, makes...

Here's the policy:

https://hvac-talk.com/vbb/image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAd8AAAE6CAYAAABXiVhpAAAgAElEQVR4Ae2935Mcx3Uu2A1s7L...

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I have a site running EC-Net / AX3.8 with Distech ECB's.
We have noticed a slowly increasing occurrence of Boolean writable points refusing to update. They're typically BV's linked to the...

Honestly, if it’s pure Vista it’ll be nasty. As Orion implies, it’s quite complicated.
My recommendation would be to find someone local with Vista knowledge & subcontract them. Or have them do a...

I found the cause the next day. Here’s the answer, for what it may be worth to someone.

Site had the master schedule overridden ON. Although I tried various means of getting the controllers to...

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Ive been replacing the backup batteries on a site with B3867's under Schneider AS-P's running Struxureware 1.9.
I've noticed that although the B3's are online & showing what looks like...

They’re an ASC with programming available (Lua Script).
In general the I/O will be set up according to the operational parameters you select. For example if you tell it the application is a single...

Back in the early 80’s there was Red Box.
http://cpcrulez.fr/hardware-autres-GIS-red_boxes.htm

I think what chesehd means is to alter the controller type from MR to Internal (iirc). Reopen the menu & return it to an MR again.
Don’t forget that iNet schedules are one-shot, they don’t send...

Presuming the system has worked ok in the past, it’s more likely that the destination is offline - I.e, the controller that holds the source of the data is offline.
Exactly what system architecture...

Learn HVAC names & abbreviations & stick to them for BMS / BAS. Why? Because a) KISS & b) less confusion, easier life for everyone involved.

However, different countries do have different names...

Good morning guys

Yep, updating the firmware across site is on the to-do list. This is a hospital & the FM is a particularly cautious chap, so it needs some planning & discussion. Definitely not...

Well I finally got back on site, so to answer some questions:
Version: NAX 3.8.38

FileSystem;
Total: 126976KB
Free: 49862KB
Block size: 2048bytes

Physical RAM:
TOTAL: 262144KB

Hi all

I have a JACE600 that's needing a reboot every few weeks. Looking at it today, it has the following issues:

A) Several writing errors, such as these:
avax.baja.util.QueueFullException...

It’s still got to be the mechanical knowledge, imo. IT is hugely important for sure. But if you don’t know how to make the plant operate safely, you can cause hundreds of thousands worth of damage.

Thanks a lot guys, much appreciated. 👍

Just curious; what’s stopping you using an AS-P as the interface?

Hi all
I have been asked by the third party analytics firm to allow the OA dampers on one of our sites to fully close.
Now, my training was to always to have a minimum OA component, the exact...

Hi Digo

That’s exactly what they’re doing on this site. For some odd reason there’s another system that employs POE on the same VLAN as the BMS, so we get power straight into the JACE’s Ethernet...

From experience with a JACE6, not a great idea. In that case, the LAN also had the POE VOIP telephone system. The JACE’s Ethernet port failed eventually & my boss was convinced it was because of the...

Hmmm. I wonder if it’s actually off a status mismatch in the program, or something similar. Not an alarm per se, as you suspect. Possibly just a binary point that someone used to flag up a condition...

Bindings aren’t done in the graphics, they’re done in workstation.
See OaDprPosAl? That’s the binding tag.
Go to the graphic in workstation, and open edit bindings.
On the left are the tags, on...

As chesehd says, SE could be a good option. In your case, if you are lucky enough to get options on who to join, go to the one that can present you with their detailed plan for training you. With...

On construction sites there’s often scrap timber & panels. A bit of skip diving, a bit of sawing, drilling, screwing and / or nailing & hey presto, you have a site office. 👍
If you’re lucky you can...

Buckets, wire spools, wheelie bins - whatever’s available comes into use normally.

A small, light folding picnic table & a ‘Directors’ style folding chair (I find the ‘teepee’ style generally get...

Hmmm. Sorry, I remember seeing the announcement. I meant, it just feels like AX hasn’t been around all that long compared to some of the competition. Plus as many point out, N4 is still a long way...

Hmm. Seems a bit soon / sudden, to make AX EOL?

You are an optimist, I’ll give you that.
In my experience managers usually have a poor grasp of what someone’s actual usefulness could be. And more than once I’ve worked in companies where to get a...

From Apprentice3’s (excellent) post, personally I think of them like TAC / SE points in programming:
Commandable = Public
Non-commandable = Non public

Where the former may be viewed and...

Ha! Good philosophy.
I keep reminding myself of the mantra that ‘Uncle’ Brendan used when I was a journeyman “If the job was easy, they wouldn’t need us!”😁

It doesn’t quite cure the frustration...

Nearly as fun - for example - as the camera on my phone not being integrated to the work profile. As a result I cannot simply email, text, or otherwise message a photo to a colleague.
It can be...

Devil’s advocate time:

Can anyone explain to me EXACTLY how IT-centric equipment / software is GOOD for our industry, given that I lose several hours of productivity a week to fighting with VPN’s,...

Sorry I’m late.

Yep, what the others said.
It’s older tech, so as Azzard said, you need to put the right resistor in the correct position to define the point characteristic - DI, AI, etc. ...