The IGSS development team has introduced a hardlock grace period to IGSS versions 11 and 12 called the TestServer mode. Normally, the IGSS server would not start operations if the hardlock connected to the IGSS server was damaged, invalid, missing or mismatched with the IGSS license file (options.txt). The last situation was at times experienced […]
Microsoft Windows 10 introduced a new automatic update procedure which compared to previous versions of Windows, did not contain many update settings, basically forcing download and installation of updates on any system connected to the internet. Based on experiences and information shared with the IGSS Support Team, there may be some consequences of the Windows
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The IGSS Support and Development team have added new functionality to the System Monitor tab in the IGSS Master for IGSS 11. You can now see who is logged on to a particular online IGSS station and the time left until the user is automatically logged out of the system in the Connection Information tab. The User logged in field is
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The IGSS Development team has made available several new features to the IGSS 11 Notifier module. There are three released new features: New Operator mode Duty plan filters displayed in the Duty Plan The Notifier.ActiveFilters object New Operator Mode A new operator mode has been introduced: Operator Mode 4. Notifier Operator modes are used to
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The IGSS Support and Development teams have released a new graph period feature for graphs. The operator can now edit the graph period of existing pre-defined and dynamic graphs by either right-clicking the graph and selecting Edit Graph Period or clicking Graph > Edit Graph Period in the Supervise module toolbar. When editing a graph
With the coming release of the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, system designers and end-users can be expected to start using Windows 10 for their machines running IGSS or at least to set up test environments to verify Windows 10 functionality as well as IGSS compatibility. Please be advised of the following: Softlocks If you
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As a default, operators in IGSS are able to edit alarm properties from the Supervise module by clicking Tools>Alarms to open the Alarm Texts form. The Alarm Texts form lists all alarm texts in the configuration and operators can select an alarm and click the Edit button to edit the alarm properties, including alarm priority, text, color, instructions as well as selecting whether or not
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IGSS can communicate with PLC machines using two general methods Polled communication, where IGSS sends requests for data to the connected PLC at predetermined intervals (the Scan intervals). All communication properties are set up and managed in IGSS. Event-driven communication, where IGSS waits for the PLCs to send data updates to the objects. All communication
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When you create an object in IGSS, you have the option of displaying the object in the diagram with one of the built-in symbols on the Symbol Definition tab of the Object Properties form. If you need other symbols than the built-in symbols, create your own symbols or edit existing ones, you can use the Symbol Editor form to do this.
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When using the Siemens S7 1200/1500 series PLCs with the IGSS installation, important parameters must be set in order to address the PLC data registers from IGSS and to read and write to and from the PLC data registers. The Siemens PLC should be set up as follows: Addressing the PLC registers Clear the Optimized block
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