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General Discussion / Re: Feature Request, Trend View Panes Enlargement

« Last post by franji1 on August 11, 2026, 05:36:03 PM »

Designer 2.11 has a new Arrange Windows feature under the Windows menu.

It will let you minimize, tile vertically or horizontally, cascade, activate, whatever, each of the main MDI windows.  I recommend maximizing Designer app before doing any MDI window arranging.

We do want to allow "tear off" Trend Views some day - we agree that's a good idea!

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General Discussion / Feature Request, Trend View Panes Enlargement

« Last post by Barnic on August 11, 2026, 04:29:45 PM »

Hello,
   I just wanted to make a feature request concerning trend view. I have 4 trendview panes on the screen and as a result they are pretty small vertically. I understand that these can be resized but I would like to be able to see one pane using history option. It would be nice to have maximize button/minimize buttons, or be able to open the pane into a new screen for example.
Thanks
-Bar

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DirectSOFT / Re: Direct Soft 6.3 will automatically connect to PLC over Ethernet

« Last post by Saturn_Europa1 on August 11, 2026, 11:21:17 AM »

Thank you for the reply.  Yes, I do mean opening the DirectSoft Project file. 

So when I open the DirctSOFT project file and it automatically goes online thats a normal feature that has always been there?  Is there any way to turn this off?  I usually like to review the program offline.  Most of the time, I am just looking at the code to see what the permissives are so I can find the problem in the field. 

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Re: DoMore Designer / Unable to escape quit command

« Last post by franji1 on August 11, 2026, 09:45:07 AM »

A couple of minor issues:

When closing DoMore Designer with an override on a PID controller, I get an option to keep the override or cancel the override. I can't cancel/escape the close/quit command itself. I would like to be able to cancel the close/quit command to investigate what the override is.

Good catch!  Should be an easy fix.

A similar issue when opening Debug / PID View. If i accidentally click this menu item, I must open a PID View. I would like to be able to cancel the PID View command altogether.

Agreed - definitely an easy fix.

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DirectSOFT / Re: Direct Soft 6.3 will automatically connect to PLC over Ethernet

« Last post by franji1 on August 11, 2026, 09:16:56 AM »

I believe that when you say "open the program", you mean the DirectSOFT Project file, and that it will go online automatically also.

Yes, that feature has always been there whenever you save an Online project to disk.  The project has the link connection stored as part of its file.

Opening a disk project that has a configured comm link on a new PC will also re-create the link on your new computer if that comm link is not actually set up yet.  The project file also stores some of the link parameters in case the link with that name is not currently defined on the PC (think projects stored on floppy disk, moving from maintenance laptop to laptop).

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / DoMore Designer / Unable to escape quit command

« Last post by Kristjan on August 11, 2026, 07:05:01 AM »

A couple of minor issues:

When closing DoMore Designer with an override on a PID controller, I get an option to keep the override or cancel the override. I can't cancel/escape the close/quit command itself. I would like to be able to cancel the close/quit command to investigate what the override is.

A similar issue when opening Debug / PID View. If i accidentally click this menu item, I must open a PID View. I would like to be able to cancel the PID View command altogether.

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Re: DM2 CPU?

« Last post by Kristjan on August 11, 2026, 07:00:50 AM »

How about a more powerful webserver? One that makes it easier to create dynamic HTML pages. A few use cases I would find useful:

• Create pages for I/O testing: show status of digital and analog inputs and allow toggling of digital outputs and writing analog outputs. This would enable early on-site testing by the electrical contractor.
• Programmatically generate a page of current Modbus registers, showing Modbus address, Nickname, Extra Info, Description. Add an export button for the list. The list on the page would be created when the page is called and be populated with the actual valid register list. This would allow a 3rd party system integrator to read the actual valid Modbus register list.
• Create a simple user interface for operators. Showing process variables, setpoints etc. This would be a useful operator interface, served directly from the PLC itself.

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DirectSOFT / Direct Soft 6.3 will automatically connect to PLC over Ethernet

« Last post by Saturn_Europa1 on August 11, 2026, 05:10:48 AM »

The PLC network at my work is a collection of Direct Logic PLCs on unmanaged switches on the 192.168.100.xxx subnet.  Theres around 20 PLCs in total.

I recently got a new programming computer.  When I open the Direct Soft Program for a particular PLC say Clarifier 2 PLC.  The software will automatically connect to Clarifier 2 PLC and I will be online with it.  I just have to turn on the statuses.

On my old laptop, I would have to click on the PLC menu then select connect, then pick the correct PLC to go online with from a list of communicating PLCs.

Now, my new laptop will automatically connect to the correct PLC when I open the program.   

Is this a new feature that I am unaware off?  Is it possible to turn this off?

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Re: Ethernet/IP comms not starting

« Last post by MAEdwards on August 07, 2026, 07:08:43 AM »

Based on what you're describing, I do not believe that you are experiencing the same issue outlined in the link you provided, but I could be mistaken.  We were able to diagnose the issue outlined in the previously referenced topic because the user provided a Wireshark capture showing the issue. 

Can you provide a Wireshark capture that shows the initial establishment of the EtherNet/IP connection? While continuing to run the capture, cycle power on the Nitra PAL and wait long enough after the power cycle to capture any connection failures between the BRX and Nitra PAL.  With the right Wireshark capture, we should be able to get some visibility into the issue.  If you can provide this, I'll be happy to take a look at it.

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Ethernet/IP comms not starting

« Last post by jemcotech on August 05, 2026, 07:15:19 PM »

I have a machine that I upgraded to BRX a few years ago.  Recently, one of its obsolete, hardwired valve manifolds died and we replaced it with a Nitra PAL.  Everything worked as expected until the machine was power cycled (which is infrequent).  After power is restored, we have a link led but no activity led.  The only way I can get it to start scanning again is to go to System Configuration -> Ethernet/IP Scanner, then click "Find Adapters..." and then click "Query Adapters".  This is the only thing I have found to make the scanner start scanning again.

So initially I found this post https://forum.hosteng.com/index.php?topic=4062.msg29877#msg29877 and was hopeful when I saw that I was on version 2.11.0 however going to 2.11.2 and 2.11.3 has had no effect.

BX-DM1E-36ER3 with an ECOMEX POM directly to PAL (no switch).  BRX is 2.11.3 (not sure of the pom version - machine is remote although it was purchased in June of this year).  Ideas? Suggestions? Need more information? Thank you.

Edit: I just wanted to add that I have used implicit Ethernet/IP to communicate with many GS drives and an occasional BRX to Productivity link, conversely, I have used Productivity to control several PAL valves. This is the first time I have coupled a BRX to a PAL (although I am not sure why it would be any different).