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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Re: Feature request: Search available in Trend View

« Last post by franji1 on July 23, 2026, 02:12:18 PM »

The MDI menu is context sensitive - it's view specific, based on the View that currently has focus.  When the Trend View has focus, what do you want it to find in the Trend View?

Even when the Search menu shows up, the Find dialog is specific to the current view.

Doc Editor, it finds elements in the doc view.  XRef View, it finds elements in the XRef.  Ladder View - finds elements or instructions in the code with a bunch of options.

Start Page, Dashboard - it's missing just like Trend View

Trend View - what command do you need in the missing Search menu?

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Feature request: Search available in Trend View

« Last post by Controls Guy on July 23, 2026, 01:46:28 PM »

Currently, the Search menu disappears when a Trend View is selected, and Ctrl-F doesn't open Find either, unless you switch to a different tab.

I have no idea if there's an obstacle to doing this, but I'd like to have one or both of those still active with a Trend View selected.

Thanks!

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

« Last post by Scooter on July 23, 2026, 11:48:04 AM »

It sure would be nice to be able to connect USB devices into the BRX. One thing I always wished that I could connect was a USB based barcode reader. I'm assuming that there must be some good reason why you guys never developed this capability.

There seems to be a limit of 1024 bytes associated with various "processes", STREAMIN comes to mind as one example. You can only download 1024 bytes each time that instruction is run. STRPRINT might be another example. Are you giving any thought to increasing the size to any of these?

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General Discussion / Re: Driver for Do-More

« Last post by rlp122 on July 17, 2026, 02:34:37 PM »

The driver is secure and not freely available.  If it were offered to everyone, it would cease to be secure.

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Re: F2-8AD4DA-1 failures Analog Module Cold Start Failures

« Last post by AdchemElectrician on July 08, 2026, 01:46:49 AM »

Thank you for your reply I will speak to them.

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Re: F2-8AD4DA-1 failures Analog Module Cold Start Failures

« Last post by BobO on July 07, 2026, 11:01:47 PM »

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone has come across this issue before.

I'm running several DL205 H2-DM1E systems with F2-8AD4DA-1 analog input/output modules.

The problem is that after the PLC has been powered down, the analog module often fails to initialise correctly when power is restored. When this happens:

All analog input raw values remain at 0.
The PLC starts normally.
The module is still detected and appears to be present.
The fault affects all analog inputs simultaneously.

The interesting part is:

If I gently warm the analog card with a heat gun for a short time, it starts working normally.
Once it has started, it continues to operate correctly until the next power cycle.
We've also found that changing the startup sequence or occasionally reseating the module can sometimes get it going, but the next cold start usually causes the problem again.

This isn't an isolated case. Over the past 12 months we've had around 10 F2-8AD4DA-1 modules develop the same fault, and we have approximately 60 modules installed across our site. It's becoming a significant reliability issue, so if there is a known repair or common component failure, we'd much rather repair the modules than replace them.

At this stage I'm suspecting an ageing component on the module, such as an electrolytic capacitor, voltage regulator, or another startup-related component, but I haven't started replacing parts yet.

Has anyone experienced this with the F2-8AD4DA-1?

I'm particularly interested in:

Whether this is a known failure mode.
Which components are most commonly responsible.
Whether anyone has successfully repaired one (for example by replacing capacitors).
Whether Host Engineering has identified a common cause.
Any recommended checks or measurements before I start replacing components.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt

That's not a Host product, FACTS Engineering makes it.

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / F2-8AD4DA-1 failures Analog Module Cold Start Failures

« Last post by AdchemElectrician on July 07, 2026, 06:09:03 PM »

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping someone has come across this issue before.

I'm running several DL205 H2-DM1E systems with F2-8AD4DA-1 analog input/output modules.

The problem is that after the PLC has been powered down, the analog module often fails to initialise correctly when power is restored. When this happens:

All analog input raw values remain at 0.
The PLC starts normally.
The module is still detected and appears to be present.
The fault affects all analog inputs simultaneously.

The interesting part is:

If I gently warm the analog card with a heat gun for a short time, it starts working normally.
Once it has started, it continues to operate correctly until the next power cycle.
We've also found that changing the startup sequence or occasionally reseating the module can sometimes get it going, but the next cold start usually causes the problem again.

This isn't an isolated case. Over the past 12 months we've had around 10 F2-8AD4DA-1 modules develop the same fault, and we have approximately 60 modules installed across our site. It's becoming a significant reliability issue, so if there is a known repair or common component failure, we'd much rather repair the modules than replace them.

At this stage I'm suspecting an ageing component on the module, such as an electrolytic capacitor, voltage regulator, or another startup-related component, but I haven't started replacing parts yet.

Has anyone experienced this with the F2-8AD4DA-1?

I'm particularly interested in:

Whether this is a known failure mode.
Which components are most commonly responsible.
Whether anyone has successfully repaired one (for example by replacing capacitors).
Whether Host Engineering has identified a common cause.
Any recommended checks or measurements before I start replacing components.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Re: BRX dropping out of run

« Last post by BobO on July 07, 2026, 02:00:18 PM »

plc rebooted following hardware watchdog timeout

Electrically noisy environment?

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Re: BRX dropping out of run

« Last post by jwbaker3 on July 07, 2026, 01:43:41 PM »

plc rebooted following hardware watchdog timeout

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Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software / Re: BRX dropping out of run

« Last post by BobO on July 07, 2026, 12:40:58 PM »

I have a system with 4 Brx plc's and a AB 5069 networked together, the Brx will randomly drop out of run. Cycle the switch and all's good (except restarting the system) could this be due to firmware? Or ? any ideas? we are talking to 5 Fanuc robots and 21 drives and messaging information between the Brx, the AB had one of the Brx setup as remote IO
Thanks,
JW

What does the log say?