I am working on a program that is for multiple machines with multiple different default values. We currently use a FP with a run mode that has multiple states to create default values for each state. The issue I have is where each machine has different defaults I have to duplicate this for each machine. 

It would be nice if the Default Values could be dynamically changed. I have a few different workarounds, but this seems like a simple request that I am sure others have run into?

Can CANOpen 11bit and 29bit ID on same generic bus?

If a customer purchases a license for Design 5 (only, not developer suite), should the license key work for creative studio 4, 3, 2?

He needs Design functionality in old programs as well.

We have 3 master modules connected according to image above...

We send a P-brake apply command according to the image above. One goes out through the APPO_PbrakeRelease channel supposedly through the "Master" CAN-connection. The other goes out as a Generic CAN-signal through the "Generic" CAN-connection...

The APPO_PbrakeRelease channel is configured as shown in the image above. 1s transmission rate or on change.

On the receiving side, the input is controlling a digital output. The value of this digital output is also transmitted on the "Generic" bus. In other words, on the "Generic" bus we can see the value that should be sent out through the APPO_PbrakeRelease channel as well as the value that is received on the APPO_PbrakeRelease channel...

The problem is, occasionally we see a glitch as the one above. The value that is sent is constantly HIGH, while the value received goes low for exactly 1s and then goes high again. We have seen this for other digital "Application OUTPUT/INPUT" channels as well.

The fact that the time (1s) perfectly matches the outgoing transmission rate configured at the sender leads to the conclusions that one CAN transmission is corrupted and that the following transmission, 1s later, is correct and again sets the correct value. If it had been an actual change of the input signal, then I assume the APPO_PbrakeRelease signal would have been sent again as soon as the input changed back again?

Also, that the "Generic" CAN-transmissions which has a transmission rate of 20ms, doesn't show any incorrect values limits the error to the "Master" bus only. We have so far not seen any similar behavior on the "Generic" bus.

The "Generic" bus is connected to CAN-bus logging device that records every CAN-bus message transmitted without any filtering or "sampling interval". So, if we can't see any change of the signal here, then no such signal has been sent on the bus.

Is it a known problem "Application OUTPUT/INPUT" signals can get corrupted? And more importantly, how does one handle this?

I´m working with an MD3-JS console. The product information is:

Production date: 17/04/13

Software version: 2.60.25.2059

Bios version 1.03

Serial number: 317040111

What version of  IQAN Creative Studio do i ned to work on it?

Kind of a funny issue. We have a large external function library that causes the external function drop down list to drop below the Windows task bar. This makes the last option unreachable unless i move the taskbar. 

One of my customers has used an MD4 on their hydraulic test system where they are driving a hydraulic fan and reading its speed with a frequency input channel.

In the future, they want to use different fans which will mean they need to change the working parameters of the channel (Max and Scaled Max values) and they need to change the values without changing the software.

I cannot find a way to do this at the moment, as FIN properties don't seem to accept integer parameters as inputs, nor can the channels be added to Adjust Items / Groups. 

Is there a reason this is not possible, even though many different IO channels can be added to adjust groups?

We are working on an application where we are required to be able to allow parallel operation of a solenoid valve. i.e. to be able to energise the solenoid via external means at times. We had been intending to get around the error detection problems by placing these outputs into a function group which we disable when the external energising  happens. This seems to work fine for open load detection, however overload still seem to be detected even when the channel is not enabled -is this intended or is it a bug?

Would be nice to select ( in this example) activating object simply by clicking on IDC in the logic area in addition to standard drop down list. 

In larger programs, list becomes very congested with available options. If (in this example) activating object we are after is in fact located on the same screen we could simply click on it. 

We have an MD4 connected to a CAN Open angle sensor. Normally we change SDO objects in the directory using a CAN tool (for resolution, heartbeats etc). 

Ideally we wanted the MD4 to configure these parameters instead of using the handheld programmer, does anyone have experience of this, or perhaps can suggest a way of changing the parameter below from 1d to 1000d?