Hello,

I am currently using IQANdesign 6.08. The system I am working on is a multi-master system, and I am sending information over CAN E (J1939) to a third-party PLC.

I am using CAN routing to add certain frames from other modules onto CAN E. When I create a DBC file for this bus, none of the CAN routing frames are included in the DBC file. Can you advise if there is a way to include these frames?

Thank you,

Jordan

I have a system with a MD4-5 display and a MC43 controller in 1qanDesign 7.04. 

Between these two the master/diagnostics bus is connected via a wireless can repeater.

This works perfectly fine when the connection is established via the wireless repeaters. However when the modules statrtup together with the display, the display is started faster than the display, which causes no connection to the mc43 to be established even when the can connection is online.

If during startup the connection is online, but connection is lost and re-established, everything works fine.

I have already tried making the MC43 optional, but this didn't work.

There seems to be some check in the startup that causes this behaviour?

Is there any way to avoid this?

Sometimes I find myself collaborating on a project with an engineer who is at a different location and have to test their program changes for them. It would be much easier to find a given channel or object that they are referring to if they could just give me an object number (which you can only find when doing a compare) for me to stick into the find window.

Can we get an item in the status bar next to the project name and version, which shows the number that would normally show up next to BEGIN or END in the project compare window?

I recently got an email notification that the MC/XC 4x series is being replaced by the M24 series controllers.

Is the non M24 series of controllers and expansion modules no longer available?

They claim to be compatible in form, fit, and function, but does the system have to be on IQANdesign V7.03 or higher to be able to swap a non M24 series controller with the new M24 controllers?

That is not ideal, as we have many systems out there with XC4x series expansion modules on V6-V7.02. Having to update master module programming to swap to the M24 series is not great and takes away one of the main advantages of the expansion modules (not having to update master module programming for field replacements). Especially since it can take a very long time to send projects that have different firmware than is on the master when using anything other than Ethernet.

It would be great, if you could create a function group/Sub items for a display page item (gauge/chart/Video feed, ect).  
Like for a gauge that you want to use on multiple pages.  
It would be nice if you can create a image that is x pixels by y.   
Do all of the controls and images for it, and then copy and paste that 1 item to multiple pages.   

Something like the Base page feature you have, but for smaller items to use in multiple places, so you only have to manage 1 version of it. 

For military application, I need to be able to disable the diagnostic LED on the MC4x controllers. 
As we can have no lights on in blackout mode.  

Is there a way we can configure this LED control via a digital channel.   

If In blackout mode, LED is disabled.   

Hello,

I have a quick question regarding the different expansion and master modules for a project i am working on. I want to implement the newer modules with new software on a mobile hydraulic machine but i am getting a bit confused with the safety differences between the modules.

I am currently in the planning phase of looking what modules i am going to use and how to implement the software the most efficient way. I am planning to use a new MD-5 with MC or XC expansion modules. But seeing as there is a MC43FS version which is rated for safety it not totally clear to me what the safety functions are that that module provides over a non FS version?

In the manuals and datasheets i was able to find is that it does real time checks and has redundancy on the in and output which is nice. But that got me wondering if the XC modules have that self check as well? for example if one output from the XC modules gets broken or disconnect from the valves does that also show that the output is not connected or broken or? Because that would make error detection and tracing way easier in the future of the project

If someone could help me a bit with these questions that would be great!

Thanks in advance,

Nick

I have two systems that do the exact same function but one is smaller and uses an MD4-5 and the other is larger and uses an MD4-7.

Is it possible to use a variant project to switch the application between the displays? I played around with the variants and it doesn't seem possible to change out master modules in a variant project.