Similar to how you can dynamically set X & Y coordinates for graphics, it would be great if we could do the same for Value Controls, Labels, and Groups.  Really any control that can be placed on a screen.

Hi there!

I have encountered a problem using transparent buttons on a MD4-5. I use a lot of transparent buttons the build up the display pages. This by using transparent PNG's in the resolution i need them to be on the MD4-5. The problem is only when using smaller PNG's for smaller buttons.

For example the following pictures. 

-The first picture is a screenshot from IQANdesign with a highlighted "PNG Button". This button has a resolution of 108x24px. There are more "PNG buttons" on this page for example the home button. This one with a resolution of 94x68px. But also the arrows, date and time and the quick menu buttons are all transparent buttons.

-The second picture is a photo of the same page on the MD4-5, showing that the smaller buttons all turned black. the larger button stayed transparent.

Is there any way to solve this issue, apart from placing bigger buttons?

Hi there!

I have a question about the accuracy of triangulation calculation. A common math operator I use is "tan". I use this for calculating the slope [%] from the angle of inclination [°]. This has always worked fine for me but now I need a higher accuracy.

The Qcode I use in a math component:

Result:= tan(Angle)*100

Where:

Angle is in [°]

Result is in [%]

The result jumps from 0% to 0.17%. I would like to see an accuracy of 0.01%. Is there any other way to achieve this? Using sin/cos gave me the same results.

I have a Gyroscope Angle sensor with an accuracy of .01°. So the problem isn't the measuring.

Thanks in advance

Theleo De Bruyn

We want to display a message on screen showing basic operation as soon as the display is powered up. There seems to be a limit of 299 characters, is there any way of removing it? If not can it be added to a wishlist for a future update please? I can understand you would scroll several times if the message box was small but we have widened it up significantly from default, and 299 characters isn't enough to populate the message box.

We have got around it by showing a separate screen with lines of text, but its easier if we use the built in message box.

Updated a system (1x MD4-10 and 1x MD4-7) from Version 4.07 to 6.08 and had it running for around 25 minutes after the update and the 10 inch screen turned blue with the following details.

Can anyone shed any light as to what the fault is please? The MD4-7 appears fine, no blue screen.

I have diagnostic bus on MC43FS CAN B connected to MD4

There are CANopen devices on MC43FS CAN C

IQANdesign is connected to MD4 via Ethernet

After upgrading of MD4 is complete it shows "Routing to MC43"

At this moment MC43 starts blinking long yellow + 2 short yellow "No application available"

Rebooting shows the same blink code and MD4 then shows application mismatch

Only way to make upgrade work is disconnecting CAN C.

I have uploaded CAN log from CAN C to filedrop.

Bus load on diagnostic/master bus 20-25%

Bus load on CAN C 30-35%

Hi guys,

1. Customer has faulty MD3 (installed 2009)

2. I have clone file (irc) together with settings (irs) for this application I can open both in IQANRun 2.63

3. Got new MD3 (shows version 4.07.13.3815 pn 200777793 sn 312040107), Information on this forum that MD3-M15 indicates that 2.63 should be OK to load.

4. When trying to load into new (using IQANRun 2.63) MD3 got the message

Any suggestion to solve it and supply customer with fully functional MD3

Thanks in advance

Kind regards,
Richard Kowalczyk MIEAust CPEng(Ret)
RKad Engineering
32 Kingussie Ave
Castle Hill NSW 2154
Australia
📲 :+61 (0)431 639 295

E: richard.kowalczyk@rkad.com.au
W: www.rkad.com.au

I'm trying to use a math channel to do some higher value calculations.  I keep getting a calculation overflow error and it returns a value of 2E09.  I'm assume this is the maximum value for an integer.  But with a real value, the maximum value should be much higher than this.  I would think that I should be getting a real value instead of an integer value.  Is there a way to ensure I'm getting a real value?  Or is something else going on entirely?

Hello, I can't find the settings for adjusting the PWM output frequency on the XC43 as on the XA2 in IqanbDesign, can anyone tell me where I can find it?

I have a page, one of many on an MD4-10 display, that has a number of graphs on it. The display isn't a page that an Operator will usually use, but if they feels somethings is off, or there was a transient/behavioiur they didn't expect or fully catch enough of to report then they can switch to the graphing page and the graphs currently start rendering in real time.

In my scenario given that transients are generally non repeating (or at least the operator doesn't know enough to cause the repeat to occur), I don't want real time starting from when they went to the page, but rather if the graph timeline is say 5 minutes, then I want the graph at activation to show the last 5 minutes of the measure (and hopefully the event they just felt) and overwrite as usual as if the page had been open for longer than the timeline. Is there anyway I can configure the graphs so that they display history rather than just starting at time 0 on page activation?

In my case all the machine core data is going across a J1939 link to a duplicate display, but it generally only updates 5 times a second for most measures (more often for time critical things like Joystick movements etc) which may not catch a transient. But I could set up a J1939 Data Logger but it would seem a shame to me given that what is in the software almost does what I want anyway?

Any thoughts on how to either configure what I want or to set up a capture solution in design or other approaches people have used?

If this was possible is there some way to stop the graph advance of time with a button so a picture or screen capture can be taken showing the captured behaviour we want before its overwritten or falls off the end?

Andy