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Different firmware versions should not be an issue as each device is a separate node on the network. However I generally recommend upgrading to latest version whenever there is an issue as it is one thing less to check later. Version 2.7 fixes an issue with Get Remote HART Device COMMREQ and...

Sending Modbus TCP data via the Internet directly is not advisable. Modbus TCP is not encrypted or protected in any way any anybody could read the message and change the data. You also run the risk of exposing your PLCs to attacks via the Internet. A better way to do this would be via some form...

What is the exact message? If you see "Cannot stop project. PM_MCP is currently controlled by <MACHINE_NAME>" then this means that <MACHINE_NAME> has control, typically from a Workbench instance or by CIMPLICITY Options. Another possibility is that the user that PM_MCP is running as has been...

If this is GE Historian, two simple options are Dream Reports or SQL Server Reporting Services via a linked table.

You could adapt this alarm history script to read the table that you are logging the data into. Key aspects are the SQLOpen, SQLExecQuery, SQLBind and SQLRetrieve commands. Sub Main() ' This routine outputs an alarm history list as a dialogue box ' In this version, all alarm data is output...

PM_MCP is the Master Control Program that co-ordinates all the CIMPLICITY processes. It can be controlled from the project using the start and stop buttons or from the CIMPLICITY Options app. It could also be that CIMPLICITY is still starting. Check what other applications are running to see...

GE no longer publishes the EGD protocol due to cyber security issues. You can possibly determine what the protocol is doing using Wireshark, it depends what class of EGD is implemented. EGD class 1 is cyclical data where the application determines the data content. EGD class 2 adds to class 1...