Kepware

Hi all. I try to use Kepware User Configurable driver to catch unsolicied messages in multicast group. Server equipment send multicast messages to IP 224.0.1.1 port UDP 5155 to its own clients. I want to create the listener of this multicast traffic with Kepware U-CON driver and then parse it. So far, my attempts to configure u-con channels with ethernet encapsulation (UDP 5155) in unsolicited mode have been unsuccessful. Can I use U-CON to catch multicast messages or maybe I have to use any another driver?   Thanks in advance.

Greetings,as per title, I am unable to connect a Kepware server to a cloud instance of TWx. I've been able to connect multiple other servers, so the issue must be on this machine.I configured the Project->Thingworx tab like I always do, after creating an industrial connection via ManApps and following the relative instructions, but I always get this error:   "Error ThingWorx Native Interface Connection to ThingWorx failed. | Platform = danieli-dev.cloud.thingworx.com:443/Thingworx/WS, error = could not establish a websocket connection."   I've tried disabling encryption and using the 8080 port, which results in this error:   "Connection to ThingWorx failed. | Platform = danieli-dev.cloud.thingworx.com:8080/Thingworx/WS, error = could not initialize a secure socket connection."   The machine which is running Kepware is still running Windows 7 and in order to install and run Kewpare I had to follow this article (CS321323) to install the required certificates,

Hello,   I am trying to send data from the Moxa Nport5150A with a RS232 message, but I am not sure about what settings I need to have on Kepware to successfully perform this communication. On the moxa webserver I can configure the operation mode (TCP/IP Client or Server, RealCOM and so on...). I know the IP Address of the moxa terminal server which I can use in kepware for identification. However, there's other settings like ID of the device or address of the tag which I do not know how to setup correctly. Also, I would like some clarification on what driver should be used for this and why. Thank you in advance!

im trying to connect and read a modbus map from a GE Multilin 850 power meter. i am able to connect to the device using modbus tcp and tags show valid, but the data read from the mod bus address is not what it should be. has anyone done this before and could possibly share their config settings. ive tried various settings but maybe its an odd high/low setting on the word/dword or a strange zero addressing issue?   thanks

Hello, I'm trying to write a service that allows me to push a Kepware configuration (in .json format) to a chosen Kepware server. When I try to push the configuration using the "PushConfigToEdge" built in service, I get "Configuration Transfer from ThingWorx Platform failed. | Reason = 'Access Denied'" on the Kepware interface. I've also tried using the built in push/pull interface from the Thing -> Configuration Files page, but I get the same result.What am I doing wrong? Below you can find the source code I'm using at the moment.Thanks in advance.         var fileNameExt = fileName + ".json"; var tempString = jsonString; tempString = "'" + jsonString + "'"; tempString = JSON.stringify(tempString); pause(10000); var tempObj = JSON.parse(tempString); pause(10000); Things["SystemRepository"].SaveText({ path: '/' + fileNameExt /* STRING */, content: tempObj /* STRING */ }); Things[gatewayName].PushConfigToEdge({ sourceFileName: fileNameExt /* STRING */,

Hi, I am running Thingworx 9.0 and Kepware 6.9   I managed the connection between kepware and thingworx, but when I create the remote thing it seems disconnected to me, even though the industrial connections are connected.   checking the properties of the remote thing, the isConnected property has no value ... how do I solve it? and checking the AplitionLog it throws me the following messages:   Unable to send [uri = / Things / IIoT_Industrial_Server / Services / BulkLog /]: IoT_Industrial_Server entity does not exist or is not yet associated with a Thing runtime   error APIRequest Message: IoT_Industrial_Server entity does not exist or is not yet associated with a thing, sending ERROR ResponseMessage to caller!   thanks for your help  

Hello, good morning, I have a problem with the logger entering the database.I want the settings in the data logger to change every 1 hour the data is entered into the database with a value that increases every hour, but in fact the value does not increase in the database, but the value is 17855.If the value does not increase, add 17855, there should only be one data value in the database. Next I send the settings to the datalogger and the results in the database. I ask for help how to set a good and correct height in the Data logger "Log on data Change" so that the value changes every 1 hour? Thank you very much.  

Hello! I am hoping someone can help me with an issue I am encountering. My company recently purchased a new MES system (Critical Manufacturing) and along with it we purchased Kepware in order to bridge the gap between machine and MES. Here is the scenario:   I have a machine with an Allen Bradley CompactLogix 5380 controller (5069-L320ERMS2/B) with firmware version 32.012 installed. I am using KEPServerEX to connect to the AB controller using OPC-UA protocol. I have a fully populated list of machine tags presented to me (around 34,000 tags in total) and I am able to view the real data on these tags when opening the OPC Quick Client to view them. I have successfully performed read operations on all of the relevant tags I need, so I know the communication is working in that direction - the issue is when I try to write data to the tags. I have boolean tags in the PLC that correlate to certain functions, such as counter resets. I have attemped both Synchronous Writes and Asynchronous

Hi,   We will be using a cloud set up where Kepware will be running on edge device and Thingworx connected to it from a cloud platform. So our IT team for setting up security and firewall, wants to know what communication protocol is used between Kepserver and Thingworx.     Regards, Sri1

there is a data stream from the robot. the data changes, but the data in the stream is not updated. how do I make the stream auto-update?

Hello   I encountered this problem more then once.    I setup Kepware to connect Thingworx via named IndustrialThing name for example "conn". And i save this created Industrial Connectivity Thing to fetch remote tags and bind them to our properties. The method i use is to create a Remote Thing manually and Add IndustrialGateway ThingShape to add IndustrialThing property to the thing. After that i manually add "conn" to property. After saving the Thing i can do Manage Binding to bind remote tags to my property.   After using this method for 4-5 months on a company, Kepware start to give error to "Connection to ThingWorx failed". After that, I try everything to fixed that but nothing seems to solve these issues. The only workaround i did find is renaming the "conn" IndustrialThing name from Kepware.  For example, I renamed "conn" to "conn1", Kepware is connected to Thingworx. But I have to save this "conn1" IndustrialThing and change IndustrialThing properties to

I'm trying to setup DCOM consiguration as explained in section 4.1 Configuring the Application at https://www.kepware.com/getattachment/04042e47-c690-467c-a931-a1ca126575db/Remote-OPC-DA-Quick-Start-Guide-DCOM.pdf But, I don't see entry on "OPC Server". Because of that, I can't connect to Kepware OPC server from other machine.

Hi in KepServerEX6 I created a channel ODBC Client to get data from a Access database. I created a Device for a table and successfully generated a tag. Now I would like to get data from other tables. I created another device (correct ? ) but the tag generation return error "Unable to generate a tag database for <MY DEVICE>:Automatic tag generation for device <MY DEVICE>' refused due to active client connections" I read another topic , same error. The suggestion was to 'Close all OPC client connections to the device and retryAutomatic Tag Generation' but how can I verify the open connections and close them ? Many Thanks  

Hi, I had come across a project where a seperate server was allocated for Kepserver alone. My queries: 1)Under what case  or architecture is this setup required. 2) Is it some sort of best practices. 3) And what should be the server configuration (cpu, RAM... etc) required here.   Regards Sri1  

Hi, I am getting the error when am connecting to Allen Bradley PLC Logix5300. Nothing much is given about this in the documents. Can anyone help me out. Error: Database error. Error occurred during forward open request.| CIP error = 0X1, Extended error = 0X311         Thanks, Sri

Hi,    Because of the problem https://community.ptc.com/t5/ThingWorx-Developers/ThingWorx-IndustrialGateway-cause-delay-of-the-data-tag-in/td-p/678674  I'm currently facing ,   I wonder  if  it's  possible to write and poll data tag of Kepware from ThingWorx without using remote thing ?    Regards, Sean

Hello,  I have followed this guide : https://developer.thingworx.com/en/resources/guides/connect-kepware-server-thingworx-guide/connect-foundation I can't connect Kepware with Foundation.  Kepware logs tell that the host could not be resolved.  I have the trial version of Fundation.  "Error ThingWorx Native Interface Connection to ThingWorx failed. | Platform = pp-2009221255A9.devportal.ptc.io:443/Thingworx/WS, error = the host could not be resolved."    I have no clue why. I did create an app-key, with no ip restriction, i'm HTTPS with Fundation... cf screenshots below    PS: i have the same problem connecting Fundation to Azure. 

I am aware of the Thingworx Sizing Guide, but it does not address the size of the KepServerEX hardware.  This reference shows the size of the KEpServerEX used, but no information as to how it was determined.  Is there a document that provides that information?

Hi, I am trying to connect Kepware Server to thingworx Fundation. I am able to establish connectivity between Kepware and TW fundation however, when I try to read tag it says "Tag not connected"   Any advise 

(This problem has nothing to do with Manufactory Apps ,  and probably even has nothing to do with Kepware, Please DO NOT move it to that area)   Hi,  I have 2 channels in Kepware and each channel has a device.  The data tag get updates well when both of the devices are on,  but once one of the device get shutdown,  the delay of the data tag of the other device becomes immediately obvious.   And if set the shutdown device to "simulate" mode,  then the delay of the other device become good.     Since the devices are in separated channels , they should not have impact on each other.   But the IndustrialConnection  is shared,  would be the problem caused by IndustrialConnection ?   Like , the remote thing of ThingWorx keep sending heart beat request to IndustrialConnection  and the request queue become too long if the device get shutdown, which cause the delay of other device  become lo

Hello, I have a variable on kepware of a setpoint value that is sent to thingworx only on the data change. This variable can remain fixed for days but I need to view daily trends with related reports with this variable. Is it possible to force scripts that, once a day, this value is still written to the database even if it has not changed?

while configuring kepware to thingworx we are facing error "the connection requires a valid trust store, but the store is empty or invalid." here is attached snap of property I have checked application key is valid and having date of expire 2022 We have not configure SSL but still its throwing this error.  

i couldnt connect to my printer through kepserverex using modbus TCP/IP Ethernet. please guide us regarding this query as soon.  

 Hello, We're currently using KepServer for all of our machine and database communication, paired mostly with Mitsubishi Q series PLC.   I'm more familiar with the Kepware functionality than I am with the PLC ladder logic. Is it possible for me to continuously write a tag to an M bit on a machine from Kepware, and in the instance that say the server running Kepware is restarted, that tag value would return false? I think it may be more on the PLC logic side, but I was wondering if it'd be possible to use a linked tag that's always on, and link it to an M bit, turning that M bit on, and have the plc logic to try and turn it off. Is there a better method to achieve what I'm thinking in my head?

Hi, I can implement customized device data transformation using Java SDK/Protocal Adapter Toolkits/EMS  on the Edge side before sending data to Thingworx Server.    However,  Kepware connects to Thingworx directly and it seems I can  only implement the data transformation in Thingworx server (except using the advanced tag of Kepware) .  Is it possbile to implementation the transformation of Kepware data tag in Edge as well ? (It is best to use JAVA) .     Regards, Sean