Noise can sometimes be introduced into a sensor input by a power supply or other high-powered equipment. Using a high-quality power supply is always a good idea. Noise on the input is seen when the input value jumps around sporadically, especially for a normally stable sensor reading such as for temperature or pressure. When there…
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This issue is due to increased security on many email platforms. The solution to this error is to allow less secure apps in your email account information or to use app specific passwords, depending on which email provider you use. For example: With Yahoo! Mail – You must log-in and then navigate to your “Account…
When using a Maple Systems HMI, the project, recipe (RW, RW_A, db), data log, event log, and operation log files are stored in permanent HMI (flash) memory. There are several ways to clear data in flash memory. 1. Open Utility Manager, select the HMI series being configured in the upper-left corner, click [Publish] and then…
Any alarm or event in EBPro can be set up so that an Email is sent once a trigger condition is met. (Video on how to enable push notifications). SMS and MMS notifications can also be sent to users of your HMI application via the built-in SMTP email server on Maple Systems Advanced and Smart…
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An alarm can be used to wake up the HMI when it is in screen saver mode. The screen saver feature just changes the Base Window ID to the ID number of the screensaver window (80 by default, you can adjust this in the system parameter settings). The Base Window ID is stored in system…
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You can use one of these two objects to display a popup window when an alarm is triggered on a HMI:
Direct Window: displays a predefined window based on the state of a bit.
Indirect Window: displays a window based on the value in a register.
You can use your alarm to set the state of a bit or load a value into a register which will trigger the window you want to display.
If you want the popup window to be displayed on any screen in the project when the alarm is triggered, place the window object on the Common Window.
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Google has accounts restricted for third party app/device access. To unlock a Google account to interact with a new device, you need to login to a special Gmail link at https://www.google.com/accounts/UnlockCaptcha. Then access the email account within 10 minutes with the application you want to be allowed (i.e., send an email from your Graphic HMI).…