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When in design mode does the Database Spy show the values of tags or have you to do something extra. Any tag I have entered here show a value of zero and the connection Quality is good. When used in the program the tags show their true value.

Another problem I have is with tags reading the temperature from a PLC. These have been working up until I decided to do a Verify. This came back with no issues, but I have not been able to get the values from the PLC since then. This is where the Database Spy is confusing as it says the connection is good. The same PLC has other analogue inputs and these are showing up OK. The PLC is not faulty as a touch screen is able to show the temperatures.

Should I just reinstall Indusoft. I also thought that the output window could be cleared by right clicking on it, but this does not give any options.
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  • Deleting the duplicate tags has fixed my problem Now I have to ask is my computer causing the problems or is it the software. Had another problem where a tag I had created a year ago was not recognised. AutoFormat(Maturation_Chills.Mat_1_Return_Air_1_Corrected) Fixed the problem by adding another underscore between the words. AutoFormat(Maturation_Chills.Mat__1__Return__Air__1__Corrected)

    The software does give me grief in other minor details. Adding text requires clicking once to place the text, then type the first letter, click again to move the focus of the text, click again on the text and then go to the properties so I can enter what I had set out to type. Trying to move an object a few pixels cannot not be done with the keyboard arrows. One has to click on the object and then use the arrows. As soon as you let go of the mouse the object goes back to its starting position. Some items have a security clearance of 10 so I set my login details to be above this. When I log in I cannot change the values so I have to log in with a clearance level for the fitters which is set to 20.
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  • Deleting the duplicate tags has fixed my problem Now I have to ask is my computer causing the problems or is it the software. Had another problem where a tag I had created a year ago was not recognised. AutoFormat(Maturation_Chills.Mat_1_Return_Air_1_Corrected) Fixed the problem by adding another underscore between the words. AutoFormat(Maturation_Chills.Mat__1__Return__Air__1__Corrected)

    The software does give me grief in other minor details. Adding text requires clicking once to place the text, then type the first letter, click again to move the focus of the text, click again on the text and then go to the properties so I can enter what I had set out to type. Trying to move an object a few pixels cannot not be done with the keyboard arrows. One has to click on the object and then use the arrows. As soon as you let go of the mouse the object goes back to its starting position. Some items have a security clearance of 10 so I set my login details to be above this. When I log in I cannot change the values so I have to log in with a clearance level for the fitters which is set to 20.
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