Java MotionView Onboard in Win 10 64bit will it Work?

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• Jun 23, 2017

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Does MotionView Onboard software run in Windows 10

I keep getting Unable to Launch the Application.
I have put the IP address of the Kinetix300 drive in the Java Console Exception Site List.
I’ve tried two different Computers, and neither of them work.

I have an old laptop with XP on it that the MotionView works, but I really like to use the same computer where RSLogix resides.

 

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• Jul 28, 2017

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I received a reply from Tech support on this.
"MotionView is Java based. We do have some issues with the latest versions of Java and MotionView.

Java 8.131 and Java 8.141 are currently not compatible with MotionView. You want Java 8.121 or lower for MotionView.

See KB Doc 1044877"
I reverted JAVA to 8.121, and it's all good.

 

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• Jul 28, 2017

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Yes, this has p!ssed me off too. I have written a hydraulic simulator using Java 7 using swing and beans. Java 8 uses Java FX so my old code doesn't run under Java 8.
I keep a copy of Java 7 and Java 8 on my computer.

 

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For all of these reasons, I personally avoid anything Java like the plague, and advise others to do the same.

I have to keep a very insecure/outdated version of Java 6 to program our PBX system...won't work with 7 or 8. Never had anything but trouble on anything Java, and while Sun/Oracle has always like to tout that it approaches native compiled speed, I've found that to be total BS.

Java and .NET are cancer.

 

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I also am battling this same issue, I was just given the advice of installing a lower version of Java. Hope it helps!

Dale

 

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Mine is finally working with Windows 10, Java 8.102 using FireFox browser. I am not too sure why IE isn't working but so far I am relieved its useable.

 

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tubedood said:

Mine is finally working with Windows 10, Java 8.102 using FireFox browser. I am not too sure why IE isn't working but so far I am relieved its useable.

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Not sure about IE, but I know Edge (the default Win 10 browser) doesn't support the java plugin at all.