Ken Roach said:
Thank you, George, for finding and posting the step-by-step process...
Don't thank me Ken! jumpier posted that step-by-step in post #7 in this very thread, so kudos to them.
However, I can provide some previous info which might also help propagate relative info across the Forum, and give the OP here some further food for though, if they have the appetite for it?...
Panelview Plus 600 and 1769-L30ER
In that thread, I explain another, and perhaps "correct" way, to achieve proper compatibility between a CompactLogix 5370 controller and a PanelView Plus terminal running 5.10.xx firmware.
To recap on this once again while using the example in this thread...
In FactoryTalk View Studio v8.0, which the OP is using here, it is supported to select a 1769-L24ER-QB1B controller at firmware revision 20, which they are also using, under the Runtime (Target) tab. It is then possible to create a Shortcut and "Apply" it to the L24ER controller. However, when "Create Runtime Application..." is used, and "Runtime 5.10 Application" is selected, we will always get the default warning in the "ValidationResults.txt" file that pops up...
Validation Results said:
WARNING: Unsupported device detected. Shortcut name = "SHORTCUT_NAME". Device name = "DEVICE_TYPE". Description: The system has detected that a device type that was not supported in the requested version is referenced by a shortcut. If the system upon which this project is to be run has received a patch that adds support for this device type, then this situation will not cause any problems. Otherwise runtime errors will be detected and logged by the target system when it attempts to communicate to that device.
*** End RSLinx Enterprise Conversion Messages ***
Validation completed with warnings. The runtime application has been created.
CAUTION: Running this application might produce errors at runtime.
This message is default displayed as the View Studio software does not know which 5.10.xx firmware revision is loaded on the PanelView terminal that will run the 5.10 application. Which 5.10.xx firmware revision is loaded on the terminal is important because all PanelView Plus firmware revisions older than 5.10.
08 do not support the newer 5370 CompactLogix controllers, that were incidentally introduced at controller revision 20. If we create a 5.10 application with a Shortcut to an L24ER, for example, and run it on a terminal with firmware revision 5.10.
06 loaded, then the warning in the message will prove to be true, and there will be issues, or no communications at runtime. I would hazard a guess that the PanelView Plus 700 here is running a firmware revision that is older than 5.10.
08 and that is primarily why this did not work.
So to get around this issue, we can either use a "placeholder" older 1769-L3xE controller, that is supported, or we can flash the PanelView Plus terminal to a newer 5.10.xx firmware revision (5.10.16 is the latest and likely last revision released) and then the shortcut to the newer L24ER controller will be supported.
Again, and regardless of whether or not the actual terminal has a compatible 5.10.xx firmware loaded, the Validation Results warning message will
always display when a 5370 controller is used as a Shortcut in a 5.10 application. Having, or consequentially flashing the terminal to, a firmware revision that supports these controllers, will not disable the message, but it can just be ignored.
I'm not sure if that explanation adds to or just repeats the explanation in the other threads, but either way, hopefully folks get the gist?
P.s. setiono, glad to hear it's working!
Regards,
George