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Problem Statement: Aspen SCM is installed with no problems by an Windows Administrator user, and the SLM license is correctly configured, but SCM starts only when run by that user. All other users, including those with administrator privileges, get this license manager error message:
Module Name:Database [ID:112}. LM M... | Solution: The problem can be caused by insufficient access privileges to the DCOM component used for licensing by SCM. Setting proper access permissions to DCOM component oopascms.exe fixes the problem.
See the attached document for details on checking and setting access permissions to DCOM components.
Note: It is im... |
Problem Statement: I get the error message: No core memory. Not enough memory to set up simulator. | Solution: This problem is caused by the date format in the system start not matching the date format in the control options. Set the formats to match and this will alleviate the problem
Keywords:
References: None |
Problem Statement: You need to have the row and column headers that are visible in Aspen Supply Chain Management (SCM) Configurable Application (i.e. Plant Scheduler, Demand Manager, etc.) export with the field data to a spreadsheet. | Solution: 1. Open a SCM case.
2. Select Options > System from the menu bar.
3. Select Editors tab.
4. Select Include Headers in the Copy/Paste field.
5. Click Ok.
6. Save the case.
After the saving the case, check the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AspenTech\mimi\Editor to ensure Co... |
Problem Statement: You are attempting to run a batch script which calls BATCH command within Supply Chain Management (SCM). The script will run to completion, but you do not notice any log files being generated. The following screen shot shows the files created when you run $BATCH from command line in SCM: | Solution: You must ensure the FTMFDEF table is configured properly.
Open up the table and review the settings for the log file locations. Notice in this screen shot, it does not have an absolute path defined.
Therefore, the log files will be generated in the directory you have mimias.exe installed (most likely the /mim... |
Problem Statement: After upgrading SCM to V7.2,Business Process Explorer (BPE ) gives an error when trying to retrieve a file.
Your end user was running version 2006.1. Uninstalled it and installed the latest SCM version V7.2 along with Business Process Explorer.
Afterwards the end user cannot retrieve case files from ... | Solution: If you look at Program Files\Aspentech\BPE you will see that there are quite a few .dll files in that folder. You should create a batch script and re-register each with regsvr32 <dll name> in DOS in the directories under C:\Program Files\Aspentech\BPE. After this, reboot your computer. This will resolve the p... |
Problem Statement: Instruction on how to create a new instance on Oracle for CF installation. | Solution: 1. Turn-off or disable the service of the first instance or database from Start --> Settings --> Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Services. Only one instance of the Oracle database service can start at a time.
2. Navigate to Start --> Programs --> Oracle9.2 --> Configuration and Migratio... |
Problem Statement: Error P0088:TDAI: actual exceeds max count at PRO(1) (get TDAT) in a scheduling case | Solution: This error appears when some elements of set PRO are not mapped in table TYPE, column TYI. In other words some product inventory types are missing in column TYI of table TYPE. This is not allowed.
You can spot these configuration problems by running M CHECK.
Keywords: Scheduling
Errors
P0088
TYPE
References: ... |
Problem Statement: Availability Matrix for installing Aspen Collaborative Forecasting with MS SQL Server Database or Oracle. | Solution: CF Availability Matrix:
Oracle 8.1 to 9.2
MS SQL Server 2000
CF 2006
Yes
No
CF 2004.3
Yes
No
CF 2004.2.x
Yes
Yes
Notes:
1. Only up to CF 2004.2x is MS SQL Server 2000 supported. However, it is on the road map for future CF versions.
2. MS SQL Server 2000 is not supported in versions 2004.3 and... |
Problem Statement: How do I return the values of mimias.exe and mimi.exe? | Solution: Please follow these steps:
1) Locate the installation directory for SCM. Most likely it is C:\Program Files\AspenTech\aspenmimi\Bin
2) Find file named mimias.exe
a. Right click the file
b. Choose properties
c. Click on Version Tab
d. Repeat the exact same steps for file named mimi.exe.
e... |
Problem Statement: The title of the INFO table can not be changed after running M CHANGE. | Solution: If a user modifies the title of INFO that is created by the command M PLAN (displays the current schedule) and then executes the command M CHANGE (to apply the modification), the error window table is displayed with error P0115: INFO table does not contain schedule produced by M PLAN.
The title of INFO that i... |
Problem Statement: Aspen SCM dongle troubleshooting tips | Solution: Solution 120607 explains how to install the dongle, but if you are still having problem installing the dongle or the license can not be found, you may want to review the following suggestions:
Installing the Sentinel driver might fix the problem. You can download this driver from Sentinel Technical Support (h... |
Problem Statement: Licensing error when installing Aspen SCM.
Examples of possible errors that can occur when installing Aspen SCM:
1. <<lservrc_100_25E51DF2.SLF>> <<License Error on Install - Rob Laptop 07-14-06.doc>>
2. No Aspen products can be selected inside the field box during the installation process... | Solution: Before installing SLM and SCM again clean the temporary folder.
1. Open the Window Explorer session and go to the temporary folder (type %tmp% in the address field and it will automatically go to the temporary folder).
2. Search and delete any files named lservrc and strgxi2.dll found at the tempo... |
Problem Statement: How much free space should I have on my C: drive in order to run MIMI efficiently? | Solution: According to our Hardware Requirements, it is recommended that you have at least 300 MB of free space on your hard drive. However, if you are running a large model (greater than 50 MB) that number will be higher. If your case is over 100 MB then Customer Support recommends about 1 GIG of free space.
For addit... |
Problem Statement: How to toggle between different foreign languages within Aspen SCM. | Solution: The following example will demonstrate how to change Aspen SCM from English to Russian, but can be substituted for any of the other languages offered including Chinese (simplified), English (US), English-UK, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
1. Exit out of Aspen SCM.
2. Go to direc... |
Problem Statement: Is Aspen SCM and configured applications supported for the Windows 7 operating system? | Solution: Aspen SCM versions prior to the release of V7.2 have not been tested on Windows 7 operating system and are therefore not supported.
It is Aspen Tech's policy (see KB Article 115885) that if a product has not been tested on a certain product/platform, then it is not officially supported on that product/platf... |
Problem Statement: Exporting a table into an Access database using Batch Insert mode does not export all the rows in the table. Why?
For example:
- a case file contains a table TSAMP01 containing 7077 rows
- you have set up your ODBC Data Source (with a Microsoft Access Driver) and you have called it FMT_TES
- you want... | Solution: First, a reminder of what SCM's Batch Insert mode and Standard Insert mode are (see the online help for details).
Standard Insert mode moves data from SCM to the database server one record at a time.
Batch Insert mode allows exporting a large volume of data to databases across the network quickly using SCM SQ... |
Problem Statement: When running a case in batch mode we got the following message (File mismatch)
Is this a configuration issue, or can we ignore it? | Solution: This is an obsolete error message and can be ignored. The next release of SCM will no longer check the versions.
Keywords: mimias.exe
Batch
File Mismatch
References: None |
Problem Statement: Is there a variable that can be used during a silent install for the SCM Name Server?
A customer may wish to use a silent installation procedure so that the Aspen SCM install can be done over the network or simply without the interaction of end users. To do this, an xml file can be created; however, ... | Solution: If a single installation is being completed, then the computer name can be entered. However in most cases, the installer would like to use one xml file for all users. As a result, the word localhost can be used in place of the computer name. Using localhost will automatically recognize the name of the specifi... |
Problem Statement: What does it mean if a Session Control Switch is set to a value of 2 or higher? | Solution: If the value of the YES/NO session control switches are set to a number greater than zero, it will be the same as if the value were 1.
For example, if switch[1] is set to 2 than it should invoke the NODISP mode just as if it were set to 1.
To indicate:
YES: Type Y, YES, or 1
NO: Type N, NO, or 0
All field... |
Problem Statement: Running setup.exe from aspenONE Admin DVD is generating error 1311. | Solution: Avoid installing from a zip file. Make sure that you unzip any file first and save it on the hard disk of your computer then install.
Navigate to \aspenone2006admdvd\SLM\SLM Tools\core\SLM_Client_Tools and change cab name from LSAPIW~2.cab to LSAPIW~1.cab within that folder.
Keywords: SLM
SOURCE FILE NOT FO... |
Problem Statement: Correct NLF expressions such as the following:
(2414 / ((LOG FLI / LOG 10) + 6.1188)) - 230.56
will occasionally return the error NLF function argument error: (2414 / ((LOG FLI / LOG 10) + 6.1188)) - 230.56.
Also, the behavior is slightly different in the various MIMI versions. For example:
- v. ... | Solution: An easy change in the model can work around this problem. By modifying the NLF formula to add some parentheses, all versions will provide the correct results of the calculation.
In fact it is not good to define a possibly ambiguous expression that NLF would not know how to calculate. The expression above co... |
Problem Statement: GEN generates unexpected results after changing a code width, or MAXCT of one set that is used in COLS table | Solution: When strange behavior like what is mentioned above happens, e.g., changing MAXCT alters GEN results, one should consider checking if the Catalog is corrupted. One way to find this out is to see if a SET has a BLANK name (or no name) in the Catalog as shown below (list the catalog by Ascending, and then Descen... |
Problem Statement: New columns needed in table MAKF starting from version 2004 | Solution: ThisSolution will be useful to you if you are using M SIMW in your scheduling models.
Because of some SIMW enhancements, starting from version 2004, M SIMW requires LS, PT, ST, AS, JITB, LT, SU, YF, PS and AE columns. The first 8 columns of MAKF are truly positional, while the PS column and AE column are inte... |
Problem Statement: The SCM (MIMI) request broker server stops functioning and I have to reboot the server. This can be caused by a couple of problems with the request broker:
1. The service has crashed.
2. The service is locked up. | Solution: 1. If the service has crashed, then stop and restart the service.
2. If the service has locked up, and the only thing you can do is reboot the server, try the following:
The request broker is probably sharing a port with another application. Have a network administrator det... |
Problem Statement: What V7.2 disk do I use to install Aspen Supply Chain Management (SCM) software? | Solution: First you need to determine type of license, standalone or network, that is installed at your company.
If you are using a perpetual standalone license - install SCM software from the Aspen Manufacturing and Supply Chain DVD 2 (see figure 1).
Figure 1
If you are using a network license - Check with your ad... |
Problem Statement: Is there a command to compare 2 text tables in SCM? | Solution: There is no command in SCM to compare 2 text tables, however there is a simple way to get around this.
1. Create 2 copies of the case INITIAL. (INITIAL1.CAS AND INITIAL2.CAS)
2. Copy the tables to be compared into each, one in INITIAL1.CAS and the other in INITIAL2.CAS.
3. Make sure that bot... |
Problem Statement: M CHECK found errors on many FAC related tables | Solution: M CHECK reports errors when any new table name(s) is the same as system required table name(s). This is designed to cope with backward compatibility issues for facility typing and facility level tracking.
Since naming conflicts are inevitable and unforeseeable from case to case, it was decided to let M CHECK ... |
Problem Statement: It may happen that you see different durations in the Activity Editor for two activities having same Start and End time. Why?
For example, the Planning Board below displays an activity on Reactor 1 having duration 04h 00' and an activity on Reactor 2 having duration 03h 58'. But both activities have ... | Solution: This is not a bug in the Aspen SCM code.
Indeed, if you check carefully, you will realize that this visualization problem happens when two activities do not actually have the same start and end time. This can be proved by changing the format for MAKF for example to F2.5.
Since those two activities do not ... |
Problem Statement: How to generate the CPLEX log file ? | Solution: One table has to be considered: CCPLEX (or CLPS).
The CLPS or CCPLEX table contains information which controls SCM Linear Programming and CPLEX performance. Historically, when only the CPLEX solver was available as an external optimizer, the CLPS table contained parameters to control performance of the GEN an... |
Problem Statement: UNEXPECTED ERROR IN SOLVE.M occurs when opening an Aspen SCM case. | Solution: Error message also includes the explanation and how to fix it.
**** Error !!! **** Max col count exceeded; increase MAC set max count
Follow these steps how to increase the maxcount of MAC and subsequently MAR:
1. Open the case
2. Press F3 to bring up the command line.
3. Type EDIT MAC at th... |
Problem Statement: How to hide the Inventory Profile window on the Gantt chart. | Solution: Set CNTLS(GFAC) to 12 or bigger until the Inventory Profile window will be hidden.
NOTE: Depending on your operating system, you may also need to set both GFAC and ROWS in CNTLS to some very large number like 99 in order to get the desired results.
Keywords: Planning Board
Gantt Chart
Inventory Profile
CNTL... |
Problem Statement: This knowledge base article describes how to run SCM in Batch mode from Command Prompt window. | Solution: To run Aspen SCM in Batch mode from a Command Prompt window:
1. Display Command Prompt window Start | Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt.
2. Execute the command below.
Syntax:
mimias -cfullpathcasename -b[batchmacro]
· -c: Indicates that the string following -c is an SCM case name.
· ... |
Problem Statement: After what appeared to be a successful installation of MIMI on my Windows 2000 laptop, the following error message was received whenever MIMI was started:
mimi.exe - Entry Point Not Found. The procedure entry point ??_U@YAPAXI@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library MSVCRT.dll. | Solution: After investigation of the standard Microsoft Visual C Runtime dynamic link library (MSVCRT.DLL) which was installed on the Windows 2000 machine, it was discovered that the dll was an older version, installed by a third-party program.
The correct version of the MSVCRT.DLL was installed with the installation o... |
Problem Statement: This knowledge base article describes how to read data from an external file into an SCM variable. | Solution: The READ command can be used to move data from an external file into variables. It can be a single & variable /$ variable or series of variables.
Syntax:
READ+ variable1 [variable2…]
+: The optional plus sign instructs SCM to continue reading record the next time READ is executed. Without + SCM automa... |
Problem Statement: SCM 2006.1 with BPE is installed on a PC. MSOffice 2003 is also installed. When loading a profile in BPE, the MS Office Installer runs and BPE crashes. | Solution: Reinstalling the software via DVD adds the necessary files and will stop the MS Office installer from running.
The issue is that certain files were not installed during the initial install. These files which didn't get installed were in C:\program files\common files\VBA and C:\program files\Microsoft Shared\... |
Problem Statement: We have seen cases where the use of PutOnCOS records can cause a memory leak for the OPC20ifix.exe process of the iFix 4.5 OPC Server.
The PutOnCOS records does a cancel/undeclare operation on the taglist and then declares the list with each COS activation. It looks like the iFix OPC Server cannot ha... | Solution: Use the regular PUT records (i.e. IoPUTDef) instead which you can activate with a COSActDef or a SQL Plus query.
Keywords: IoPutOnCosDef,
IOLongTagPOCDef
memory leak
IOLLTagPOCDef
References: None |
Problem Statement: What is the Enable Predicate Unification (UNIF) parameter in the CNTLE set? How is it used? | Solution: The Enable Predicate Unification (UNIF) parameter in CNTLE enables the Predicate Unification feature.
Predicate Unification uses rule processing logic that enables Aspen SCM to learn when a predicate is fired and find it in the $PRED set more quickly than with standard rule execution. This feature improves th... |
Problem Statement: How do I resolve the error message Application failed to initialize properly when starting Aspen SCM? | Solution: This problem is caused by Aspen SCM needing to access certain dll's located in the subdirectory WINNT/system32 and the user not having the correct permissions. If you login as administrator, this will not happen as an administrative login id will, by default, have access to the system32 subdirectory, but a re... |
Problem Statement: When running multiple scenarios in Planning Board, there are times when the warning messages become redundant and not desired. How can you turn the user turn the warning messages off? | Solution: In CNTLS table, there is an entry called QUIET. This indicates whether you want to display informational message when the planning board is displayed. The possible values are: YES (Display most messages), NO(default) and LOUD (Display every possible message).
If user does not want see this message, they can s... |
Problem Statement: You would like to use cmprcase, but are unsure the syntax. | Solution: The command compresses a case, eliminating wasted space that accumulates in case files. Execute from your operating system command prompt.
CMPRCASE does the following:
Compresses the case into a temporary file named .SCRATCH
Copies the compressed version back to the original case name.
Note: The cas2dat comma... |
Problem Statement: How to configure the Planning Board Activity tips? (Available in Aspen SCM 2004.2 and higher)
A Planning Board Activity Tip is a small rectangular window that displays information about an activity. The Activity Tip appears when you place your cursor over an activity on the Planning Board. You can ... | Solution: CONFIGURING ACTIVITY TIPS
You can configure the information that displays in Activity Tips by creating a control set. Each row in the control set displays one piece of data in the Activity Tip. Entries appear in Activity Tips in the same order in which they appear in the control set.
You can create one Ac... |
Problem Statement: One of the enhancements that were introduced in V8 CP2 was the implementation of a Filter Icon, which would appear on the top of the tab whenever the data in the screen was a subset of the actual data. This icon can also be included in your custom screen, if you want to use it for some other purposes... | Solution: explains how to add the Filter icon to your custom screen. ThisSolution is written for SCM Modelers with basic knowledge of XML.
Solution
The Filter icon can be added through the XML configuration. The following attribute needs to be added to the View section:
IsFilteredSource=”IsFilterProperty”
This attrib... |
Problem Statement: In Windows 64-bit environments, the OC25.DLL is copied to the root drive after installing Aspen SCM. Since the DLL is linked to Aspen SCM, is it possible to move the DLL to a more appropriate folder location? | Solution: The OC25.DLL is part of the Aspen SCM Windows Installer installation msi file. Every time Aspen SCM starts, the Windows Installer service checks to see if all component files are actually installed on the machine. Since the file was originally installed to the root of the drive, the Windows Installer service ... |
Problem Statement: Installation is successful, but Aspen SCM (version 2004 and above) is slow to start. | Solution: One possible cause of this problem is the incorrect SLM configuration on your client machine. Run the SLM Configuration Wizard and correct the client parameters configured on the client where Aspen SCM is slow to start.
Aspen SCM will start slowly if it cannot find the license. For example, if you have a loca... |
Problem Statement: Does Aspen Supply Chain Management (SCM) offer support for the XPRESS Parallel Solver? | Solution: Yes, this is a built in feature for SCM.
Keywords: None
References: None |
Problem Statement: How can you fill a table with important Planning Board data such as the fill number, quantity, start and end times and calculated duration? | Solution: M PLAN reports can be used to display the current schedule for the following:
An individual facility or product
A subset of facilities or products
The entire plant.
The PLAN report can be customized by selecting and organizing the data. In addition to schedule data, it can present relevant data in any table. ... |
Problem Statement: CPLEX Optimizer is not available after installing Aspen SCM
The optimizer is not included in the license file.
The error displays OPT NOT AVAILABLE when running OPT either from the command line or rule. | Solution: How to include or update an Aspen SCM license?
1. Go to http://support.aspentech.com web page and submit an incident.
2. Request a new license with the SLM_ilogcplexopt included in the license file.
3. Attach the license file with the .lic extension located at \Program Files\Common Files\Hyp... |
Problem Statement: I start Aspen SCM and the splash screen starts and then disappears rapidly. | Solution: This can be caused by one of two things:
1. Aspen SCM was installed over an old instance of Aspen SCM, such as installing SCM 5.0 over an older version of Aspen SCM without uninstalling the old instance.
2. Aspen SCM is not licensed correctly.
In the first situation, uninstall the old version of Aspen... |
Problem Statement: SYS command does not work when being invoked via a Citrix client. | Solution: Using the SYS command to execute a remote (i.e. - located on another server in the network) batch or executable file does not work when it is being launched from a machine connecting via Citrix. Simply calling the name of the server is not sufficient for the SYS command to execute. In order for this to work p... |
Problem Statement: The user has installed and run SCM on a laptop using a Dongle. The application subsequently fails to open while the user is traveling.
The following error message displays: ?Licensing information required to run Aspen SCM is not available. Module: Database [ID:112], LM Message: Unable to obtain the l... | Solution: The user unplugged the Dongle in order to travel. When the Dongle was reinserted, the system did not recognize the Dongle number because a different Dongle was used.
The error message indicates that the license is not being read. SCM has runtime licensing and the system cannot find the license for the first m... |
Problem Statement: How do I increase the number of sets/tables in MIMI on Windows?
How do I increase the size of SCAT and TCAT? | Solution: Sets and tables are increased in MIMI on Windows by using:
- the CMPRCASE command from a DOS prompt
(at the DOS prompt change the directory to \MIMI\bin\ and type out the CMPRCASE statement)
or
- The Case Compression utility from the Start menu
(Programs | AspenTech | Aspen Supply Chain Suite | Aspen SCM Util... |
Problem Statement: What is Process Greenness Report? | Solution: Process Greenness Report is an Excel report created by Aspen Batch Process Developer, which reports the calculated Greenness index and Completeness Index by taking into various key environmental, health and safety parameters.
Starting Aspen Batch Process Developer V7.1, user can now generate the Process Green... |
Problem Statement: After converting from Unix to Window, the user tries to open a .doc file (i.e. Rundate.Doc) through SCM and gets the error message: M0951 D:\DATA\RUNDATE.DOC file not found or access was denied.
The file does open when accessed through Explorer.
As part of testing for the conversion, the user copied ... | Solution: When converting from Unix to Windows, the data files need to meet the following criteria:
A text file in ASCII format
Have Read permission
Have the correct file path.
In this example, the file path and permissions were correct. When the documents file extension was changed from .dat which is used by Unix to... |
Problem Statement: User will receive an error message ** CASE VERSION IS NOT 02 ** when attempting to run cas2dat on a VERNO03 case file. | Solution: If you attempt to run a cas2dat on a case file for a CAP (Configured Application), you will receive this error as the case files for CAPS are in VERNO03 format.
First, attempt to run the cas2dat on any one of the CAP files. For this particular example, the the DAL_2006-0.CAS file will be used.
To run cas2da... |
Problem Statement: Is there a limitation as to how many levels of menus there can be within MIMI? | Solution: Yes. One cannot have more than 24 levels of menus and each menu level can only have a maximum 20 menu items. Once you exceed these limits, any additional menu options will be grayed out and cannot be used.
Keywords: MENU
MENUS
DROP DOWN
MINIMUM
MAXIMUM
References: None |
Problem Statement: What are the requirements for using VPN to access Aspen SCM? | Solution: When using VPN, please check your firewall for network traffic on ports 5093 and 5094. These ports need to be open in the Firewall exceptions list:
5093 tcp
5094 tcp
5093 udp
5094 udp
Keywords: VPN, firewall, ports, network, exceptions, tcp, udp
References: None |
Problem Statement: Adding a new set or table in a model that has the same name as an existing set or table can lead to conflicts such as overwriting previous values and/or corrupting tables that are dimensioned by the new sets.
This could potentially happen after upgrading from one Aspen SCM CAP version to a more recen... | Solution: The Aspen SCM Online Help contains a list of reserved words that includes SCM command names and system set and table names. This list can be accessed by typing Reserved Words in the Index of SCM help.
NOTE: The Reserved Words list does not include CAPs sets and tables because this would be very time-consumi... |
Problem Statement: Where are the Model Parameter settings in Aspen SCM V7.3.1? In the old UI (V7.3 and below) they were located at Plan Generation > Generate Plan. | Solution: The Model Parameter tab that was located at Plan Generation > Generate Plan in the old UI is now located under Modeling in the Navigation pane in the new UI (V7.3.1). The Inventory, Demand, Capacity, Production and Advance Controls are located underSolution Controls menu. Please see the screen shots below.
In... |
Problem Statement: The customer needs to decide which file option to select for their back-up software. They are installing Aspen SCM on a Citrix server and have two options for the Symantec (veritas) backup agent:
1. backs up files that are opened (in use) and
2. backs up up closed files.
Question: When th... | Solution: Aspen SCM will work with either the Closed Files or Opened Files option for a back-up agent.
If the users are done running their models and logged off the system, there are no SCM files left open overnight.
Keywords: BACK-UP AGENT
BACKUP
ARCHIVE
References: None |
Problem Statement: Unable to delete comment types within the File | Preferences menu of my model and the program issues an error saying that a particular comment type cannot be deleted because it is used by the model. How do I find where these comments are entered? | Solution: If there are comments entered in project previously, then Aspen Batch Process Developer will not let you delete that particular comment type. To delete the desired comment type from project file, then check the following 2 situations.
1. If you have multiple steps in the process or you may have multiple p... |
Problem Statement: How do I modify the Activity Editor description fields (Planning Board)? | Solution: Selecting an activity in the Planning Board results in opening the Window Activity Editor, that contains description fields (i.e. Operation, Description, Facility, Start Time,...). Some are modifiable (an entry can be typed in, Type Input Ports) or not modifiable (Non Type Input Ports), all can be removed.
To... |
Problem Statement: Under certain circumstances, Aspen SCM generates an error message intermittently as follows:
This can occur when user attempts to modify the Planning Board creating new activities, deleting or moving existing ones.
Clicking on the OK button may even lead to multiple instances of this error message.... | Solution: In most of the cases, this error message means that some errors exist in the schedule. First of all you have to run command M CHECK to list and then fix all the schedule related errors.
The typical causes of the message are:
$SIM$ or $SIMEND$ returns an error
The rules or macros in $PBAFT/$PBBEF return an err... |
Problem Statement: Cannot refresh changes in a set automatically. One must close the set and reopen it to see the changes. For example,
1. open MAC set
2. Type mac = null on the mimi command line
3. close the mac set and reopen to see the changes - the set does not null automatically. | Solution: 1. Open MIMI5.0
2. Type switch 22 = on on the MIMI command line.
3. Click on the Options from the MIMI toolbar.
4. From the pull down menu choose Control.
5. Mimi Session Control Option dialogs opens
6. Make sure that number 22 is checked which is called switch 22.
7. ... |
Problem Statement: PKTMP files build up in the temporary directory. Can the files be removed without incident? | Solution: Occasionally, pktmp files are found in the WINNT/System32 folder and the file type is ASPEN SCM CASE. Generally speaking these files can be deleted without any harm to Aspen SCM; however if the user should verify that the SLM does not point to the temp file before doing so. Below are the steps for verificatio... |
Problem Statement: This knowledge base article explains why OPCProperties.exe may take a long time to launch the Configuration dialog box when you click the Configure OPC Servers command button. | Solution: The Aspen Cim-IO server node has a registry entry for the OPC server nodes to which it automatically connects while launching the OPCServer Configuration dialog box. This node list is stored in the following registry key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | SOFTWARE | AspenTech | CIM -IO to OPC Interface | AutoBrowse
OPCPro... |
Problem Statement: This knowledge base article explains why Aspen Cim-IO for OPC may appear to return different results for null values when comparing the Honeywell TPS OPC server and the Honeywell Experion OPC server. | Solution: The Honeywell TPS OPC server will return NaN (Not a Number) for both 32 bit and 64 bit numbers when null values are requested from an OPC client such as Aspen Cim-IO for OPC. However the Honeywell Experion OPC server does not return NaN for the null value when data is requested through Get records created wit... |
Problem Statement: This knowledge base article describes the meaning of the message in the CIMIO_OPC.DEF file which reads
STATUS_EUEXCEEDED, 77109; Engineering Units Exceeded
The same message appears as an error which is reported in the IO_DATA_STATUS_DESCRIPTION of several Aspen Cim-IO records as
Facility: 77, error: ... | Solution: The error corresponds to the standard OPC quality status flags per the OPC specification. Aspen Cim-IO for OPC internally maps the statuses sent from the OPC server to either Good, Suspect or Bad according to the OPC specification. Then when a value from the OPC server is BAD or UNCERTAIN, this value gets tra... |
Problem Statement: How do I change the units of measure for quick results? | Solution: Step units of measure overrides the Process units of measure , which override the Preferences units of measure .
Therefore if one wants the Quick Results to be in their chosen units of measure, then be sure to define the Input and Output units of measure on the edit a step/version window under Step | Informat... |
Problem Statement: How do I perform flash calculations in Aspen Batch Process Developer? | Solution: Aspen Batch Process Developer allows optional flash calculations in most of the unit operations so that the components in vapor phase and liquid phase can be redistributed under isothermal equilibrium conditions. You can turn on the flash calculations by going to Tools/Options/Simulation Batch. There is a che... |
Problem Statement: What is the meaning of the simulate batch options - Just-In-Time & Auto-Parallel? | Solution: The just in time strategy tries to remove any gaps in the batch schedule, delaying the start of operations, as long as it does not result in an increase of cycle time.
The auto-parallel option is used to automatically determine which operations can occur in parallel during the batch.
You can see more details ... |
Problem Statement: What does this message in a cimio_msg.log 'CIMIO_?_?. Facility: 8, Error: 8124' mean? | Solution: ThisSolution is assuming that the referenced device is no longer in use and the references to it had only been partially cleaned up.
1) Check the entries in OPC Properties, logical device file, and services file and see if they are correct and match respectively.
2) Validate in the cimio_msg.log the device na... |
Problem Statement: Run-time error '380': Invalid Property value error dialog box is shown when executing OPCPROPERTIES.EXE. | Solution: OPCPROPERTIES.EXE has to be executed with computer administrator type user account. If you use a non-administrator user account you will get the Run-time error 380: Invalid property value error message.
If you used an account with administrator privileges and still got same error message on a non-English oper... |
Problem Statement: This knowledge base article explains how many asyncdlgp process are expected to run on the Aspen Cim-IO server node when multiple Aspen Cim-IO clients connect to the server. | Solution: Aspen Cim-IO for OPC creates only one asyncdlgp process for each OPC server with which it communicates, irrespective of the number of Aspen Cim-IO clients that connect to the server.
Assume, if you have a setup of one Aspen Cim-IO for OPC server connected with multiple Aspen Cim-IO clients (e.g., one Aspen ... |
Problem Statement: CIM-IO client is unable to read values when connecting to a new OPC server. The reads never return. Other OPC clients are able to read values from the OPC server without problems. | Solution: Run the OPC properties application (default location C:\Program Files\AspenTech\CIM-IO\io\cio_opc_api\OPCProperties.exe) and check the Yes box next to Perform Initial Synchronous CACHE Read?.
This tells CIM-IO for OPC not to do an inital DEVICE read which seems to cause problems with some OPC servers.
Keyword... |
Problem Statement: When adding a new Logical device from the Infoplus.21 Administrator using the I/O wizard, you can either create it using Aspen CIM-IO for OPC and browse the OPC Server or Import the server from the configuration file and enter manually the OPC Server name.
When using the first option, you might get t... | Solution: Infoplus.21 uses OPCEnum to browse the OPC Server(s) in case they are installed remotely, there are some DCOM considerations when the OPC Server is remote, in case the OPC Server is running on another not trusted domain or workgroup, you will need to add the Infoplus.21 System account in the CIM-IO Server as ... |
Problem Statement: What is the difference between Generic Plant and Generic Laboratory facility? | Solution: Generic Plant consists sample pilot-scale and full-scale units from each equipment class. It contains more than 150 equipment units in total
On the other hand,There are about 60 lab-scale equipment units, such as beakers, test tubes and flasks etc available in generic laboratory. Both facility contains a set ... |
Problem Statement: Can Aspen Cim-IO for OPC talk with multiple OPC servers with Store and Forward enabled on both the OPC Servers?
What is the configuration required for such a setup? | Solution: Yes! Aspen Cim-IO Server can connect to two (or more) OPC servers simultaneously with Store and Forward enabled for both the devices.
Below is the typical configuration required for above setup. There are two devices, named IOSIMUL and IOSIMUL2, used in the example.
1. Register both opc servers through OPCPro... |
Problem Statement: Some OPC server vendors require the installation of a utility on remote client systems to allow a successful connection. this | Solution: describes the requirements for a DeltaV OPC server remote client connection.Solution
DeltaV OPC Remote Client Establishment
This document is to help the customer remotely establish a client connection to DeltaV OPC server. In most of the case, an OPC client should be able to connect to DeltaV OPC server remot... |
Problem Statement: This article describes how to convert the error message CIMIO_?_?, Facility: 77, Error: into something intelligible. | Solution: CIMIO_?_?, Facility: 77, Error: xxxxx messages are related to a remote server connection, but are not translating into something meaningful in the message viewer.
The Facility: 77 indicates that this error message is coming from an Aspen Cim-IO for OPC connection.
The error number after Error: is a decimal nu... |
Problem Statement: Invalid Tag returned when using Smart Data Types. | Solution: Current versions of Aspen Cim-IO for OPC use the OPC Properties for defining Smart Data Types.
According to the Aspen Cim-IO for OPC User's guide, the description and engineering unit names should contain the appropriate delimiter.
Example:
description and engineering unit name: /DESC, .DESC or /EU , .EU
ta... |
Problem Statement: When the Aspen CIM-IO for OPC interface starts, it is possible that it will start another instance of the OPC server, instead of connecting to the current instance of the OPC server. This may be undesired behaviour. | Solution: To prevent Aspen CIM-IO for OPC interface from starting another instance, you have to change a DCOM setting. With this setting, it will connect to a running instance of the OPC Server. But if the OPC Server is not running, it will be started.
Below are the steps to make the required DCOM changes:
1. run dcomc... |
Problem Statement: Quality status information on an OPC server is composed of several parts. The low 8 bits of the quality flags are currently defined in the form of three bit fields; Quality, Substatus and Limit status. The 8 quality bits are arranged as follows:
QQSSSSLL
This knowledge base article explains which par... | Solution: Aspen Cim-IO for OPC internally maps the status sent from the OPC server to either Good, Suspect or Bad according to the OPC specifications. There is not a way to change this mapping within Aspen Cim-IO for OPC or Aspen InfoPlus.21. The other statuses that you see in the QUALITY-STATUSES selector record will ... |
Problem Statement: After changing the OPC server name, Cim-IO for OPC cannot get value from the OPC server because of the Get request timeout. | Solution: Changing OPC Sever name caused to return the COM security setting of the OPC server to default.
And, Cim-IO for OPC connection request to the OPC server was refused.
Modify the COM security settings OPC server to allow the connection from OPC clients, and Cim-IO for OPC can access the OPC server.
Keywords: ... |
Problem Statement: Tips on how to use the StartStop utility with Aspen CIM-IO for OPC interface. | Solution: When the Cim-IO for OPC Interface service starts, it starts all the Aspen Cim-IO for OPC Servers that are configured
to start automatically. When the service stops, it stops all the Aspen Cim-IO for OPC Servers that were running. In order for the utility to have any affect, the Aspen Cim-IO for OPC Interface ... |
Problem Statement: Cim-IO for OPC interface is installed on the same machine as the OPC server. However starting the interface, it fails to connect to the OPC server and the following error messages can be seen in the CIMIO_MSG.LOG file as shown in the screenshot below. | Solution: This is likely due to the proxy stub for OPC Data Access not being registered or does not exist on the system.
1. Browse to C:\Windows\System32\ to determine that opcproxy.dll exist in the directory.
2. Open a command prompt and browse to the directory by issuing the following command in the command p... |
Problem Statement: When attempting to connect to a Merlin OPC Server using the AsyncDlgp started by the Aspen Cim-IO Manager service, the following error is recorded in the CIMIO_MSG.LOG file:
02-JAN-2007 10:10:00.548, Logged by CIOMERLIN1 on node CIMIO_SERVER:
AsyncDlgp (PID 3000) - Connecting to server iXDataLink on ... | Solution: The Merlin OPC Server will not work with an OPC client started in a different process (e.g. a service) so a workaround is needed.
One option is to start the iXDataLink.exe via the cimio_autostart.bat file and then start the asyncdlgp and S/F processes via the I/O Wizard.
Use a call to pskill (from sysintern... |
Problem Statement: Got
77025 Failed to Connect Sink, the Dadvise Method Failed error and
HRESULT Code -2147220990
and failed to connect to Hitachi EX7000 OPC server using DCOM | Solution: HRESULT Code -2147220990 means DCOM Callback failure
following user account has to be created on the machine where CIMIO for OPC(asyncdlgp.,exe) is running
user name: ex
password: admin
User Group: Administrators
This user account is used on Hitachi EX7000 OPC server to run the OPC server process.
Keywords: H... |
Problem Statement: Error message located in the CIMIO message log file on the CIMIO server side: not available for this send. In the transfer records, the error message is Wait for Async. The cause of the error message is that the CIMIO server cannot determine where to send the data. The configuration path from the CIM... | Solution: The cause of the problem typically has to do with the node name being changed from the fully qualified nodename to the short node name. The new short node name will not be recognized by the CIMIO Forward process because in the CIMIO configuration files, the node name still refers to the fully qualified node n... |
Problem Statement: After installing the CIM-IO for OPC Interface onto a Honeywell APP node running an Hci.TPNServer OPC Server, starting the interface gives the following error in the CIMIO_MSG.LOG file:
Could not create server Hci.TPNServer on Node (null) on try number 1, error is = No such interface supported
This er... | Solution: According to Honeywell Support, the error is caused when an OPC Client which uses opcenum as part of making the DCOM connection, is the first OPC client to connect with the OPC Server. CIM-IO for OPC does utilize opcenum when establishing the DCOM connection.
TheSolution offered by Honeywell Support suggests ... |
Problem Statement: CIMIO_T_API and IP.21 are not showing updated values from FOXAPI interface. FOXIA DCS interface can show these value changes.
These values are typically very small e.g. 0.04151 and 0.03241.
Other environment properties are:
- IP.21 and CIMIO_T_API do not show any collection or CIMIO errors.
- IP.... | Solution: Adjust RDELTA value to match the significance required. For example, if you want to capture the changing tag values from 0.031x to 0.032x, RDELTA needs to have a value of 0.001. If you want to capture the changing tag value from 0.03x to 0.04x, then RDELTA needs to have a value of 0.01.
After changing any val... |
Problem Statement: How is the material balance calculated for the moisture content when the wet cake of a filter is washed or when multiple batches of material are filtered? | Solution: The Filter operation involves feeding a batch to a filter continuously and filtering the batch. Mother liquor is sent to a receiver, and the cake is left in the filter. The user can specify the moisture content in the wet cake on a mass basis as a percentage of the total mass (wet + dry).
In multiple filter o... |
Problem Statement: How does PPIMS calculate material balance including inventory? | Solution: This is the derivation of the material balance equation in PPIMS for Material MAT
For Period 1:
- ProdMAT1 - OpenInvMAT1 + ConsumptionMAT1 + CloseInvMAT1 = 0
=> - ProdMAT1 + ConsumptionMAT1 = OpenInvMAT1 - CloseInvMAT 1
Also:
CloseInvMAT 1 = TargetMAT1 +IEXCMAT1 - IDEFMAT1
Where:
TargetMAT1 = Target... |
Problem Statement: If I buy a machine with dual processor, can one of the processors be used to dedicate to Aspen SCM while the other for other tasks? | Solution: To temporarily achieve this:
Go into the Task Manager and click the Processes tab. Right click on your process and choose Set Affinity. Clear either CPU0 or CPU1.
To permanently set the processor affinity for mimi.exe use:
imagecfg -a 0xn mimi.exe
where 0xn is the affinity mask and maps to a CPU as follows:
C... |
Problem Statement: Get and Put records are handled by synchronous or asynchronous OPC reads and writes, not by subscription. For Get records with an update rate of 0 and for all Put records, a disabled group with an update rate of 0 is created and all transfers are performed using OPC_DEVICE as the source.
Because OP... | Solution: To ensure that a synchronous read request is made, use a non zero IO_FREQUENCY setting in the GET transfer records for the OPC server.
Keywords: -1073479668
hresult
connection
References: None |
Problem Statement: Here is a list of DeltaV OPC Server error codes | Solution: The following are error codes that likely occur during client connection establishment and possibleSolutions.
1. 0x80080005(Server execution failed): make sure the server machine is setup correctly by running an OPC client on the server machine.
2. 0x80070005(General access denied error): If OPCPi... |
Problem Statement: Does AspenTech offer any interface to allow for the collection and storage of data generated by a third-party OPC for Alarm and Events (OPC-AE) server? | Solution: No it doesn't. Currently, AspenTech only supports OPC DA and we have no current plans to support this interface in future releases.
Keywords: OPC AE
OPC DA
References: None |
Problem Statement: OPC?T?[?o?O?I?`?
The AsyncWrite Function Failed
cimio_msg.log?E?L?^???e?e?B | Solution: AsyncWrite()SO???IOPC?T?[?o?ISO???A???o?????AZi?X?IOPC?T?[?o??Z??s???e?????????????eZe???U???B???I?a`e?I?????o?????A?A??Su?`?CIMIO for OPC?@?E? ?e?U???B
To enable synchronous writes run OPCProperties.exe, which can be found in the following folder:
??Su?`?OPCProperties.exe??ZA?s???U???B
Program Files\AspenT... |
Problem Statement: Aspen Cim-IO for OPC 에러 메시지
Declare Failed - Invalid Tag
Metso MaxDNA OPC 서버와 연결하였을때 Unsolicited transfer record 의 IO_DECLARE_STATUS 위와 같은 에러 발생. Declared tag는 데이터를 문제없이 가지고 올수 있으나 declare 되지 않은 tag는 데이터를 가지고 올수 없음. | Solution: 이 문제는 Mesto MaxDNS OPC서버의 연결 포인트수가 2000으로 저한되여 있기에 발생. 상세한 내용은 아래의 사이트에서 확인할 수 있습니다.
http://www.metsoservices.com/support/archive/DocLibrary/Manuals/OPC/OPC_Ch01_Introduction.pdf
Configuring OPC-Getting Started（페이지 7）
연결 포인트수 제한의 특성:
1) OPC 서버는 Metso MaxDNA
2) Declare Tag 수는 변경 없음,하지만 나머지 tag는... |
Problem Statement: When doing a numeric comparison in my MIMI rule, such as greater than (> or GT), less than (< or LT), or equal to (== or EQ), I get an unexpected result. For example, the numeric comparison (0.000001 < 0.0) resolves to be False, even though it should be True. | Solution: The numeric comparison being performed is most likely a character string comparison. A new Expert System control parameter was added into MIMI from version 7.1 to control the type of comparison being performed, as stated in the MIMI 7.1 Release Notes on page 5:
New Expert System Switch Specifies the Type of C... |
Problem Statement: How can I read a windup status for Aspen DMCplus from Yokogawa EXAOPC? | Solution: 1. Configure Yokogawa EXAOPC to use Control Type definition for quality code. Or, windup status is set to always good.
2. Using Configure Smart Data Types window of OPCProperties, add Smart Data Type association
3. Address format for EXAOPC is as follows
Tagname.Itemname.CBAW
Example
T131.MV.CBAW
Keywords: No... |
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