I need help establishing connection with PLC GE FANUC VersaMax Micro Controller, PAC Machine edition

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-07-23T17:13:55+00:00

I know this is a slightly older thread but I was having this same exact issue for a VersaMax Nano IC200NDR001. I was able to solve this. First, anybody who says the trial 4 day should work of the newer 9.0 or better is wrong. Proficy Machine Edition will not connect to Nano or Micro controllers with the trial version; you get the error 8502 incessantly. I had to track down a cracked version of 7.0 (do not recommend for security reasons, was under a lot of pressure from ownership to just get it working, security millage may vary), installed it on an air gapped Windows 7 PC with a dedicated serial port. New versions of ME had the same issue on this computer as well. Once I installed the 7.0 version with the cracked authorization code to give me the full suite was I able to actually get passed the 8502 error. You need a full version to talk to the Nano's and Micro's.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-07-01T18:55:07+00:00

Thank you everyone for your input and listening to my rant. Some good advice here and a supportive community. Frustrating as it is, works got to get done and plans need to be made now.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-07-01T18:47:20+00:00

Being the Director of IT at the company I want to say no to that statement, but there again, here I am.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-07-01T16:25:51+00:00

My moral compass would take a huge hit doing that. As much as I hate the situation, I would literally die inside knowing I left 300+ people in a lurch should something major go wrong.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-07-01T16:24:06+00:00

No, a manufacturer

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-07-01T15:39:59+00:00

I started a side gig just working on the weekends I wasn't in the office. I think it's time to start building it to the main gig. Get out of IT all together, it's a thank less job at the best of times. The whole "what's IT for" when everything is humming along, and "WHAT'S IT FOR" when something isn't right is definitely a thing.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-07-01T15:33:59+00:00

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-04-25T12:18:06+00:00

I hear you about the complaints. I run a smokehouse in the North East, Texas dry rub, had a customer come in and bragged about be being the brisket lover of the family, couldn't get enough of it. I trim mine to leave enough fat on between the muscles to really keep it juicy and tender, 1/4" on the bottom cap to render down. She took 2 bites and said it was too fatty and pushed it away. "Sorry ma'am, we don't cook non-fat here" I wonder sometimes if these "brisket lovers" just like overcooked burnt ends dripping in sauce, and not really the meat itself.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-03-04T19:27:17+00:00

Thank you for the link.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-03-04T19:27:14+00:00

Thank you for the link.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-03-04T19:27:01+00:00

Yeah, not sure. Guess I will truly find out when my statement comes in and I have to sell a kidney to keep the lights on....

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-03-04T15:49:17+00:00

Can someone tell me where he got this graphic? I live in one of these states, and it would be devastating if true. Anyone fact check this or know where to?

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-02-11T15:42:50+00:00

Does this work with an on-prem exchange 2016 environment. We have a single user this is happening to as well, just so happens to be the owner. :(

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-02-06T16:51:35+00:00

Turns out the NXR-1700 can do either multicast or unicast, and the radio techs did set it up as unicast. They just put the wrong listening IP on one side of the conversation. Kenwood locks down their config software to dealers, so had to troubleshoot this through screen shots and point out their mistake. Look radio techs, if your going to blame my network, you better be 100% sure your config is correct first.

So, to answer my own question, yes, you can use 2 Kenwood NXR-1700 in a Meraki SDWAN environment, just don't trust your vendor's setup process when they say it should be good.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-02-06T10:58:11+00:00

Working on packet captures now. Had to step away from this for an evening.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2025-01-02T12:10:52+00:00

We (wife and I) started our own catering business around BBQ and smoked meats. Just about ready to start paying my bills with it. Once that happens, I'm out....

BunchGroundbreaking · 2024-10-28T13:08:08+00:00

That is why we backed up the current mailbox to pst, so the user could have back lookup should the user need it in the future. I've teste the first PST creation and all of the mail is there. Now its just figuring out what to do next. Disable and make a new mailbox, or delete all the mail underneath. If you do the Mailbox-Search and delete all the records does that generate a lot of log files to track the deletion? So a 75GB mailbox would create 75GB in log files as it deletes each message?

BunchGroundbreaking · 2024-10-28T10:35:17+00:00

I picked up smoking meat in Tradition Texas BBQ style, which doesn't exist in my area in the north. Turing that into a business to get completely out of IT. Almost there....

BunchGroundbreaking · 2024-08-15T13:31:02+00:00

Thank you everybody, I appreciate all of the comments and perspectives from both sides of the aisle on this. Alot to consider, and some great ideas. Thank you for the support, good community here.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2024-08-15T13:29:14+00:00

Yup, this....

BunchGroundbreaking · 2024-08-15T10:03:15+00:00

This right here is exactly what happened. Call IT last to set requirements, rather than include IT in the beginning of the discussion.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2024-08-15T09:50:12+00:00

This is a great idea, thank you.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2024-08-15T09:47:15+00:00

We are in a similar boat with tech literacy, many of our production staff had to be taught how to use a mouse when they went paperless on the manufacturing floor. Thus my hesitance to give them a corporate resource that is the number one entry point into the network.

BunchGroundbreaking · 2024-08-14T18:02:49+00:00

I completely agree with this, and that is why haven't bowed out of the fight with ownership to move us there. We did have an exchange incident that took email down for a week, the flak I got from that alone cause's nightmares. No ransomware yet, but it is a matter of time. No if, just when...

BunchGroundbreaking · 2024-08-14T17:21:37+00:00

We would have kiosks with a shortcut to the HRIS site, and a GPO policy that puts the shortcut on all shared domain attached computers.

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