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Fatal error message in Empower 3 when attempting to add PC into internal network - WKB111557

Article number: 111557

SYMPTOMS

  • Empower works fine when not connected to company's internal network
  • Hitting Configure System, Run Samples, or Browse Project brings fatal error when the Ethernet cable is plugged in for the internal network

ENVIRONMENT

  • Empower 3 Personal

CAUSE

Unknown

FIX or WORKAROUND

  1. Go to the Empower file folder > Oracle > Oracle12cClient > network-admin.
  2. Open tnsnames.ora with Notepad.
  3. Change computername after Host = to localhost  (change the part in Blue in the picture to localhost).

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

id111557, EMP2LIC, EMP2OPT, EMP2SW, EMP3GC, EMP3LIC, EMP3OPT, EMP3SW, EMPGC, EMPGPC, EMPLIC, EMPOWER2, EMPOWER3, EMPSW, SUP

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