ci-server-engineer/knowledge/issues.md

# Issue register

Open questions and problems found while building the repo.

**Status:** open · investigating · closed

Item and station names such as `AID.*` come from the author's own test project on the
development system (see "Test system" in `progress.md`); they do not exist on other systems.

## How to close an issue

1. Confirm the answer with the user (practiced on the test system where possible).
2. Update **every file in the issue's "Update on close" column** with the answer.
3. Update the matching row in `knowledge/progress.md` (status and notes).
4. Set the issue to **closed** and write the resolution and date in "Next step / resolution".
   Keep closed issues in the table as history.

## Issues

| ID | Date | Area | Issue | Status | Next step / resolution | Update on close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISS-001 | 2026-09-30 | ITEM (`itmval`) | Writing an item with `itmval -p -n AID.WRPS.SIM.INFLOW -v 400` added the `uoff` option flag (options 0x…8a → 0x…8e). The flag stayed after writing the original value back. Meaning of `uoff` unknown; not found in the EN manuals by text search. | closed | 2026-09-30 (phase 5): IM 36K10C10 §3.5 gives the option bits: 1 blocked, 2 offline, **4 updated offline** (written by an application while offline), 8 acknowledged, **16 updated blocked**, 32 direct alarm, 64 delayed alarm. 0x8a = offline + acknowledged (+0x80, not documented); +4 = 0x8e, so `uoff` = updated offline and `ublk` = updated blocked. Matches all observations. Not yet found: how to clear the flags (probably on the next update from the station). Closed 2026-09-30 (confirmed by user). Earlier notes: writing internal sample items (`CI-Eng-Sample.*`, no station) does **not** set `uoff` (options stay 0x…88), so it is tied to station-connected items (the AID item was already `off`, its station not communicating). Still to find: meaning and how to clear it (ITEM Service IM 36K10L35/L36, Engineering Module I/O Processes IM 36K10C10). Revisit in phase 5 with a station item. 2026-09-30 later: unblocking a sample item left the flag `ublk` (after `blk` was cleared), so `u…` flags may mean "was …" (un-blocked / un-offline). Still unconfirmed. | `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/read-write-item.md` (replace the `uoff` note under "Read the current value"); `knowledge/progress.md` row "Write an item with `itmval -p`" |
| ISS-002 | 2026-09-30 | DATABASE (`dsschk`) | `dsschk -d ITEM_DF -v` (check only) exits 0 with no console output and nothing new in `umhlog.log`. Where results are reported is unknown. | closed | Closed 2026-09-30 (confirmed by user). 2026-09-30: `dsschk -e -v` prints a start/end line per dataset (228 checked, no problems) and logs to `umhlog.log`. Plain `dsschk` only compares copies between nodes, so it prints nothing on a single-node system. `ismchk` needs a database file name (usage: `ismchk data_base_name`), not run yet. | Create `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/consistency-check.md` and add it to that skill's `SKILL.md`; `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10J10-01EN.md` §4.1.1 consistency tools (add where output goes); `knowledge/progress.md` row "Consistency check" |
| ISS-003 | 2026-09-30 | DATABASE (`dssqld`) | Filtered export (`dssqld -e <out> <filter>.qli`) failed with a guessed filter syntax (`@ITEM_DF`, `@FIELD`, `@SELECT`). | closed | Closed 2026-09-30 (confirmed by user). 2026-09-30: the quick load **data** format is now known and verified (`@LANGUAGE`, `@VERSION`, `@FIELDS`, `@<DATASET>`, quoted CSV records, `\` continuation, `!` comments; IM 36K10L45 §9.11). Filter syntax found (IM 36K10L50 §3.6) and practiced, awaiting confirmation: a file with `@SELECT`, then the filter in single quotes (strings in double quotes), then `@<DATASET>`; run `dssqld -e <out> <filter>.qli`. `ITEM_HISTORY` returns nothing unless the filter names `ITEM_NAME` and a `SAMPLE_TIME` range (`SAMPLE_TIME > "dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss" and SAMPLE_TIME < ...`). | `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/export-dataset.md` section "Filtered exports"; `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10J10-01EN.md` §5.6 step 1; `knowledge/progress.md` row "Export a dataset" |
| ISS-004 | 2026-09-30 | ITEM (`itmval`) | `itmval -g -a <1..5>` returns `ITM-E-WRONG_ATT` on `AID.WRPS.*` items, so reading limits is unproven. | closed | Closed 2026-09-30 (confirmed by user). On `CI-Eng-Sample.TANK1.LEVEL` (limits set) `-a 1..5` returned deadband 0, low 20, high 80, low-low 10, high-high 90. The error only occurs on items without limits. | `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/read-write-item.md` (limits section); `knowledge/progress.md` row "Read an item with `itmval -g`" |
| ISS-005 | 2026-09-30 | DATABASE (`dssqld`) | Loading `04_item_his_df.qli` straight after creating the storage group gave 2 errors once; three other runs were clean. Error text not captured. | open | Added a 5 s pause in `load.cmd`. If it happens again, capture `04_item_his_df.qlo`. | `examples/CI-Eng-Sample/load.cmd`; `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/load-remove-records.md` |
| ISS-006 | 2026-09-30 | HISTORY (`ithloahis`) | Samples dated before the start of the current storage unit were not stored (no error shown); samples after it were. Also, a new storage group stored nothing until CI Server was restarted. | open | Confirm with History Management (IM 36K10L20) in phase 9: how to load into older units, and whether a restart is really required. 2026-09-30 (phase 5): IM 36K10L35 §1.3/§5 explains the first part: event storage picks the unit by time stamp, never older than 60 units, and within the storage process's `gap_time` (ITHEEX/ITHEIX 2880 min) and, for EVENT/ITEM, `max_sample_delay` (ITHEIX 14400 min); older data needs earlier unit files (`hisdbg`, `hisrecover`, `isfrename`), `ithrecover <group> -p` and a restart. Practice in phase 9. | `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/load-history.md`; `examples/CI-Eng-Sample/README.md`; `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10J10-01EN.md` command-line tools |
| ISS-007 | 2026-09-30 | INTEGRATION (monitoring) | `intdskmon` wrote 61.9 for a C: drive that is 61.9 % used / 38.1 % free, although the manual says it monitors the disk free space rate. `intspawn` did nothing when the command path was ~130 characters; a short path worked (limit unknown). | open | Confirm the disk value meaning and the path limit. | `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/monitoring-processes.md`; `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10J10-01EN.md` §4.1.6; `examples/CI-Eng-Sample/monitoring/` |
| ISS-008 | 2026-09-30 | ACCESS (web/OPC UA server?) | `ci_start.log` on the test system shows `CppServerAPI::Run() failed: InitializeSslCtx(): SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file() failed.` right after ACCESS Service starts. Which component and certificate is not known. | open | Identify in phase 7 (OPC Interface IM 36K10E20, Data Access IM 36K10L45). | `.claude/skills/installation-security/tasks/setup-check.md`; the phase 7 skill |
| ISS-009 | 2026-09-30 | Security Guide | DCOM port range printed as 20500–20550 in the firewall table but "2500–20550" in the OPC configuration table. Taken as a typo for 20500–20550. | open | Confirm on a system with IT security applied. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K01C30-01EN.md` §4 |

| ISS-010 | 2026-09-30 | ITEM (sub-items) | The Integrator sub-item adds value × seconds; setting `TIME_UNIT` = Hour made no difference (1 per second while the main item was 1). The Tutorial lists a time unit only for Rate-of-Change. | closed | 2026-09-30 (phase 5): IM 36K10C10 §3.2 and `itm.sup` answer it: the integral is divided by the **integration granule** `itm_int_secs` (label "Integration granule, sec.") in `itm.sup` — **system-wide**, installed value 1 (seconds); 60 = minutes, 3600 = hours. `TIME_UNIT` only applies to Rate-of-Change. Practiced 2026-09-30: set to 60 and restarted → `CI-Eng-Sample.PUMP1.RUNNING.RUN_SECONDS` rose exactly 1.0 in 60 s; restored to 1 (file identical to backup) → 8 in 8 s. Existing integrator values are not converted when the granule changes. Closed 2026-09-30 (confirmed by user). | `examples/CI-Eng-Sample/02b_sub_item_df.qli`; `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10G10-01EN.md` |
| ISS-011 | 2026-09-30 | ITEM (blocking) | A write to a blocked item with `itmval -p` (without `-o`) is silently ignored: no error message, value unchanged. | open | Check in phase 5 whether any status/return code signals this. | `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/read-write-item.md` |
| ISS-012 | 2026-09-30 | CI Portal setup files | IM 36K10R10 §4.4 names the alarm item/display relation setup file `wfla_displays.sup`; the installed file is `wfla_display.sup` (no `s`). | closed | Closed 2026-09-30 (user decision: the installed software and files are the reference). The repo uses `wfla_display.sup`. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10R10-01EN.md` §4; `.claude/skills/portal-setup/tasks/read-setup-file.md` |
| ISS-013 | 2026-09-30 | CI Portal setup files | Installed values differ from the defaults stated in IM 36K10R10 §4.4: `wfla_display.sup` `DUR_QUEUE_SIZE = 1000` (manual 500 kB); `wflgdi.sup` `DUR_QUEUE_SIZE = 252` (manual 1000 kB); `wfla_display.sup` and `wflcdi.sup` set `TIMER_INTERVAL = 10` (manual: 1 s when not set). | closed | Closed 2026-09-30 (user decision: the installed software and files are the reference). The repo quotes the installed values as defaults. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10R10-01EN.md` §4 |
| ISS-014 | 2026-09-30 | CI Portal setup files | `jwuiisg.sup` has a *Security* tab (`SECURITY_ENABLED`, `CORS_ENTRY`, `HEADER_ENTRY`) that IM 36K10R10 §4.3 does not describe. | closed | Closed 2026-09-30 (user decision: the installed software and files are the reference). Documented from the file's own `!KEYWORD`/`!HELP` text. Installed CORS allows all origins (`allowedOrigins "*"`); tightening it is a site security decision. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10R10-01EN.md` §4.3 |
| ISS-015 | 2026-09-30 | Setup File Editor | In `wfla_display.sup` the seven main keywords (`RELATION_LOCATION` … `TIMER_INTERVAL`) come before the only tab line `!TAB = Debug`. By IM 36K10R20 §3.1, keywords before the first `!TAB` are not shown, yet IM 36K10R10 §4.4.1 shows them on a *General* tab. What the editor really shows is unknown. | closed | Closed 2026-09-30 (checked in the Setup File Editor by the user; installed software is the reference). The editor shows keywords placed before the first `!TAB` on a **General** tab, followed by the defined tabs: `wfla_display.sup` shows *General* (all 7 fields, values as in the file) and *Debug*. The manual's statement that such keywords are ignored does not hold in R1.03. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10R20-01EN.md` §3; `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10R10-01EN.md` §4; `.claude/skills/portal-setup/tasks/change-setup-file.md` |
| ISS-016 | 2026-09-30 | Setup File Editor | The R1.03 editor has features IM 36K10R20 §2 does not describe: a *Templates* tab next to *Setup Files*; a *Status* column in the file list (e.g. "Default"); *Undo Field* and *Reset Field* buttons on the edit form besides OK/Cancel/Help; a status bar with the selected file's description and the time. | open | Installed software is the reference (user decision). 2026-09-30, tested on `wfla_display.sup` (`DUR_QUEUE_SIZE` 1000 → 2000): clicking **OK writes the file immediately** (only the active line changed; the manual says OK keeps the change in memory until Exit). Status becomes **Changed** when an active value differs from the file's `!DEFAULT` block; the changed field's label turns **blue**. *Reset Field* is enabled when the cursor is in a changed field; *Reset Field* + *OK* put the value back to the `!DEFAULT` value (2000 → 1000) and wrote the file at once (16:22:28); the rest of the file was unchanged. Still to find: what *Templates* holds and what *Undo Field* does. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10R20-01EN.md` §2; `.claude/skills/portal-setup/tasks/change-setup-file.md` |
| ISS-017 | 2026-09-30 | CI Portal setup files | IM 36K10R10 §4 says the logon method is the one user-interface setting normally changed, but the R1.03 `jwuiisg.sup` *Information* tab says the login method and login control settings have moved to `dssana.sup` (authentication and authorization). `dssana.sup` is not described in R10. | open | Installed software is the reference. 2026-09-30: `dssana.sup` ("Authentication and authorization setup") has tabs General, User Interfaces, Clients System Trust, Login control (`LOGIN_METHOD = <client>, <user interface>, <method>, …`), Active Directory, Single Sign On, Password rules, Logging. Manuals mentioning it: IM 36K01A50 (5×), 36K10C10 (6×), 36K10J40 (13×), 36K10L45 (2×), 36K10L50 (3×). Cover it in phase 5 (C10) and phase 13 (J40). 2026-09-30: login methods (Automatic, Manual CI Server, Manual OS, No, SSO, Deny) now summarized from C10 §2.2 in `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10C10-01EN.md`; AD/SSO details remain for J40. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10R10-01EN.md` §4; `.claude/skills/portal-setup/SKILL.md` |
| ISS-018 | 2026-09-30 | Authorization (`dssana.sup`) | IM 36K10C10 §2.2 says the *No* login method applies the user profile `FT_NO_LOGIN`; the installed `dssana.sup` names `CI_NO_LOGIN` (and `CI_NO_LOGIN_OPCUAS` for anonymous OPC UA) as the no-login profile. `USER_DF` on the test system has `CI_NO_LOGIN_OPCUAS` but no `CI_NO_LOGIN`. | open | Installed software is the reference: use `CI_NO_LOGIN`. Still to check: behaviour of a *No* login when that user does not exist (manual: no profile applied). Covered again in phase 13 (IM 36K10J40). | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10C10-01EN.md` §2 |
| ISS-019 | 2026-09-30 | ITEM (string items) | Maximum string item length differs by source: IM 36K10C10 §3.3.4 says default 80, max 100; the Tutorial summary says up to 168 without audit; the data dictionary (`dssqld -f`) gives `ITEM_DF.STRING_LENGTH` range 1–200, default 80. | closed | Tested 2026-09-30 on CI-Eng-Sample (`dssqld -i`, `itmval -p/-g`, non-elevated): `STRING_LENGTH` 100, 168 and 200 load with or without `AUDIT_INFO`; 201 fails with `DSS-E-VAL_RANGE`. An item holds **length − 1** characters: a 99-character value in a length-100 item is stored with status 9 NORMAL; longer values are cut to length − 1 with status **12 OVERRANGED** (100 → 99, 200 → 199, 201 → 199). So the data dictionary (1–200) is right. Test items removed. Closed 2026-09-30 (confirmed by user). | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10C10-01EN.md` §3; `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10G10-01EN.md` (items); `.claude/skills/item-engineering/SKILL.md` |
| ISS-020 | 2026-09-30 | DATABASE (`dssqld`) | `dssqld -i "<long absolute path>\user.qli"` failed with `CRL-E-ENOENT` / `DSSQ-E-QLD_FILOPN`: the path in the message was cut after 79 characters (`…\73b3559a-12.`). A relative file name from the same folder works. Similar to the `intspawn` path limit (ISS-007). | open | Find the exact limit (79/80 characters?) and whether `-l` and `-e` paths are also cut. Until then: `cd` to the folder and use short relative names. | `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/load-remove-records.md`; `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/export-dataset.md` |
| ISS-021 | 2026-09-30 | EQUIPMENT (`eqpiostat`) | IM 36K10L40 §2 says `eqpiostat` stores hourly I/O statistics per station line in "history group STATION_STAT". On the test system `eqpiostat` runs (started by `equipment_start.cmd` on the host node) and `STATION_STAT` is a dataset, but `dssqld -e` returned 0 records, also with filters on `TIME_STAMP` and `STATION` (AID Modbus stations, which send requests). | open | Check whether records appear after a full hour with a communicating station, or whether the dataset is read another way (e.g. Engineering Module, report). | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10L40-01EN.md` §2 |
| ISS-022 | 2026-09-30 | ITEM (`itmval -f`) | `itmval -f <file> vs -n CI-Eng-Sample.TANK1.LEVEL` (IM 36K10L36 §1.4, write a restore command) crashes with a segmentation fault (bash) / access violation 0xC0000005 (PowerShell) and writes no file; also with `-l`. The manual's space-separated form `-n <inst> <unit> <tag>` is rejected with `FSL-E-NARG_ALL`. `itmval -g`/`-p` work. | open | Workaround: build restore lines from `itmval -g` output. Report to Yokogawa support if needed. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10L36-01EN.md` §3; `.claude/skills/system-management/tasks/read-write-item.md` |
| ISS-023 | 2026-09-30 | ITEM / ITH (manual vs install) | Installed ITEM Service differs from IM 36K10L35/L36: `item_start.cmd` starts `itheix` (EVENT/ITEM storage, not described), aggregation `ithsag`/`ithrag`, two instances of each retrieve process, and `itmtim 100 1000 1 200 1` (five arguments, three documented); `itm.sup` item pool is 650000 KB (manual default 50000) and has `not_regained` (not described); `itheix.sup` has `max_sample_delay`, `max_samples_queued`, `max_open_files`. | closed | Closed 2026-09-30 (user decision: the installed software is the reference). Summaries describe the installed values. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10L35-01EN.md`; `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10L36-01EN.md` |
| ISS-024 | 2026-09-30 | EQUIPMENT (Modbus slave) | IM 36K10L41 §3.7 says `EQPMDCSLVTCP` waits for "MODBUS RTU requests via TCP/IP" and the CI Server master should use "MODBUS RTU via TCP/IP". A Modbus master station with `PROTOCOL = RTU` to `eqpmdcslvtcp` (port 5020) got no answer (`EQP-E-TCPRCVTMO`, 4 requests, 0 valid); with `Open Modbus/TCP` it worked at once. | closed | Closed 2026-09-30 (user decision: installed software is the reference). Use `Open Modbus/TCP` towards `eqpmdcslvtcp`. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10L41-01EN.md` §3.7; `.claude/skills/equipment/tasks/modbus-station.md` |
| ISS-025 | 2026-09-30 | PROCESS (PRINT) | A Traditional `PRINT "… 80 %, volume ", VOLUME;` logged `OPC-I-INFO, UMH Message Text Error: Message number 083A001B (… level reached 80 )`: the text is cut at the `%` and the rest is lost. Without `%` the full text is logged. | open | Avoid `%` in PRINT/ERROR text (sample uses "pct"). Check whether `%%` or `\%` gives a literal percent sign. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10P10-01EN.md` §4; `.claude/skills/class-object-engineering/tasks/traditional-class.md` |
| ISS-026 | 2026-09-30 | PROCESS (`opc.sup`) | Installed PROCESS setup differs from IM 36K10L10 §2: `IMMED-EVENTS = NO` (manual: default on); `FLOW-CONTROL = 30,60` (manual 300/360 s); four executors `OPCEXE1`–`4` with fixed priority ranges (manual examples `OPCEXE01`…) and `opcdbg` still defaults to `OPCEXE`; keyword `VARTAB-SIZE` (manual `VARITAB-SIZE`); hidden keywords `FLDSEP`, `IGNEXI` not described; `ALARM-ITEMS` not set; class source file `opc_clssrc.dat` (manual `opc_clasrc.dat`); `opcini.sup` (licence line) not described. | open | Installed software is the reference (standing user decision); summary written from the installed files. Close when the user confirms. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10L10-01EN.md` §2, §5 |
| ISS-027 | 2026-09-30 | PROCESS (`opcdbg`) | IM 36K10L10 §4 says the `opcdbg` *Dump classes/objects* files can be read by `dssqld`. The files have no `@LANGUAGE`/`@FIELDS`/`@<dataset>` headers (`NAME,"desc",prio` + source lines prefixed `- `); `dssqld -i` on the object dump gave `DSS-E-UNK_DS_NM, Unknown data set name`. | open | Use `dssqld -e CLASS_DF` / `OBJECT_DF` for transfers. Maybe an old tool reads the dump format; not found. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10L10-01EN.md` §4; `.claude/skills/class-object-engineering/tasks/opcdbg-checks.md` |
| ISS-028 | 2026-09-30 | PROCESS (class reset) | After recompiling a class with objects (`RESET_REQUIRED` 1), `dssqld -m` with `CLASS_DF` `RESET` = 1 (also with `RESET_NODE` = host node name) is accepted with 0 errors but does not reset; `OBJECT_DF` `RESET` = 1 is refused (`OPC-E-OBJ_RSTREQ`). `opcdbg` Classes → 8 *Reset class* works; it asks for a reset report file, which the manual does not list. | open | Use `opcdbg`. Still to try: `CLASS_RESET_COMMAND` (system-wide) and the Engineering Module's reset. | `.claude/skills/class-object-engineering/tasks/change-reset-class.md`; `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10L10-01EN.md` §4 |
| ISS-029 | 2026-09-30 | PROCESS (Java) | IM 36K10P11 §10.4 says a new Java class must be reset before objects are added, otherwise the code does not take effect. A Java class inserted with `COMPILE` 1 by `dssqld` ran its first object correctly without any reset (twice, including a full sample reload). | open | Installed behaviour is the reference; keep "reset after changing a class that has objects". Check whether the Engineering Module path (compile without quick load) behaves differently. | `knowledge/manuals/IM36K10P11-01EN.md` §7; `.claude/skills/class-object-engineering/tasks/java-class.md` |