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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
from the Remote Monitoring department...
Remote HVAC monitoring
Topic: Sensor technologies.
Posted by Dataman on 4 December, 2007 - 6:08 pm
Looking for success stories on EBI remote monitoring...
from the Automation List department...
Lead/Lag/Standby control
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by peter on 4 April, 2007 - 11:47 pm
Can someone explain to me how this lead / lag pump configuration works?
New Replies:
By Almshouse on 4 December, 2007 - 6:04 pm -
The PLC code for an Allen Bradley AB5 can be found here: ...
By Deewar on 4 December, 2007 - 12:12 am -
PChan, if you were able to find some info pls, share with me thanks....
from the Automation List department...
AC Servo motor controls
Topic: Motion control, servos, steppers, etc.
Posted by Rick B on 4 December, 2007 - 6:03 pm
Question about AC servo motor drives
from the Automation List department...
Butterfly valve in PID loop
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by H.Hassona on 27 November, 2007 - 11:23 pm
Handling non-linearity of butterfly valve in a PID loop
New Replies:
By Robert Scott on 4 December, 2007 - 5:25 pm -
Non-linearity in the flow control valve will not matter as long as the dynamic performance of the...
By Roy Matson on 4 December, 2007 - 9:51 am -
Don't worry about the non-linear flow, the PID will take care of it. The nice thing about flow...
from the automation department...
Level Control
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by instruguy on 3 December, 2007 - 11:58 pm
Basics of level control
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By Walt Boyes on 4 December, 2007 - 10:51 am -
The chapter on level control in my book, the Instrumentation Reference Book, 3rd Edition is pretty...
from the MAINTENANCE department...
Bad Communication on Modbus
Topic: Communications systems and equipment.
Posted by DAMENE on 4 December, 2007 - 9:59 am
Help me to find the communication problem DCS MARK 5 over MODBUS
from the Automation List department...
Bleed valve functioning
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by neepco_agt on 15 January, 2007 - 5:19 pm
How does a bleed valve operate in frame V GE Gas turbine?
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By PeeDeePee on 4 December, 2007 - 9:58 am -
We once had a problem of malfunctioning 20CB. Our bleed valve continued in he close position even...
from the Can you go to Airport Friday afternoon?? department...
Mk 6 Speedtromic Power Supply
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Posted by mike healey on 4 December, 2007 - 9:58 am
What to do with an old power supply?
from the njfu department...
help with motocom32 sdk
Topic: Software, including programming, OS issues, etc.
Posted by dr33 on 4 December, 2007 - 9:57 am
How to set parameter "rconf" in the function BscMovj?
from the power department...
Intervalve pressure fluctuations in Mark V
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Originally posted by gt___maint on 21 September, 2007 - 11:33 pm
Variations in P2 intervalve pressure
New Replies:
By gt__maint on 4 December, 2007 - 9:56 am -
Our problem is solved. thanks for all your support and help. v did the following: 1) arranged...
from the Automation List department...
CoDeSys program for Modbus/TCP RS485 + slave devices
Topic: Software, including programming, OS issues, etc.
Posted by Esvetemail on 4 December, 2007 - 9:56 am
Program in CoDeSys for configuring communication between wago PLC modbus/TCP and many slave devices via RS485 module.
from the Automation department...
UNITY PRO
Topic: PLCs and related questions.
Posted by Daniel on 4 December, 2007 - 9:55 am
Need help of using unity pro...
from the Automation List department...
Maximim number of devices on Win-Tech ModSim
Topic: Software, including programming, OS issues, etc.
Posted by shakerc on 4 December, 2007 - 9:54 am
How many devices can you put on the same port in a ModSim Modnet simulation?
from the Automation List department...
Steam Turbine Driving Centrifugal Water Pump
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by turbino on 4 December, 2007 - 12:22 am
What will happen to the steam turbine driving a centrifugal water pump if the pump rated capacity is exceeded say by 25%?
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By jojo on 4 December, 2007 - 9:53 am -
What will happen to the steam turbine depends on what control/protection systems are installed....
from the modbus communication department...
PLCG-tdc3000
Topic: Communications systems and equipment.
Posted by Arie on 4 December, 2007 - 9:53 am
The slave doesn't respond...
from the control department...
gas turbine control system
Topic: Information resources, documentation.
Posted by Anonymous on 4 December, 2007 - 9:50 am
i need book about gas turbine control system frame 9 and MARK-V
from the Sooty department...
Modbus Comms problem
Topic: Communications systems and equipment.
Originally posted by Gavin Taylor on 4 December, 2007 - 12:08 am
Modbus problem on Siemens S7-300 Modbus Slave
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By Jerry Miille on 4 December, 2007 - 9:49 am -
What you need is a communications analyzer tool such as Serial Test Async from Frontline Test...
from the instrumentation department...
230VAC operated SOV in biogas area
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by vinod ghate on 3 December, 2007 - 11:42 pm
Can I use 230 Vac operated Solenoid valve in bio-gas plant or are 24VDC operated valves more suitable from a safety point of view?
New Replies:
By Roy Matson on 4 December, 2007 - 12:32 am -
Hi, I work in Class 1 Div II situations all the time. Either voltage can cause an explosion if...
from the Instrumentation department...
MARK-IV Control System of GTG
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by Rajkumar Mandal on 1 December, 2007 - 1:04 am
Interfacing of Parallel Printer with MARK-IV control system.
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By CSA on 4 December, 2007 - 12:25 am -
In reply to Michael Griffin: Yes, serial-to-parallel converters can be found, but in my experience...
from the design department...
Termex Pro ver 4
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Posted by sameh on 4 December, 2007 - 12:24 am
Can anyone tell my where I can buy or download Termex Pro v 4 working software?
Topic: Communications systems and equipment.
Originally posted by Van on 26 November, 2007 - 10:59 pm
I was referred over here from www.MrPLC.com. We are developing a PC application in C/C++ and need to communicate to one or more Omron PLCs (CJ1M CPU12).
New Replies:
By Michael Griffin on 4 December, 2007 - 12:21 am -
In reply to Van: In your original message, you referred to using the CJ1M CPU12 but intending to...
from the Automation List department...
MEI Transport and Exception Response Oddity
Topic: Communications systems and equipment.
Posted by Ivo Bauer on 4 December, 2007 - 12:20 am
How exactly does the standard format of the exception response for MEI Transport function look? Different versions of Modbus Application Protocol specification contradicts with each other on this...
from the Operations department...
Liquid fuel change over.
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by a-w-p-d on 21 October, 2007 - 5:20 pm
What are the criteria for changing over fuel on line?
New Replies:
By a_w_p_d on 4 December, 2007 - 12:18 am -
Hi, Thank you again for your continued support. I shall be in touch and let you know how it all...
from the Automation List department...
Electric drives in so called "Test position"
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by Mikas on 30 November, 2007 - 1:19 am
Explanation of so called test position of a drive
New Replies:
By Mikas on 4 December, 2007 - 12:15 am -
Hugo, thank you for your reply, Yes you're right, I had an opportunity to see for myself. It's...
from the Automation List department...
Monitor 77/2
Topic: Software, including programming, OS issues, etc.
Posted by S. ANDERLE on 4 December, 2007 - 12:09 am
I need Monitor 77/2 to test it with Virtual PC
from the Automation List department...
Recommendations of OITs that work well with A-B PLCs
Topic: Human-Machine Interface and SCADA.
Originally posted by Rodger Furey on 1 February, 2005 - 11:54 pm
I use Allen-Bradley PLCs in my plant. Up to recently I've used an A-B Panelview when needed. On my latest application I used the new Panelview Plus with RSviewME...
New Replies:
By Mike Z on 4 December, 2007 - 12:04 am -
Forget about EZautomation ethernet with the SLC5/05s, it's terribly slow. Avoid if at all possible....
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