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Friday, October 17, 2008
from the salt water damage department...
Hurricane Ike
Topic: PLCs and related questions.
Originally posted by rg on 17 October, 2008 - 10:31 am
During IKE a portion of my I/O module got soaked.
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By M Griffin on 17 October, 2008 - 9:59 pm -
I would suspect that the short is somewhere in the part of the system which got wet. There could be...
By Roy Matson on 17 October, 2008 - 5:29 pm -
I would expect you to have a major problem with any electronics exposed to salt water. Perhaps a...
from the Automation List department...
Tatsuno Dispensing Pump Protocol
Topic: Information resources, documentation.
Originally posted by Sapto on 1 December, 2004 - 8:38 pm
What is Tatsuno Pump Protocol?
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By Micromax on 17 October, 2008 - 9:40 pm -
Hi, I have the same problem. Please help me. I need the same solution.... Thank you... ...
from the Process Control department...
Flow Calculations
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Kudzai on 17 October, 2008 - 12:50 am
Need to have gas quantity from flow
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By Bruce Durdle on 17 October, 2008 - 5:44 pm -
1. Find out the pressure and temperature conditions used for the "normal" state - N means...
from the ABB and Others - On PROFIBUS-PA and DP department...
Calibration of Instruments Down Under
Topic: Sensor technologies.
Originally posted by RJ on 16 October, 2008 - 11:21 pm
Instruments in the antipodes keep having to be sent to Germany for calibration. Can someone in Australia, New Zealand or Singapore (etc.) help?
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By Roy Matson on 17 October, 2008 - 5:37 pm -
It sounds stupid to send them to Germany. Perhaps you could purchase a deadweight tester and...
from the control & instrument department...
Capillary for pressure gauge in high temp. service
Topic: Software, including programming, OS issues, etc.
Originally posted by engineer on 14 October, 2008 - 3:55 am
Utilisation of capillary for pressure gauge in high temp. service
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By Gerry on 17 October, 2008 - 5:19 pm -
The rule of thumb is 100 degF per foot. 500C-0C = 932F-32F. To drop 900 F degrees you should...
from the maintenance department...
calibration of weighing system
Topic: PLCs and related questions.
Originally posted by pk on 13 October, 2008 - 7:18 am
what should be the right proceedure of calibaration.
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By Roy Matson on 17 October, 2008 - 5:13 pm -
If you were 1 tonne out at 50 that would be a 2% error. If you then measured 300 tonnes you might...
By pk on 17 October, 2008 - 3:21 pm -
Thank you friend... I am really concerned about the accuracy only. When I calibrate a system...
from the Forum department...
Modbus Communication on RS-232
Topic: Communications systems and equipment.
Originally posted by Emin Ceyhan on 17 October, 2008 - 3:01 am
Need information about Modbus Communication on RS-232.
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By Jerry Miille on 17 October, 2008 - 4:44 pm -
You could use Omnii-Comm with Ethernet to do this for you. ...
Topic: Motion control, servos, steppers, etc.
Originally posted by Hadé on 12 October, 2008 - 12:11 pm
I would like to control the discharge of a flywheel using current mode control.
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By Hadé on 17 October, 2008 - 3:57 pm -
Hi, Thanks for the clarification. As for magnetic design, I have some background on that. For my...
from the Automation List department...
Why is it 4-20
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Rafa on 16 October, 2007 - 11:28 pm
Can someone explain the whole 4-20mA thing to me?
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By Britman on 17 October, 2008 - 1:55 pm -
Nice to see so many people arguing a good point. I didn't notice anyone say why 3-15 psig was used...
from the Electrical Design department...
What makes an electrical schematic a standard one?
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by senthil on 4 October, 2008 - 12:52 pm
What makes an electrical schematic a standard one?
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By James Ingraham on 17 October, 2008 - 11:46 am -
Harder question than you might think. The whole top-to-bottom vs. left-to-right thing on the...
from the fabric department...
Write ID tag from PL7
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Posted by ay on 17 October, 2008 - 9:52 am
Write an ID tag from PL7
from the In desperate need of... department...
ABB Bailey Positioner
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by Deb on 15 October, 2008 - 2:30 pm
Desperately Seeking Bailey Positioner
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By Kenneth Frisbie on 17 October, 2008 - 9:05 am -
Deb: I certainly apologize for any support problems you encountered. We assemble the AV1...
By Stan Chlebda on 17 October, 2008 - 8:28 am -
Please call John Gregory @ 215-674-6338. We manufacture and sell these positioners....
from the urgent help department...
SCADA and MES
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Posted by madhav on 17 October, 2008 - 8:33 am
How do we connect SCADA and MES?
from the instrumentation department...
PID tuning help
Topic: Motion control, servos, steppers, etc.
Originally posted by pk on 8 September, 2008 - 4:57 pm
Oscillations in control system.
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By George Buckbee on 17 October, 2008 - 8:10 am -
I suggest that you take a look at this PID tutorial: ...
from the ELAECTRIC ENG. department...
func 86 in fatek instructions
Topic: PLCs and related questions.
Originally posted by hossein parastvand on 16 October, 2008 - 4:26 pm
Is there any method to estimate the parameters of related function (func 86 in fatek instructions) such as Ki, Td, ....?
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By akbar on 17 October, 2008 - 6:11 am -
It is a very useful instruction where instead of p, ti d you can use R registers and values can be...
from the inst department...
Boiler feedwater control
Topic: Continuous process industries, DCS questions.
Originally posted by madmax on 31 October, 2006 - 10:17 pm
Why do we need three element control in boiler?
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By vijay on 17 October, 2008 - 5:54 am -
Boiler drum-level control is critical. Too low a level may expose boiler tubes, which overheats and...
from the Generators department...
Motor as a generator
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Originally posted by Mark on 30 December, 2006 - 2:22 pm
I would like to make an experiment that uses a bike to turn a motor
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By Abby on 17 October, 2008 - 5:21 am -
Hi Phil, You mentioned that single phase motors would run as generators without adding any extra...
from the Technology department...
Sensors with Modbus/TCP
Topic: Sensor technologies.
Originally posted by Emin Ceyhan on 14 October, 2008 - 1:54 am
I need a sensor with Modbus/TCP protocol support.
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By pvbrowser on 17 October, 2008 - 4:20 am -
I would suggest to use a Modbus/TCP RS485 Gateway such as: ...
from the I&C department...
SPPA-T1000 compared with SPPA-T3000
Topic: Engineering and workplace issues.
Originally posted by Pankaj Dave on 2 April, 2008 - 12:20 am
Can anyone tell if SPPA-T1000 system from Siemens has reference outside of India? We want to have real feedback for this system and comparison with SPPA-T3000.
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By Maxim on 17 October, 2008 - 2:20 am -
Nowadays Siemens PPA T3000 is a continuation of its outdated I&C systems like TXP, TME, etc....
from the Automation List department...
Help, I have problem with submersible pump
Topic: Application Questions and Problems
Originally posted by Anonymous on 26 July, 2007 - 11:47 pm
Submersible pump trips after 10 minutes
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By Al Miles on 17 October, 2008 - 12:24 am -
Does a timer switch this motor from Wye to Delta? if so what is the timer set for??...
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