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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Problem in reading loadcell output through RS232
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By M Griffin on 28 October, 2008 - 11:46 pm -
By M Griffin on 28 October, 2008 - 11:46 pm -
Can you explain what you mean by "continuously scrolling"? I've had good luck extracting...
By Fred Loveless on 28 October, 2008 - 10:56 am - Usually the "Junk" characters are start and end data characters. The scale, in...
communicate plc and temperature controller from different make and having different protocols
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By Jerry Miille on 28 October, 2008 - 10:33 pm -
By Jerry Miille on 28 October, 2008 - 10:33 pm -
Please look at our options for converting Modbus ASCII to Modbus RTU: You could use our Multii-Port...
New release of open source Web Based HMI.
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By Curt Wuollet on 28 October, 2008 - 10:26 pm -
By Curt Wuollet on 28 October, 2008 - 10:26 pm -
Way to go Michael!
Regards
cww...
By James Ingraham on 28 October, 2008 - 2:43 pm - Awesome. I hope to get a chance to check it out.
"It *won't* work with Microsoft IE, as...
I need some guidance on where and what to use to generate the signals desired.
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By Curt Wuollet on 28 October, 2008 - 10:24 pm -
By Curt Wuollet on 28 October, 2008 - 10:24 pm -
Simple enough, use an A/D and use the value as an index to two look up tables and use their values...
By Don Lupo on 28 October, 2008 - 7:49 am - Hello Steven,
Acromag offers two standalone signal conditioner options that might be
very...
I am new to Honeywell DCS product. Would like to know the basic information of Experion PKS system.
Vendor or Software house for ABB Advant-MB300 interface.
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By Adriel Michaud on 28 October, 2008 - 6:02 pm -
By Adriel Michaud on 28 October, 2008 - 6:02 pm -
Hi Venki,
If you're still having issues with the MatrikonOPC Server for GCOM, give me a shout. ...
Advantages of Mark VI and Mark V over Mark IV?
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By gisaac on 28 October, 2008 - 5:01 pm -
By gisaac on 28 October, 2008 - 5:01 pm -
Our company has two Frame 5s that have the Woodward Micronet control system on them. I believe...
Calling for comments and/or observations regarding the different methods of interfacing a GE MARK IV/V/VI system to a DCS.
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By gisaac on 28 October, 2008 - 4:41 pm -
By gisaac on 28 October, 2008 - 4:41 pm -
Mike,
How many points are you needing from one system to the other?
We run two Cimplicity...
Mark V HMI upgrade possibility?
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By gisaac on 28 October, 2008 - 4:30 pm -
By gisaac on 28 October, 2008 - 4:30 pm -
I have often wondered about what other people were doing when their HMIs or Arcnet cards die. We...
Modbus Slave Device
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By Mark on 28 October, 2008 - 3:39 pm -
By Mark on 28 October, 2008 - 3:39 pm -
Hello,
With the free slave simulators at http://www.peakhmi.com/ you can enter any value needed...
how can i decide the best ramp time?
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By pk on 28 October, 2008 - 2:44 pm -
By pk on 28 October, 2008 - 2:44 pm -
No, sorry I don't know about this frequency. Can you explain in detail?...
By pk on 28 October, 2008 - 1:44 am - Thanx friends,
Yes as I told you, it's not gravity related work. In fact we are pushing and...
By Peter Nachtwey on 28 October, 2008 - 12:29 am - Yes. What are you trying to do exactly? Are you using closed loop control?
Ramping down too...
Which topology is best?
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By Don Lupo on 28 October, 2008 - 1:54 pm -
By Don Lupo on 28 October, 2008 - 1:54 pm -
Do you mean "ring" topology versus "mesh" topology?
With respect to...
.NET interface for simple digital I/O between PC and A-B CompactLogix series 1768 with 1768-ENBT Module.
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By Don Lupo on 28 October, 2008 - 12:29 pm -
By Don Lupo on 28 October, 2008 - 12:29 pm -
Checkout Acromag's Model 989EN Ethernet I/O Module. See below.
Model 989EN-4C16, 16 ch DIO (any...
By M Griffin on 28 October, 2008 - 3:37 am - You have two requirements here. One is the customer wants the connection through an AB Ethernet/IP...
Can anyone suggest an alternate FSK Modem?
Interface Design
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By FATIH TURAN on 28 October, 2008 - 11:22 am -
By FATIH TURAN on 28 October, 2008 - 11:22 am -
The idea that the server redundancy in Honeywell does not work is completely wrong. Automatic...
I need a data sheet for a "GEC-Alsthom Type ODS" control switch.
I need a simple utility to run on my PC and communicate with a Modbus RTU slave...
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By David Wisti on 28 October, 2008 - 10:28 am -
By David Wisti on 28 October, 2008 - 10:28 am -
Never realized that SimplyModbus was created with Labview!...
Can anyone recommend to me a Radio Modem, i.e. a modem that converts serial data to modulated PTT enabled data?
from the Automation List department...
Stepper Motor control and Encoder monitoring with Parallel Portdesigning a relativly cheap (under $100) circuit board that connects a stepper motor and 2 optical encoders to the computer...
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By Robert Scott on 28 October, 2008 - 8:06 am -
By Robert Scott on 28 October, 2008 - 8:06 am -
It is much more than coding. The OP doesn't even have a plan for reading an incremental encoder. ...
What makes a generator coupled to a gas turbine increase load when load raise command is issued to Mark V
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By CSA on 28 October, 2008 - 5:21 am -
By CSA on 28 October, 2008 - 5:21 am -
Rotor field strength is a function of excitation current from the synchronous generator exciter,...
I would like to read a text string from a device which connected to the serial port and save this string to a text file or in to a database..
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By M Griffin on 28 October, 2008 - 4:14 am -
By M Griffin on 28 October, 2008 - 4:14 am -
James Ingraham: "MS can give their dev tools away (or at least a trimmed-down version) for...
from the Forum department...
Least count of flame detector in GE FRAME 9E gas turbine MARK V control systemCertain logics are becoming 1 when the FD reaches some specific counts defined by GE...
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By Prem on 28 October, 2008 - 4:08 am -
By Prem on 28 October, 2008 - 4:08 am -
In the flame detector monitor, when the count is less than 16, the logic will become 1....
How can Emerson Instrumentation Equipment be configured by PACTWare?
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