Control.com - Nerds in Control

Control.com is the world's largest and most active community for Control Engineers and Automation Professionals. This is your forum, where the voice heard is that of the working engineer, solving problems and keeping the world working.

By joining Control.com you can:

• Select any thread or topic to be emailed to you as new messages are approved, or as a daily summary.
• Have your posts consistently identified with your chosen username.
• Select viewing preferences that increase the usability of the forum, including setting up your own "My Home Page".
• Get a free customized RSS feed of messages from the site for your personal use.

We do allow anonymous posts but, as numerous discussioons in our forum have pointed out, messages with membership information are accorded additional weight and credibility.

To join now, simply fill out our membership form. You can choose your own username and password, and start participating at once.

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Control.com is a non-commercial forum for the discussion of automation topics, including PLCs, plant networks, and other automation concerns. The site is moderated to avoid commercial exploitation, and is open to end users, the trade press, students, and suppliers alike. We reserve the right, however, to make the final determination as to who may join the list or remain on it.

Control.com originated with the Automation List™, an email list founded by Ken Crater in 1994 and popularized through a series of "Internet for Engineers" talks he gave at various industry venues. It is hosted by Control Technology Corporation and moderated and administered by Pam Williams and Lenore Tracey, who can be reached by using our Contact Us page. For more information...

• See our About Us page.
• Please read our Posting Guidelines before posting on the list.
• Check out some of the poetry our forum has inspired over the years.

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