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- PC reliability?
- Windows, real time
- PID loops
- PCs vs. PLCs
- Replacing people
- MS 'monopoly'?
- Software quality
- Where do we go from here?
- Why pay?
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I want to use the PID temperature controller block of SIEMENS S7 PLC for my temperature controls.
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By Luis Lourenço on 25 May, 2009 - 5:08 am -
I have read your topic and I have the answer..
When you use FB58
You have to...
ABB & Ovation Interconnection
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By Bob on 19 May, 2009 - 7:36 am -
If your interest happens to be related in the power industry, then write to me off line at...
Where do I find SysTec GmbH IT9000 RTG-Win tutorial?
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By matyx on 19 May, 2009 - 3:07 am -
Hello Hartono,
If you still have interest in this tutorial, write me by email: matyx [at]...
Negative phase sequence currents
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By Phil Corso on 14 May, 2009 - 3:53 pm -
Responding to Hemanth's 14-May-09 (08:34)query...
Contact me off-list!
Regards, Phil corso...
By Hemanth on 14 May, 2009 - 8:34 am -
I appreciate your support for above answers. Can u please demonstrate it with an example...
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Are there reliable alternatives available to measuring slurry density except for the Gamma radiation method?
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By Craig Hannah on 11 May, 2009 - 8:51 pm -
I just performed flow loop testing on what I believe is the same material -- FGD -- a power plant...
Requirements and best practices to develop a SCADA system for wind farms
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By Jason Rohlfing on 8 May, 2009 - 3:46 pm -
Wes,
Have you ever considered a vendor hosted, web-based SCADA platform? My company provides...
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I am looking for the drivers for the Satchwell BAS 2800+ to JACE / Niagara / Tridium.
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By Steve on 27 April, 2009 - 7:19 am -
Did you get any help, working on same system, unable too log onto system, and clear alarms, which...
modbus communication between DCS using ABB Freelance with Variable Speed Drive by Yaskawa
need to learn to use old square D console
Control System: Siemens 840D Computer Numerical Control
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By David Mertens on 6 April, 2009 - 3:17 am -
Sinumeric 840D is a current product, manual available at :
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By vahid on 3 April, 2009 - 9:42 am -
If it is Siemens product, I suggest you to ask Siemens service department to make sure that it is...
Write request to the RNI through the Matrikon OPC.
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Thank you for your help.
I already configured the parameter for allow the write request in a...
Is there an add-on module that I can use over 2XV9450-1AR00 siclock (RS-232) which can convert this time to TCP and I can use it to synchronise 2 PCS7 servers?
Question about a MODBUS slave for WINCE (XScale)
I am having trouble once my material is low into the cone of the silo.
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By wboyes on 17 March, 2009 - 4:49 pm -
Here's how an ultrasonic transducer works. It is like a drum and an ear. You bang the drum and then...
Modbus RTU Master Driver Needed for Testing Purpose
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By Mark on 12 March, 2009 - 12:20 pm -
What OS (Windows, embedded, etc.)?
What development platform (VB, C#, c++, etc.)?
What type...
Modbus Master RTU Driver
ABB Symphony System platform, Tenore NT software
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By Bob on 5 March, 2009 - 5:29 pm -
>Yes, I think Tenore NT was developed by Elsag Bailey in Italy. ABB support should be able to...
Hi, I wanna interface an ABB dcs system including AC450 and MP200/1 with another type of DCS systems
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Thanks a lot....
By Rob on 19 February, 2009 - 4:32 pm -
As Bryce says, MB300 is a proprietary ABB Protocol. The only other controller I know of that...
The Master Bus 300 is a proprietary protocol that you will struggle to find many vendors offering...
Control solutions from non-OEMs
Protocol Modbus for fire alarm panel to BMS
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By Mohammed Shameer Abdul Rahiman on 17 February, 2009 - 3:36 am -
Dear Friend
The information you have provided is incomplete. Provide detailed information like...
Can't edit Bus properties in ELOP II
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By Kashif on 9 February, 2009 - 4:22 am -
Thanks Tahir,
Maybe I can clarify myself better in the following way:
1.When I add this...
from the R&D department...
How to handle function read coils if they are defined in an array of integers (16 bits)How to handle function read coils if the coils are defined in an array of integers (16 bits)
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sorry!
I have made a mistake....
5 times 16 is of course 80 coils...
Temperature transmitter with HART
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By Ralph Malph on 20 January, 2009 - 1:48 pm -
There are many out there. Pretty much every manufacturer has one. Some are "pucks" that...
I need help finding an adequate sensor
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By Leonid on 12 January, 2009 - 3:02 am -
For such environment and resolution maybe suggested cheaper (vs. optical scale) magnetic linear...
By Steve Rushing on 11 January, 2009 - 11:15 am -
Hello, The heidenhain LIP 500 Exposed Linear Encoder offers between 70 and 1440mm of range, at an...
By James Ingraham on 8 January, 2009 - 11:02 pm -
>A linear measurement over 1000mm wide
>Accuracy of 0.001mm
That kind of length with that...
By Peter Nachtwey on 8 January, 2009 - 6:03 pm -
The easy thing to use is the magnetostrictive sensor as mentioned above. You can get them with 1...
By M Griffin on 8 January, 2009 - 4:11 pm -
For that accuracy over that distance, I would suggest looking at a Heidenhain linear encoder. They...
Resources for researching "Fail Safe"
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By Abhijit Goswami, Haldia on 4 January, 2009 - 2:00 pm -
You need to know how a system (consisting of hardware/firmware/software) may fail (to perform) to...
Looking for ABB Software Control Builder for programming PLC in IEC 61131-3...
How can I communicate to all devices in one bus?
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Yes, you are right. If you are using PC, then your PC becomes the Modbus master. You can use SCADA...
implement Modbus over RS232
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By D.Gronberg on 22 December, 2008 - 7:28 am -
I am dealing with a W&S project where customer uses a kind of serial communication RS232 for...
By Jerry Miille on 9 December, 2008 - 11:02 pm -
You are confusing the protocol (Modbus) with the physical connection
(RS232).
You can use...
What actually does the term 'failsafe' imply in PLCs? Isn't it only marketing jargon???
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By Abhijit Goswami, Haldia on 3 December, 2008 - 7:08 am -
Any failure may be classified as safe or dangerous. If the device has inbuilt diagnostics, it can...
Sounds like an expensive add-on to me. I would rather go for a redundant solution with inexpensive...
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