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- PC reliability?
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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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Need professional people to post their experiences in any problems they faced in ge frame 5 gas turbine start-up or operation.
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Could someone please tell me the differences between Mark VI and Mark VIe?
How much improvement...
ControlWiki.com is launched as an information resource for automation professionals.
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> I think a good way for people to contribute to this is if they think they have written a...
By M Griffin on 10 September, 2009 - 1:32 pm -
It's good to hear that the ControlWiki is available. I think that we see a lot of repeats of the...
need info about certification
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By David Ferguson on 10 September, 2009 - 8:08 am -
www.isa.org Certified Automation Professional or Certified Control Systems Technician or...
Need copy of Seriberco AIM 5000 Schematic
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By ALVIN BOTELHO on 9 September, 2009 - 10:31 pm -
To M.Griffin
Thanks for going out of your way to help me I really appreciate it.
I have a...
By M Griffin on 8 September, 2009 - 12:52 am -
I have a bit of experience with their older models, but not the 5000. However, with the 4000 and...
I need to know the procedure for calibrating SRV MKV HMI.
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By walter on 9 September, 2009 - 2:10 pm -
Hello CSA, sure it helps a lot...great information
I want to perform an Autocalibrate on SRV and...
It should go without saying, but be sure the gas fuel is manually isolated upstream of the SRV, and...
By walter on 8 September, 2009 - 8:20 am -
Hello,
WE have a FRame 6001 B , Control System Speedtronic MKV TMR <I>, Fuel: GAS. (no...
I need to get my head around acronym's, and terms - so what refferences would be a good place to start, net or book.
I want to understand whether it makes sense to convert to a report by exception basis in PLCs and whether it is even possible?
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By M Griffin on 7 September, 2009 - 1:07 pm -
From what I remember about DF1, if you get rid of the AQ/NAQ then you have the same cycle as...
Mcafone,
This doesn't really answer your question, but FWIW... If your AB processors and RsLinx...
By M Griffin on 6 September, 2009 - 11:19 pm -
Yes, it is possible to use one bit as a flag to indicate that data has changed since the last poll....
I am also originally from an industry where update times are a little more critical (industrial...
You are welcomed G Brown,
I only wish that I could be of more help to you.
But Industrial...
I just wanted to thank you Ashraf and M Griffin for your responses. ...
By M Griffin on 4 September, 2009 - 12:37 am -
As another person has mentioned, there is only so much performance you can squeeze out of a 1200...
There is nothing much which you can squeeze out of 1200bps. This is a very low bandwidth, and it is...
Ok, Maybe I come from an environment of complexity, because we would never send back all the analog...
By M Griffin on 2 September, 2009 - 10:14 pm -
Like almost all protocols, Modbus is strictly client/server (or master/slave). You poll the server...
Need guidance to select suitable flow meter
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By ADEEB on 7 September, 2009 - 5:23 am -
For Battery operated flow meter, Krohne Waterflux 2070,3070 are best and recommended by many...
By JMW on 3 September, 2009 - 9:14 am -
You could try FTI (Flow Technology Inc.) they do a lot of sub sea meters and high pressure meters...
By David on 30 August, 2009 - 2:55 pm -
An accuracy chart over a range of flow velocities is shown on Page 7 of the data sheet below, so...
By RK on 29 August, 2009 - 10:14 am -
Dear Mr.David,
1. We need battery operated rate totalizer/Flow meter to monitor instantaneous...
Dear RK,
When you say that the existing meter (turbine) could not measure the "low...
By David on 26 August, 2009 - 8:31 am -
Siemens has a portable battery powered clamp-on ultrasonic flow meter for which pressure is not an...
We have about 30 PLC modeled with Mitsubishi A0J2.We use GX Developer 6.03D Program(on the XP platform) to manipulate the PLCs.Also we have M0J2 PLCs.We couldnt connect to the M0J2 PLCs using GX .
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By agg on 6 September, 2009 - 10:00 pm -
Can anyone have a download cable for Goldsec LG m0j2 PLC? Please help!...
How do you properly format the TC2K Report to print?
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It's been a very long time, but I believe the TC2KREPT.TXT file, as shipped, had page break codes...
torque and speed changes in series and parallel connections of series motors
Logics for CO2 Release systems in case of Fire
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By Ernie Romanco on 31 August, 2009 - 11:18 am -
GE fire systems have always been marginal in design and operation. In most Fire Systems you can...
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Change fields from instrumentation to design engineer
Looking to not kill myself
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By curt wuollet on 25 August, 2009 - 6:49 pm -
If you google around, you can find the US Navy electronics course in pdf available free. There is...
PE Control Systems Exam 2009
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By Elaine Tee on 24 August, 2009 - 12:51 am -
Hi - I am preparing to study for this exam. Have you started??
Elaine. ...
In a world of amazingly expensive automation gadgets, here's a $100 no moving parts server...
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By curt wuollet on 22 August, 2009 - 4:27 pm -
Thank you Michael.
Of most interest to this group would be the Samba server that does Windows...
By M Griffin on 22 August, 2009 - 12:13 pm -
The device is based on the Marvell Sheevaplug. Tonido has taken the hardware platform and added...
What is Tatsuno Pump Protocol?
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By Ricky Y. on 18 August, 2009 - 7:31 pm -
I am from the Philippines. Do you have a tatsuno protocol guide?
Thanks
Ricky...
Looking for on-line tutorials, manuals for Siemens S7 Docs
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By William Sturm on 17 August, 2009 - 8:02 pm -
I had my interview this morning and it went very well. As it turns out, their HR person led me...
By William Sturm on 16 August, 2009 - 11:15 pm -
Thanks Michael,
That is a really great overview. I have also been looking at the A-B...
By M Griffin on 16 August, 2009 - 2:05 pm -
If they are designing high end equipment with a lot of motion for the automotive industry and they...
Control Specification for GE MS 6001 heavy duty GT
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I have here for our units but Control Specs are very unit specific Denise. What do you want to do...
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