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- 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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Control Specification for GE MS 6001 heavy duty GT
Looking for on-line tutorials, manuals for Siemens S7 Docs
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By William Sturm on 15 August, 2009 - 11:38 am -
Thanks for all of the links, a few look more interesting than what I found on their basic support...
By Marco on 15 August, 2009 - 6:34 am -
Hello Bill Sturm,
here you can find everything you will need to know how to program Siemens...
By Mik on 15 August, 2009 - 3:19 am -
This is definitely a web site you're looking for:
...
By kevin grey on 15 August, 2009 - 2:44 am -
Hi, You can download pretty much of their manuals. what are you looking for? do you have any PLC...
By M Griffin on 15 August, 2009 - 1:40 am -
Useful information is buried somewhere deep in the Siemens web site. Digging it out probably takes...
By Ronald on 14 August, 2009 - 11:43 pm -
Did you try www.automation.siemens.com/support?
...
7FA Tripping on Low Hyd. Trip Oil pressure
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Hi,
In addition to what has been suggested, I understand that it would be of some help to you to...
The Device Summary lists the pressure that the Dump Valves operate at, and it's usually about 20...
Dear Genprospec,
it sounds as if your trip oil pressure is indeed low, have you verified it at...
Required reference book names/author name on "Power protection system"
GE gas turbine firing temperature calculation
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By David Davis on 5 August, 2009 - 12:27 pm -
I'm updating this post because of the many inquiries we are getting for Turbine Inlet Temperature...
ISA is presenting a conference for industry sales and marketing professionals.
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 Umaima on 29 July, 2009 - 12:53 pm -
Hi there,
plz send me the source code in c for sending the data to the serial port. ...
package that will allow me to datalog from the plc directly to a SQL table
How to map variable length data to holding registers?
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By M Griffin on 27 July, 2009 - 4:12 pm -
It's always good to hear feedback. The feedback helps other people who are following the discussion...
Now, that took me some time! But I have defined the registers (and am very glad that's finally...
By M Griffin on 19 July, 2009 - 3:14 am -
I will start off by saying that what would probably help a lot is to sit down and imagine yourself...
By Sebastian Seidel on 18 July, 2009 - 4:41 pm -
Thank you very much for the swift and in-depth response, without which I would most certainly have...
By M Griffin on 16 July, 2009 - 12:39 am -
You said that you're not sure about "the max data length of many variables". They're 32...
How to check capacitor on PCB
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By Robert Scott on 25 July, 2009 - 10:55 am -
The most practical way to check a capacitor in a live circuit is to understand the role of that...
By John Correa on 24 July, 2009 - 11:20 pm -
If you can measure instantaneous current and voltage across its terminals you can calculate value...
Wiring of load side on a circuit breaker
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By Phil Corso on 24 July, 2009 - 11:13 am -
For Rob, re your request for photos...
I received message that my reply to you was...
By Phil Corso on 22 July, 2009 - 6:25 pm -
Excellent question...
In most cases bi-directional current-flow, such as a tie-breaker in a...
I am new to this forum and a GE Fanuc system integrator. Why does everybody talk about AB, Siemens and Modicon?
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By Steve Ward on 21 July, 2009 - 10:23 am -
GE Fanuc is still very active in the control market.
iFIX is still available and still being...
Has anyone setup Modbus between DeltaV and Micrologix 1200?
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By DSiler on 14 July, 2009 - 1:30 pm -
I have done it and if I recall correctly I had to slow the baud rate on the micrologix to 9600. For...
What is difference between drain and vent
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Hi
Thanks for your very useful information....
By sushant chanana on 14 July, 2009 - 7:17 am -
HI,
Vent is generally for removal of air bubbles & Non condensable gases & drain to...
By Allan Evans on 14 July, 2009 - 12:23 am -
Vent goes up.
Drain goes down...
Well, you vent trapped air/gases and you drain trapped liquids (depending on applications).
For...
3-Phase fan drive motor - AC or DC?
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By M Griffin on 12 July, 2009 - 1:45 am -
I may know something about that motor. I don't think that too many designs used an external rotor...
need information about Seals used in gas turbine for my M.Sc. Project
magazines suggestions related to software in automation
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James, Thank you for the reply. I will check them out...
By James Ingraham on 6 July, 2009 - 9:20 am -
Embedded Systems Design
Vendor-specific publications like:
The Journal (Rockwell Automation)
...
By Jeremy Pollard on 3 July, 2009 - 11:56 pm -
Manufacturing Automation (automationmag.com)
Control Design (controldesign.com)
Control...
What colors for water timer with 7 color wire
Need information about layout of registers.
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By Nick Mueller on 1 July, 2009 - 4:32 pm -
Thanks!
Your answer absolutely addressed the philosophical side of my problem.
There are...
By M Griffin on 30 June, 2009 - 9:55 am -
Yes, coils, discrete inputs, holding registers, and input registers are just different ways of...
By Mueller Nick on 30 June, 2009 - 1:03 am -
Hi!
Yes, I have read the ModBus docs. But the layout of registers, coils, inputs has so much...
By M Griffin on 28 June, 2009 - 11:04 pm -
There are four types of Modbus memory - Coils, Discrete Inputs, Holding Registers, and Input...
Can anyone recommend a good SCADA for me please?
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By Bryan J on 1 July, 2009 - 12:38 pm -
If you buy Visual Studio 2008, or download the trial version (free) you can use either Crystal...
By Ian on 1 July, 2009 - 2:21 am -
Hi,
I am a SCADA engineer and no paid advocate of reporting tools, but I can suggest crystal...
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