Is there a guideline to go by when messaging? I have over 100 message read instructions. Can I execute them all at once? Should I stagger them? What is the deciding factor to c …

I'm looking for a way to wirelessly transfer files a short distance without putting the computer 'on a network.' We have industrial computers (Windows) inside air-purged boxes for …

I'm working on a project with a GE 90-30 series PLC using Proficy. When programming in instruction list, is it possible to not power math elements? For example, right now I may w …

Scenario: Computer has Ethernet connection going to first PLC (Momentum Ethernet) with MB+ adapter which connects to second PLC (Momentum MB+). Computer doesn’t have MB+ adapter. …

I am looking for a thin client tablet for use in a wireless network. Has anyone seen a tablet with resolution of 1920 x 1200 with a touch screen?

FactoryTalk was working fine until today. After making some minor changes ( marked the audio bit on a few alarms ) any new application runtimes will not load under Station. What m …

I'm looking to monitor a pulse output from a plant's main gas flowmeter, and would rather not have to wire it back to a counter card on an unrelated PLC. The goal is to get flow lo …

This is my first time programming a PLC or Smart Relay and normally I am an embedded systems programmer. I am trying to build the circuit using WindLGC to determine direction. I h …

My client has a CNC turn grind machine that has a servo for the grind wheel motor (rotary axis constant speed). The servo operating mode is position. I would like to change the ser …

Hi, I'm having a problem with converting an RSLogix 5000 project from version 15.2 to 16.1. During the conversion 2 errors are reported: Error: G232_04_TCR: Feature not available …

Is there a method to halt the program scan and step through ladder logic rung by rung using Control Logix for troubleshooting purposes?

Problem Launching 'TagSvrTC - TagDBImpExp' An error occurred during the import/export. Tag Import/Export Wizard require the VStudio application to be open. I'm trying t …

I have a customer that is looking for assistance with a faulted processor, but I am not familiar with the Eberle PLC. Anyone out there know where I can get the software/cabling/do …

I have to communicate to a stepper motor controller and I'm using VB 2008 Express. I had thought the interface was going to be USB but the one that showed up has an ethernet interf …

I'm trying to get an Allen-Bradley Point I/O DeviceNet adapter to work with a non-AB DeviceNET master. It says I need RSNetWorx for DeviceNET to configure the PointBus (the I/O mo …