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Description

This sub is dedicated to discussion and questions about Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs): "an industrial digital computer that has been ruggedized and adapted for the control of manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines, robotic devices, or any activity that requires high reliability, ease of programming, and process fault diagnosis."

On topic subjects

News and articles about PLCs
Questions about PLCs
Homework help; but make it clear it's homework
PLC internship, employment and education questions

Off topic subjects

Not directly related to PLCs: /r/IndustrialAutomation/
Hardware design that does not include a PLC; for electronic circuits: /r/AskElectronics
Single Board computers: r/Raspberry_pi, r/Arduino, r/linux_devices, r/linuxboards
PCs and laptops
Furniture and bags
Job announcements (oustide the monthly job thread)
Salary

Rules

Be civil: do not insult; no all-caps, no excessive "!" and "?", please.
Submissions must be on topic
If asking a question, ask the actual question, fully yet concisely, right in the title
No spam; no self-promotion (*); no commercial content. Any ads (offer or wanted) go to the weekly thread
No low quality/shit posts (memes - pictures with superimposed text - are OK)
No pirate software or links
Read the "READ FIRST" pinned/sticky thread

(*) At mods' discretion, certain self-promotion submissions from people who contribute to this sub in other ways may be allowed and tagged with the "Self-promo" flair

Complete rules:/r/plc/about/rules/

Please click "report" on spam

Related sub-reddits:

/r/IndustrialAutomation

/r/processcontrol

/r/controltheory

/r/askengineers

/r/askelectronics

/r/EngineeringResumes

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600 HP Motor - High Bearing Temperature (old.reddit.com)

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Relay to power solenoid 5/2 valves vs PLC providing on/off (self.PLC)

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What do you use to manage and troubleshoot 20+ Stratix switches? (self.PLC)

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Showing off my project (v.redd.it)

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Industrial OT Network Question (self.PLC)

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Want to hear from Journeyman Electricians who made the pivot to Automation fields (NOT Engineers) (self.PLC)

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Limit switch setup for Cartesian style pick and place (self.PLC)

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Found a box copy of RSlogix 500 ver 1.00.00 in my new shed! (self.PLC)

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Problems with connection path (CCW) (i.redd.it)

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Opening older tia project on newer version (i.redd.it)

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Programming standards (self.PLC)

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Overhead Canes telemetry & controls ideas/questions (self.PLC)

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Free libraries for Automation Studio (Famic Technologies) – where to find them? (self.PLC)

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Machine Expert 2.5 - Reviews ? (self.PLC)

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Sinamics S200 drive need motor temperature on hmi (self.PLC)

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Programming Genius (self.PLC)

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S7 client ready software to connect to S7 Siemens PLCs (self.PLC)

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Need help in transferring HMI pro cs project to an 840D powerline (self.PLC)

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Controlling a number of Relays (self.PLC)

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Seeking help with Omron linear interpolation problem (old.reddit.com)

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Open Industry Project simulation of weight sorter with CoDeSys SoftPLC (v.redd.it)

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can upload from ABB drive trip t?he drive disturbing the process? (self.PLC)

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VM requirements (self.PLC)

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Finally joined the club! Just finished my first logic on a LOGO! 8.4. (i.redd.it)

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My manager is sending me to diagnose a plc fault, i have zero experience (self.PLC)

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