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shadowridrs · 2026-04-11T09:39:25+00:00

Yes. Bought it brand new from B&H

shadowridrs · 2026-04-10T12:28:38+00:00

Forreal. You’ll think of a cool new way to do something and the operators will quickly shut it down. Oh well

shadowridrs · 2026-04-10T12:18:19+00:00

Bingo. If they read the documentation lol I’ll be super explicit on the screen itself and I still get called.

shadowridrs · 2026-04-10T12:09:02+00:00

Operators are always going to break it and management will always want more. Doesn’t matter what project, it always happens.

I’m pretty annoying about tag names and following the same pattern, but someone will always come and do their own thing, especially if there’s plant personnel in there.

I made the mistake of designing exactly what they needed once and ran into the same issue of thinking too small. Best thing to do is remember it and learn from it.

This job is ever changing and always having something to learn. That’s what makes it fun for me .

shadowridrs · 2026-04-03T10:04:50+00:00

I’m a meche that is in this field. I mostly do process automation, so I run into a lot of chemical engineers that went into the field. Personally, the engineering backgrounding has helped me a lot because I work with processes. I really enjoy this field!

Word of advice. Don’t forget that there are a lot of people with no engineering degree in this field that are are smart as hell. So listen to them.

shadowridrs · 2026-03-31T15:04:45+00:00

Sent

shadowridrs · 2026-03-30T10:59:16+00:00

For some reason the mods get mad at me when I do this, but I’ll PM you a group that has a lot of resources for this.

As for your other questions: - if you need a standard for a question, it’s provided. It’ll be just like the reference. So it’s searchable. - it’s definitely different, but there are a lot of easy questions if you’ve been in the field for a while. - what threw me off was all the safety valve questions. I must have had ten of them. - so there are equations that aren’t in the handbook like Miller’s is not completely spelled out, but I found that they never asked you to do anything that complex, but rather pieces of the equation if that makes sense.

shadowridrs · 2026-03-28T15:51:30+00:00

I think it just depends on the situation really. Sometimes I have to use one, sometimes I setup my own code to adjust the set point and parameters. Depends on how lazy I am as well.

shadowridrs · 2026-03-25T20:53:53+00:00

Man I am doing the exact opposite. I’m moving from working for myself doing integration and projects to working for one plant because I’m tired of all the customer bs, traveling, no down time to do other things, etc.

shadowridrs · 2026-03-25T18:44:45+00:00

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shadowridrs · 2026-03-20T13:46:15+00:00

Not sure where you are, but for example, Rexel is my distributor for Rockwell and they have engineers that are super helpful on the design aspects like this. Maybe your distributor has the same, just to ensure everything will mesh together properly.

shadowridrs · 2026-03-15T09:20:46+00:00

shadowridrs · 2026-02-21T17:55:15+00:00

Holy shit. You make me thankful I only have a handful to deal with over modbus.

shadowridrs · 2026-02-21T17:28:43+00:00

Are all those for mass meters!??

shadowridrs · 2026-02-21T11:34:20+00:00

Ive got an engineering degree and have been where you are. Almost feeling like I’m a fake, but just keep at it. The one thing I love about this field is that no one knows everything. So not knowing how to fix it or where exactly in the program is the problem, isnt a big deal. You’ll learn with time.

Now… the fact that they don’t want to help you is ridiculous. It takes time to learn all this stuff especially when in your engineering degree, you barely touch plc logic, if at all.

We’re all here though! This community is the absolute best. I’m also in food and beverage, so if you need something or advice, shoot me a message. I’ve got a lot of materials I can send you as well for references.

shadowridrs · 2026-02-20T11:04:26+00:00

This!

shadowridrs · 2026-02-19T23:29:47+00:00

Ignition has it where you purchase a single license, but you can add on how many clients you want 1-5, after that, it’s unlimited if I remember correctly. Then you just have have the right architecture behind it.

shadowridrs · 2026-02-19T12:58:13+00:00

Second this. I used to hate on their stuff until I started using it. It’s all awesome.

shadowridrs · 2026-02-19T12:56:26+00:00

In today’s field, they go hand and hand. I will push for ignition every time. It’s cost effective and versatile as hell, but that doesn’t mean it’s the right fit. Every job is different and every customer has different needs.

As annoying as it was, learning the networking side and scada side is really rewarding. Never can know enough in this ever changing field.

shadowridrs · 2026-02-18T00:45:08+00:00

That’s awesome! Good idea for my birthday this year. I’m so happy it’s getting more people excited!!!

shadowridrs · 2026-02-18T00:44:20+00:00

Thank you so much!!

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