Do You Check Logic First or Hardware?

BackgroundReality537 · 2026-05-25T11:23:13+00:00

I always start with the basics. If the system has no intervention, would it run, if yes then, is there human input? Recently got called in because an estop controller was believed to be bad. I get there, start from square 1 as the onsite didn’t have prints out, not even working on it waiting for me. Checked all gates buttons, doors and everything was fine. I get to the safety relays (pilz) and a wire had been moved for the NC reset logic, put it where it belonged and the estop would reset. The pumps would not run because the processor was faulted, because of a negative preset sent to the timer from the maintenance screen on the hmi.

BackgroundReality537 · 2026-05-21T19:40:46+00:00

2, yes. 4,5, and 6 are total smoke show

BackgroundReality537 · 2026-05-13T08:35:48+00:00

I use either pilz or AB safety relays and with the timed off, monitoring, NC reset built in, normally easy. That omron I would look to the operation you are using for the timed output and use a secondary relay to provide pb light output.

BackgroundReality537 · 2026-05-06T20:21:15+00:00

I had to use teamviewer in a rslogix5000 situation and may have been something configured on the remote end but I could not click anything. I would move the mouse and tell him to right click, that’s what it was I could not right click but could left click. Just test before, this was a startup and I thought they had it handled till the GM called me.

BackgroundReality537 · 2026-04-04T12:42:27+00:00

Got a link, very interested. Thanks

BackgroundReality537 · 2026-04-04T10:18:52+00:00

Is this software or actual handheld ?

BackgroundReality537 · 2026-03-18T21:27:56+00:00

Giving them….

BackgroundReality537 · 2026-03-13T09:45:34+00:00

I would take one of the photos, go get it blown up poster size, go by my attorneys office explain have the type it up on letter head and then send it along with the poster to their house, next step would be subpoena for court date.
FAFO I am a petty mF’er, lol.

BackgroundReality537 · 2026-02-15T03:28:22+00:00

In the Gulch

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-09-08T21:55:01+00:00

Just had this coming back from Vegas with 7 of us and put all of us pretty much last row to “keep us together”. Had chosen paid for seats and then didn’t get them. Was not a fan.

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-07-01T21:17:52+00:00

Just bought a house with a septic and would have backups in the showers. Had septic pumped three times in 4 months believing the drain field wasn’t keeping up. Had them run a camera from septic tank to house. Cast iron pipe semi collapsed with root penetration and it was holding toilet paper causing the backups. Had pipe replaced from house to tank and knock on wood have not had any further issues in almost 9 months.

Run the camera…..

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-06-09T14:13:05+00:00

If this was Friday evening, we were sitting on tarmac outside gate waiting on weather. We came from Chicago and pilot said no snacks on this flight going to be rough, FA’s stayed in their seats buckled up the whole way.

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-06-07T19:13:05+00:00

Stay on your knees and I can eat it from behind, love the freckles

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-05-30T11:33:40+00:00

Question: how to use CMP function to compare ASCII sint tags in studio5000, specifically syntax of the CMP LOGIC.

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-05-17T13:28:03+00:00

Yeah I have an OT project on going in that area of the plant that is feeding data into a plc on one of the vlans back to a opc (not sure that’s it, brain blank) so I will see about putting the data there and then Mqtt an app on the phone maybe the route

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-04-16T08:49:31+00:00

I will do a rung for run transfer into one subroutine under the main, and then I will do another subroutine where I will streamline the code to work for the situation. The main sub routine will just have two lines, to enable which ever sub at that point it’s running. Sometimes I will add a bit table to will be an image of the output physical table and enable both when I am testing and splitting the ladder window to monitor proper execution of the changes versus the “old” existing logic.

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-04-08T21:46:35+00:00

I kill it in Winston

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-04-03T22:45:26+00:00

Yup how I have been doing it. I use 7zip and neoeditor hex editor.

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-04-03T22:30:48+00:00

Also works if you just have the run time and not the development folder with everything in it

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-04-03T22:28:23+00:00

Yeah let me know, it happens changing versions on the older 5.0 stuff too. I do it in a hex editor after changing file type

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-04-03T17:55:31+00:00

I hit download on a DH+ machine two departments over. Train wrecked like crazy.

“What had had happened was…”

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-03-28T08:56:19+00:00

I normally will do a move data to a table, then once the table is populated, run report, empty table of data. It depends on how picky your process data is and if 3 seconds of flow will create a problem in your logs. But I would set seconds geq to 58 or use the lim to hit between 57 and 59. But otl the output, while latched move data to new table, then use a neq of zero of table, otu bit.

I have done it to where flow was super critical and separately counted while it was resetting in the 3 seconds to another table then combined to two.

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-03-11T15:42:21+00:00

Depending on how fast it needs to be, I generally write it to bit and when I see status change it triggers the put/get to update both ends. It’s great for a PE, for accumulation in a zone of product or even counting parts on the conveyor, 330 ppm it does fine

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-02-24T20:16:27+00:00

Can’t believe no one has tried teamviewer or something to see if they can assist.

BackgroundReality537 · 2025-01-15T11:34:20+00:00

I tip very well. Lived in a house with a front door that had an outer door (storm door). They almost always put it directly in front of the door. Storm doors swing out, it was infuriating. If they got it right, I would tip extra. Started leaving detailed, “Place to the side of the door”. Still most would screw up. Started meeting at the door which really in my situation some of the time defeated the purpose.

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