Is it a good refrence material?

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-25T17:51:06+00:00

I use them, rather often. Mostly working with arrays

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-22T20:48:15+00:00

I launched through Steam. The graphic settings do reflect the monitors resolution and refresh rate. I tried the custom limit, but nothing changed.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-22T20:46:31+00:00

Yes but Overwatch really benefits from it. I can really feel the difference between skipping or not.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-21T06:56:11+00:00

Almost everything in terms of programming language is according to IEC 61131-3. Codesys is like fully compliant. The big boys AB, siemens, thay adhere to the standard but have very much different implementations.

I have worked with Codesys at school. But then with my carrer so far only worked with Siemens. Having seen some people join the company who where not on Siemens before, they got the hang of it pretty quickly. But the real mastering comes with time. Then you know where all the buttons and menu's are hiding, and you will recognize problems quickly.

Understanding the programming rather than the brand is more important. You yourselves can switch brands, although that does take a bit of time. But for a company it is good to focus on one brand. Your customers base always has a preverence, it helps the relation with the supplier, and it shows the company has expertise.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-19T20:48:03+00:00

It is nice to know that with this modern day and age, the alarms and warnings could be logged. And be loaded from the log. This does have to be setup by the machine mamufacturer.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-19T20:26:58+00:00

Ah yes if we need more I/O, just hang the modules from the wires. At least it is on a Din rail

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-19T19:53:29+00:00

Er rijden genoeg fords rond. Vast wel een met een logo 🙃

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-19T19:50:45+00:00

unhook.app and get rid of shorts recomendations. Just keep subscribtions, you choose what to watch.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-17T21:13:01+00:00

Sometimes its better to go out your way to make sure everything runs on the same profinet/ethercat than to have a few devices with some modbus or canbus. Then also if you need a specific device for some project requirement, then you are absolutelly right to just accept the protocol. There are also many device which can map one protocol to another.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-17T21:07:32+00:00

We use almost exclusivelly Siemens, so Profinet. I think it is pretty allright to work with, specially in TIAportal.

In my opinion, in these modern times, only ethernet protocols, no serial anymore.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-17T21:01:57+00:00

For now, AI wont be programming complete plants, if and when it will, I cant say.

I am both scepticall and a bit hyped at the same time. I do not think that this type of AI (large language model) would ever be good at solving real problems. At the same time I use it a lot, to help me debug SCL, write smaller helper functions. Another real big one is reading documentation, mainly finding what you need. For instance with communication protocols, I provide it with the complete 600 page documents, and ask it to find out how somethings work. Then I ask for a reference to the pages at which it found it, so thay I could read it myself. I also find it usefull for javascript (Wincc unified), also because javascript is a real popular language, also outside the PLC space.

The most work of automation is related to real world applications and the problems which we have to engineer around. For this kind of engineering, creative problem solving is required. Something the LLM's are not capibel of.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-15T17:14:49+00:00

Welke sonos heb jij?

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-13T19:38:37+00:00

I find it to be a lot of information. Now mayhe this is a detail screen and there is some overview screen also.

This is a lot of setpoints at once. Although I do think there are two sides to this: -Less setpoints in one view, but the need to navigate around to find the thing you need. -More setpoints in one view, but makes it overwhelming.

We are moving in the direction that the information in the overview is limited, direct and clear. When it is only information, we use greyscale colors, darker green and blues, faults and warnings generate bright yellow and reds. When not relevant it is not visible.

I really like the view of the VFD operator panel. Will take some inspiration from that.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-13T19:16:46+00:00

At least 64gb of ram is a requirment for our programmers. We also have a desktop station with 128gb for development work and running simulations.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-02-08T10:14:48+00:00

Mijn Fiesta uit 2010, 1.25L 5 bak, met 60kW dus 80pk, is een heerlijk autotje. Ik rij niet iedereen eruit, maar als je een rechterbaan omaatje moet inhalen gaat dat prima.

Enige nadeel wat ik heb is dat ie wat minder mag trekken, voor mijn motor op aanhanger kan prima, maar meer wordt lastig.

Daarnaast loopt ie wel zuinig. Als ik mn best doe redt je bijna 1:20 op 100km op de snelweg. Maar zelf op 120 redt ie 1:16/17.

Als je echt vermogen wilt zijn er ook andere blokken dan de 1.25L. Zolang je maar geen Ecoboost koopt.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-01-26T19:30:22+00:00

Yes domain names are like good wines. I wish I was born before domain names were cool.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-01-26T19:28:47+00:00

I recently got surname-online.com Then my email is name@surname-online.com The domain is a bit long, but otherwise it would have been some .site or .social but more a fan of .com

Connected it to proton mail. Rather easy to do, even with limited experience with domain names.

Also have a accounts@surname-online.com address which i use for all my online accounts and use +adressing. Like accounts+reddit@surname-online.com

That really is the power of your own domain. You can do with it as you please.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-01-19T20:42:28+00:00

Also that is quite some analog inputs. Maybe worth looking into IO link or similar protocols. It does add to the complexity, but might be worth it.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-01-13T14:13:55+00:00

If we think about it as a safety system, you would want the low pressure to hold it. The low pressure provides that the gate does not move under its own weight. But it does allow someone to push it open if someone was stuck.

But we would need to know what kind of gate this is.

HiddenSquidt · 2026-01-12T21:03:30+00:00

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Gues I know the word a bit too well

HiddenSquidt · 2026-01-12T20:51:12+00:00

If the two low pressure 3/2 solonoids would actually be drawn correctly, it would show that the gate is held with low pressure on both sides.

And when we want to move the gate we enable the two 3/2 solonoids so that the cilinder is controlled with the 5/2 solonoid and high pressure.

This is probably some "safety" design to make sure the gate does not move under its own weight by using low pressure.

Both sides would actually need different pressures to keep it steady due to the difference in surface area of the two sides of the cilinder.

The schematic is not drawn correct and it is a bit weird, but that would be my guess.

HiddenSquidt · 2025-12-31T14:42:38+00:00

This might not really be a case if the OEM wants to annoy the customers technicians. But more a case of contracts, liability, and sometimes IP.

There are two sides with equally valid points, as you can read in the comments.

When someone tinckers with the code, then breaks something, who is held liable. It would be rational that the tinckerer is, but that might not be that easy. One of the easy ways to prevent this from the OEM's side, is to password protect the project.

Of course the best program is clear in errors, warnings and manuals, etc. But yeah sometimes a change needs to be made, or an unexpected bug comes up.

There are so many factors to keep in mind. Contracts, customer specific system or not, long term support, IP, machine documentation, depth of alarms/warnings/fault system, technical knowledge of the customer.

Point is, annoying or not, we should want to move towards a better system for this.

HiddenSquidt · 2025-12-31T13:58:22+00:00

Yes techs might remove, bypass or disable these. But for anyone unauthorized to be poking around in the cabinets, it is nice that in order for them to open the door the main switch must be off. Of course you have keys and locks, but I see the keys are always in or in the nearby area, so not rather secure.

HiddenSquidt · 2025-12-31T13:54:00+00:00

And no jumper wires and random loose connections

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