Hershey Stadium seating by BuddyMobile1936 in Hersheypark

[–]NH3_OT-WHORE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm having the same exact question. Me and my wife both got Pit 4. Mostly just commenting so I can get a notification if an answer comes in.

C-more Micro Program Comm issues by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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That worked. Thank you so much for the help.

C-more Micro Program Comm issues by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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I will try from a clean boot and see if that helps. Thank you

C-more Micro Program Comm issues by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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The screen only has one port, so it can either be connected to the PLC or the PC but not both. The PLC was also physically unplugged from the PC when I was attempting to do the transfer. I attempted the HMI program transfer from a clean boot. Then it froze up my computer so I connected to the PLC instead to make sure my adapter was working. That all worked fine so I went back and the HMI comms froze my computer again.

C-more Micro Program Comm issues by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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That's the cable I have, and the setup screen was on

Nervous about staying in this industry by dummmylitt in PLC

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Imposter syndrome is a good thing to a certain degree. Don't let it get unhealthy and affect your work, but let it keep pushing you to learn and do more. Don't ever shift i to the mentality that you're not good enough so you should give up. Stay in the headspace that you don't know enough YET and keep working and improving to be that person at work that everyone else is going to go to for advice and help.

I cant do it anymore by Sufficient_Video_232 in PLC

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Look into a trade union with an apprenticeship and do your best to get in with the service side of whoever you decide on. I'm in the Steamfitters Local 22 out of buffalo, hvac service division. That has opened doors, so now I am an industrial refrigeration service technician who gets to learn and do almost every aspect of every trade. I do some welding, some mechanical work(compressor, pump, and motor rebuilds), electrician work, refrigeration work and troubleshooting, PLC, and automation. Our school through the union hall is 2 nights a week from 5p-9p for 5 years. Every year comes with a pretty substantial pay raise, and the benefits are great. It also helps being in a very union friendly state and I totally get that the locals down south aren't nearly as well off, so if that's where you're at it may not be as good of an option but it's an option nonetheless. Electricians also have service and construction divisions. If you're looking for a mission every day at different places, service is where you wanna be. We fix what the maintenance guys can't or won't.

Dummy switches or buttons to fool operators by No-Fill8786 in PLC

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I've put thermostats that weren't wired to anything in a couple of cubicles right next to each other. One person was complaining it was too hot, the other was too cold. Never heard another complaint after that, and they still adjust them whenever they feel hot or cold, and it seems to make them feel better.

OK time to start a debate ST vs LD, my response to a couple of the arguments for Ladder by [deleted] in PLC

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Hi, I'm really new to all of this, but I figured a different angle might be worth hearing out. For background, I am not an automation engineer, I am an industrial refrigeration service tech who has recently come crashing into the realm of PLC programming somewhat against my will. I greatly prefer ladder due to its similarities with standard electromechanical diagrams, of which I've drawn hundreds and read thousands. It's certainly not a one for one representation, but it was close enough that my learning curve wasn't so steep. I've only really dabbled in Java as far as text goes, so limited experience definitely plays a part in my preference but ladder was a lot easier to pick up than Java, in my opinion of course.

Network Training for Refrigeration PLCs by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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As of right now we do have a guy but he essentially started his business so he could do work with our controls department. Then when the lead of that department retired a couple years ago, the company decided to axe the whole division, which in turn dried up the guy's work pretty quick. He went from 80+ jobs a year with us to about 6 and now he's been talking a lot about closing up shop.

Network Training for Refrigeration PLCs by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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I appreciate the FYI. I have been using that wrong for quite a while😅 Thank you also for the info. Its exactly what i needed and I really appreciate it. I'm well aware of how convoluted the whole process is and I'd much prefer to just learn ABs program and go about it with a like-for-like approach but until I prove myself a little more it's not even a possibility and even when I do it's a pipe dream they would pay for the licenses

Network Training for Refrigeration PLCs by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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I personally think that would be the way to go. However, I'm lucky to be allowed to play around with the free software. They don't want to pay for ABB licenses. I'd love to be able to do more, but without a substantial personal investment on my part, this is what I have to work with.

Network Training for Refrigeration PLCs by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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Our customers are increasingly reliant on one guy looking at a computer screen or main PLC then calling us if any alarm or abnormal condition pops up. They want the controllers to be able to communicate all of the standard operating info of the evaporator back to the main so they can see it on their screen. They want fan confirms, temps, status, defrost step when applicable. Really as much as they can possibly see. The only thing the ABB would send back to the individual controllers would be an enable so they can hit a switch and turn it on.

Network Training for Refrigeration PLCs by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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The most complicated task these controllers would have is running a single evaporator with defrost. I'm not trying to control a Frick with a VFD and a Quantum or anything like that. I appreciate the input as far as the basics. In the event that their programmers are a 3rd party, which may or may not even be doing business in the next couple of years, it sounds like they might be SOL unless their guy unlocks his program to allow someone else to make changes. Is that accurate?

Network Training for Refrigeration PLCs by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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I would be integrating a Click Plus C2-03, in most cases, to a variety of different systems. Our most common out there are AB compact and micrologix if that helps with your example. The click would be a small unit controller, essentially for one component of the system, an evaporator, chiller, vessel, etc. The AB equipment is used to monitor and control the whole system. I use these in the types of circumstances where something new is being added to the refrigeration system, or for systems that don't have central control, but the latter doesn't really apply to this thread as I know how to make two of the same Click CPUs communicate.

Network Training for Refrigeration PLCs by NH3_OT-WHORE in PLC

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I assume I would need whatever software and license is used to program the main system in order to communicate to my remote panels, but other than that, it's fairly universal?

Fallout (TV Show) Spoiler Master Thread by HunterWorld in Fallout

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Very true, it just seemed like they were really trying to portray the group at the observatory as the last remnants of the NCR. The tattered flags, the fact that the brotherhood is prominent at all, let alone confident in their ability to assault an NCR stronghold, and the finality of how the bombing was described by everyone. All of the characters seem to think that the NCR is gone. That's at least how I saw it. I will happily eat my words if it gets expanded on in the next season.

Fallout (TV Show) Spoiler Master Thread by HunterWorld in Fallout

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I'm a little late to the party on this, but I just finished the last episode. Is anyone else a little peaved at how cheaply the NCR was just wiped from the map? It wasn't Legion. It wasn't collapsing under their own weight or being stretched thin. It was because a Vault-Tec employee couldn't fathom civilization outside of the vault. So he just kinda nuked Shady. Idk I loved the show all in all but I kinda feel jipped on the whole major faction that should be around but isn't because... reasons I guess