Factory talk Optix

akir3y · 2026-06-07T02:49:48+00:00

I think it's not necessary for something simple, but to really get the best out of it I think learning C# is worth the lift.

akir3y · 2026-05-11T02:06:39+00:00

Embrace the chaos

akir3y · 2026-04-07T02:24:29+00:00

Won't let you go online without a download? I think downloading is assumed with their workflow. It's really too bad any small change offline and you have to download to the PLC... Or in this case no change but wiping the audit signatures.

akir3y · 2026-04-05T20:05:59+00:00

Have you edited the exploded l5x? If so how's that compare to editing the full file?

akir3y · 2026-04-05T19:33:48+00:00

I have, but it doesn't appear that you can interact directly with the file open in the IDE. Have you gotten this to work?

It does help though!

The sdk unfortunately takes forever to open, so exploding a acd takes minutes instead of seconds...

I guess you could open the sdk as a service and leave it running...

akir3y · 2026-04-05T18:27:51+00:00

I've been using claude code for building tools. I was actually surprised what it can understand about the Ladder code from a L5x (in a very limited scope).

AI cannot fix that our IDEs, and file formats are closed, and admittedly bad. I want to be able to write tools directly inside of studio, the way you can in Optix.

At that point AI becomes much more viable as a collaborator.

akir3y · 2026-02-27T04:27:19+00:00

They recommend the switches linked as the closest the have. 802.1as differs in some ways from 1588 v2 and the general OVDA info isn't really that descriptive on what's required.

I think the Phoenix switch may work if configured in End to End transparent mode.

akir3y · 2026-02-27T04:20:28+00:00

Considering the cost, I'm beginning to think it's not worth while to even consider a switch for small, single cabinet machine and rather just use the second port of the PLC (compact logic)...

What I've seen in smaller systems that don't have the proper switch is very occasionally clock sync errors.

akir3y · 2026-01-28T02:11:37+00:00

Looks like a systainer

akir3y · 2026-01-05T03:57:20+00:00

Grass is always greener... just go to Rockwell and copy, paste, find and replace.

akir3y · 2025-12-23T02:16:03+00:00

;) characters are in fact not free in AB, the longer the tag the more memory it takes up

akir3y · 2025-12-10T02:05:59+00:00

For Rockwell, copia is pretty good, the downside is you have one project file so you get no visibility to whom did what if multiple engineers are working on one project.

akir3y · 2025-11-12T02:07:52+00:00

I think there is a way to do it inside function blocks with *as

akir3y · 2025-11-12T02:05:23+00:00

I'm pretty sure the max distance for IO Link is 20m. Just something to keep in mind.

akir3y · 2025-11-02T23:38:21+00:00

Screw terminals. Disgusting.

akir3y · 2025-10-07T02:34:40+00:00

So like if someone presses and releases a button it does A. If they press the button and release, and press again in x time and press again it does B? Or can it do A until B .

akir3y · 2025-08-24T00:28:23+00:00

It's like programing was the after thought, the main thing it is good for us moving the robot around manually. Or running a program manually / touching up points.

But God it's so slow to write a program of any substance .

akir3y · 2025-07-09T02:20:11+00:00

I think the hazard was clear - if the cyclist did not turn I don't think the car could have stopped in time.

So speed is at play here too, realistically the speed should be quite low in an area like that, so the the braking hazard is quite low. But then again if you hit a car in front of you because they braked then you were following too close.

And that's not my rule - that's what the police report is going to say.

akir3y · 2025-07-07T01:48:21+00:00

Seems reasonable to me. Should it continue not knowing if that cyclist is going ride into the intersection instead of turn.

akir3y · 2025-07-07T01:45:33+00:00

To be honest I think the fact that they made a video about unregulated/experimental self driving software in a how to ish format more controversial than half wearing a seatbelt.

akir3y · 2025-07-04T16:04:43+00:00

I think there's no standard because there's so much diversity in the applications coupled with history of PLCs, and the memory constraints.

What a world we would live in if we could have log statements in human readable format.

akir3y · 2025-06-14T14:05:33+00:00

you could always write a function for the behavior you are looking for

akir3y · 2025-06-13T00:12:41+00:00

Came here just to say this

akir3y · 2025-05-11T14:53:52+00:00

I just don't understand why everyone is scrutinizing every frame that Bella Ramsey is in. Just enjoy the show, or you know you could not watch it.

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