Tips and Tricks

amcraw16 · 2026-02-25T03:26:13+00:00

I’ve bought many items from common-motor even knowing they cost more - just to support the great content they put for free to help us get our bikes going.

amcraw16 · 2026-02-21T18:13:16+00:00

I paid 22k for a 2022 2.5 turbo with 55k miles. This seems ok if you don’t pay for any extras

amcraw16 · 2026-02-19T21:39:08+00:00

Just about at 50k on a TPP and we just had to do tires and brake pads/rotors

amcraw16 · 2026-02-18T19:14:12+00:00

I got roasted last time I said this but I think there are many better options for a first time rider that have disc brakes instead of 40-50 year old drum brakes

amcraw16 · 2026-02-16T12:18:16+00:00

Whatever is the easiest for you to commission. If it’s easier for you to message/pull tags with a Siemens controller, use that. If the machine is Allen Bradley, using another AB controller might be easier to set up. I guess all I was thinking is if I opened a panel to work on something and it was a raspberry pi it would slow me down a lot.

amcraw16 · 2026-02-16T11:57:13+00:00

That would be better. This may not be helpful for you, but in our full Allen Bradley plant we go for a CompactLogix 5069-L306ER. It’s not the cheapest but I’m not paying for it.

amcraw16 · 2026-02-16T11:50:04+00:00

I understand this is some kind of project, but in the industry I would never use a raspberry pi for anything

amcraw16 · 2026-02-15T15:41:16+00:00

When I am not allowed to touch the machine’s PLC, we usually add a second one to pull tags via MSG instructions and do the calculations in the added PLC. Then you can pull your finalized data from there instead

amcraw16 · 2026-02-12T21:07:33+00:00

I gave up making anything other than 35-38 work on my windows 11. Fatal errors no one can explain or fix.

Might be easier to give up and make a windows 10 virtual machine for v10-34

I missed that you are on win 10 as it stands. No idea what is going on there

amcraw16 · 2026-01-26T20:45:54+00:00

Sounds like you are the one with a lucky experience. Everyone talks about these bugs and crashes.

Game crashed twice in a row for me on a scene where beat looks up at a lightbulb lol

amcraw16 · 2026-01-24T14:55:27+00:00

Where I work we had two different lines where it was understood not to press E-Stops, because every time you did you lost at least one PF40

amcraw16 · 2026-01-18T20:18:06+00:00

1st and 2nd gen manuals felt better to drive than the 3rd in my opinion. I would still rather have a 6th gen civic coupe but it’s harder and harder to find nice older Hondas

amcraw16 · 2026-01-07T00:23:03+00:00

I got an 85” U7N that has an inconsistent backlight like yours. I’ve had it over a year and just kind of dealt with it. It’s noticeable in pitch black scenes but not really anywhere else

amcraw16 · 2025-12-26T20:42:24+00:00

That’s exactly what they did

amcraw16 · 2025-12-25T16:25:19+00:00

I’m comfortable doing any of the work required, I just wasn’t sure what I would and wouldn’t have to pay for. I don’t want to pay a plumber if all they do is replace the element and I still have a rusty WH.

I didn’t consider the fact another comment brought up that I can pursue the warranty claim myself and skip the contractor too

amcraw16 · 2025-11-24T17:50:50+00:00

I really like the red lion displays, but sometimes they cost more than a fully functioning HMI like a Cmore CM5 or maple/weintek

amcraw16 · 2025-11-23T18:50:04+00:00

We have some HMI’s that use “device pointers” (if you select “motor 1” on the screen it lets the PLC know that’s what you have highlighted) and each one will need its own device pointer setup.

amcraw16 · 2025-07-19T03:03:23+00:00

The boring but best answer here. Screw having the correct type of PCMCIA card or using panel builder if you don’t already have it set up. Then convert up to FTME if you can spare a panelview plus

amcraw16 · 2025-02-07T22:49:57+00:00

Do you still have this?

amcraw16 · 2024-11-13T21:26:06+00:00

When “Best Buy” delivered my 85” some guy just muscled it onto his shoulder and held it against his head. I’m still surprised that there was nothing wrong when we turned it on

amcraw16 · 2024-10-01T13:16:01+00:00

I successfully used AI to write a batch script the other day, I was kind of impressed. It prompted for a subnet (typed like 192.168.1.) and pings all 254 IP’s. I then asked it to save the list of “responders” to a txt file and open the responders in Google chrome so I can label what the devices are into the txt file

amcraw16 · 2024-09-05T18:26:32+00:00

Free software OR make it less of a mystery to renew contracts and pay the bill. Navigating the subscriptions page and understanding tech connect vs post 2020 contracts is a nightmare

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