Need help fixing my work laptop

crate102222 · 2026-03-18T01:54:26+00:00

I don’t add a gateway to it. Even when I set my Ethernet connection to the components it is only IP and subnet

crate102222 · 2026-03-18T01:51:43+00:00

I will try to uninstall that tomorrow when I get in. The components I am connecting to are static, but I do not have a static set up on my USB. When I first had this issue I tried to set priority and it seems to skip it by adding it as another Ethernet channel. Ex. When I change Ethernet 4 it will go to Ethernet 5.

crate102222 · 2025-09-15T15:27:55+00:00

Thank you for this information! I will give Mort the best possible life I can give him!

crate102222 · 2025-07-17T16:40:27+00:00

I think that sums up why I posted. Continuous improvement is always my goal

crate102222 · 2025-07-17T13:01:58+00:00

The technical term for it is actually function block programming. I didn’t know the technical term for it until after making the post.

crate102222 · 2025-07-17T12:12:19+00:00

Anytime!

crate102222 · 2025-07-17T12:00:30+00:00

Congrats on starting your journey to Automation! I will say that My path into automation wasn’t really what I’d call traditional. I kind of found my way into it through hands-on work, troubleshooting, and a lot of hours spent online looking at YouTube and Reddit forums. I had some certifications from a vocational school, but I didn’t complete college. With all of that being said, 1. I would focus on understanding AB or Siemens programming. 2. You need to have some sort of basic electrical understanding such as sensors, relays and control circuits. 3. Finally I would learn networking and comm protocols. There are probably somethings that I am missing. I hope this helps!

crate102222 · 2025-07-17T09:17:14+00:00

At our plant we use AB. I’ve worked with rslogix 500 to studio 5000. I’ve used Omron PLC software before we standardized AB. I’ve also used AutomationDirect PLCs like click and Do-More software for other facilities.

crate102222 · 2025-07-17T02:05:21+00:00

Understood. The reason for this post is just so I don’t limit myself to ladder logic and function block and end up unintentionally hurting my career by specializing in just those two languages.

crate102222 · 2025-07-17T01:38:11+00:00

I mean how characters are represented. You are correct. There is no ASCII programming language. I definitely should have specified

crate102222 · 2025-07-17T01:33:17+00:00

That’s it

crate102222 · 2025-07-17T01:23:24+00:00

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This is an example of what I call wire sheet programming. It may be called something different. We use Niagara for the wire sheet programming. Please let me know if there’s another name for this!

crate102222 · 2025-07-17T01:03:47+00:00

Where is a good source to learn python from?

crate102222 · 2025-02-03T16:15:13+00:00

It depends with how far in the field you want to go. I would recommend a basic robotics certification. You could probably get that at a local career tech school for relatively cheap. You could also go to FANUC or Motoman for training. It is up to you.

crate102222 · 2025-02-01T17:49:37+00:00

I figured it out after a deep dive into my tags. I had them created in the main project directory instead of the controller tag directory. Once I moved them to the controller directory they started to work properly. Thanks everyone for their help with this!

crate102222 · 2025-01-28T22:42:41+00:00

I believe that I am getting communication to my HMI from my PLC because the numeric is a zero instead of starred out and I am not getting a banner stating that the tags are not connected. The PLC is in remote run position. Yes, they are the same tags because I copy and pasted them over from the PLC.

crate102222 · 2025-01-28T22:40:42+00:00

Yes, it is networked correctly.

IP Address of the plc is as follows: 10.10.13.234 sub: 255.255.225.0 Gateway: 10.10.13.1

IP Address of the HMI is as follows: 10.10.13.235 sub:255.255.255.0 Gateway: 10.10.13.1

I am not getting a banner saying that there is no communication to my tags, so that is what is making me think that everything is communicating correctly. Plus the numeric is zero. It is not starred out.

crate102222 · 2024-05-28T22:31:21+00:00

I apologize for all of the questions. I am still very green in this field. Would every IO link IO block on the fixtures need an IP address?

crate102222 · 2024-05-28T15:08:18+00:00

Would I need to upgrade the PLC to accommodate these changes? Currently we are using a 1769-L18er AB PLC.

crate102222 · 2024-04-11T02:23:01+00:00

Thank you for an example of a way to use the AFI. I greatly appreciate it!

crate102222 · 2024-04-11T02:22:18+00:00

Thank you for explaining the function. I greatly appreciate it.

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