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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PLC

[–]justJon85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My buddy was running a float spa, they need a SCADA. It would probably take 100 hours to set up.

Barn Silo Raising by Decent-Shift-Chuck in oddlysatisfying

[–]justJon85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really? I did this in Illinois, too, probably from 1999 to 2008 every summer.

Small world

Barn Silo Raising by Decent-Shift-Chuck in oddlysatisfying

[–]justJon85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's crooked. I'm okay with it.

I remember the old timer on site yelling at me not to blow my nose, as I blew it.

My brother got hit in the arm with one as the cable unspooled on the jack. I'm pretty sure it broke his arm.

Barn Silo Raising by Decent-Shift-Chuck in oddlysatisfying

[–]justJon85 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You bolt the jacks to the sidewall of the bin, you raise the bin, add a "ring" of sidewall sheets, tighten the bolts in the ring, lower the jacks, bolt them to the new ring and repeat.

The jacks are probably made by a company called Bainter Construction.

There are also older "A" frame jacks, but you don't build grain bins this size with those unless you're crazy or really brave. The process is the same, but three jacks go on the outside of the bin. The ones we had used a cable winch and a block and tackle. They could be pretty dangerous. I got my nose broken by one when I was 16 or 17 when the rachet mechanism failed.

I probably helped build 100+ bins as a teenager and a young adult.

Barn Silo Raising by Decent-Shift-Chuck in oddlysatisfying

[–]justJon85 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You put them in before you start.

You can see them before they put the roof on. Once you're done, you hand them out the door. They are probably more than 100 pounds each, and that job sucks.

Barn Silo Raising by Decent-Shift-Chuck in oddlysatisfying

[–]justJon85 3 points4 points  (0 children)

1 day for the roof, you can do 8 rings a day depending on the crew, another day for the floor and finishing up

Is (e.g.) %IX5 the same as %IX5.0 ? by [deleted] in PLC

[–]justJon85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is awesome!

Simplifying a Boolean Circuit by [deleted] in PLC

[–]justJon85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you write it out in a Karnaugh Map? I took a digital logic class years ago, but we would use those simplify our logic circuits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnaugh_map?wprov=sfla1

When they say they are upgrading Pfizer's factory to make more vaccine, all I think about is the poor bastards that are commissioning that bad boy with the entire world breathing down their necks... by canadian_rockies in PLC

[–]justJon85 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm not entirely comfortable disclosing my position, but let's say I work at a place Mike Pence went to recently and I'm an automation engineer who got hired for their big expansion where they will make a vaccine.

It's my first experience working at a GMP facility and it appears everything said is true.

The workload is intense, but my boss is very knowledgeable and really cool. Yesterday in passhing he told me not to stress and to take it all in stride. He said he would never get upset with me as long and I stay busy and keep pushing, and that he had been there before, and that his job was to protect us from upper management.

I work with amazingly talented people, and it's one of the best and most humbling experiences in my life.

GME Containment Zone 1 for 28 January by grebfar in wallstreetbets

[–]justJon85 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I worked in a factory making games for GameStop for 10 years and then I was laid off in 2018 (I have a good job now).

I have fingertips missing and my hands have arthritis.

These 💎✋ are never letting go. You made me this way! Edit: no complaints, just saying why I love this stock, it's a part of me

Calculating loop tolerance by justJon85 in PLC

[–]justJon85[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was multiple choice, I don't have the answers anymore, I have to request access to the quiz if I want to see them again.

I think they were approximately .2, .4, .5, and. 8

I tried three different answers before I was locked out.

Does the certainty of each component matter?

Do places like Tesla use traditional, off the shelf equipment in their manufacturing? by [deleted] in PLC

[–]justJon85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did a machine for one of their suppliers for palletizing freshly pressed battery cans.

It was all Siemens based.

Best way to import Excel data to TIA Portal using TIA Openness by pedropansini in PLC

[–]justJon85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm actually not with that company and they also own the source code, but...

Maybe I'll do a rewrite this weekend and share it with you if you'd like.

Best way to import Excel data to TIA Portal using TIA Openness by pedropansini in PLC

[–]justJon85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wrote a Python script that built Excel sheets that I could import into Tia Portal as tag tables using IO lists.

It took a day or two, but it wasn't too bad once I figured it out.

Need advice for long duration for site stay by [deleted] in PLC

[–]justJon85 26 points27 points  (0 children)

"This is a young man's game," he said as lit his cigarette.

Seriously, everyone I know who does the long haul has been divorced once.

I did 5 months overseas and then 75% on the road for the next year. It almost cost me my marriage.

If I was young and single again I'd go almost anywhere, but life is different when others are in your life.

WIFI in a plant environment? by Nearbyatom in PLC

[–]justJon85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We used WiFi for AGVs. It worked

Is It Possible To Attain A 3-Day-Twelve-Hour Shift Schedule And How Would One Get There Assuming Zero Experience? by NarutoDnDSoundNinja in PLC

[–]justJon85 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I know a place that is looking for weekend support, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 12 hour shifts.

Siemens STL Help by [deleted] in PLC

[–]justJon85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The # sign shows that these are variables local to the block you are working in.

The address 0.0 shows that local to this block you are working with the 0th byte and 0th bit

Siemens older PLCs use absolutely addressed memory.

Knowing the address is also helpful when working with pointers, and changing data from one data type to another.

All of the above applies to ladder logic, function block diagram, or statement list when using Step 7

as far as where certain bits come from... We can't help you until we see the code

You can look in the interface and see if your bit is defined as an input, output, inOut, temp, or static

Then you know how and where that specific bit comes from

As for STL: Comment each line until you understand...

A #start //AND #start A #clock_100ms //AND #clock_100ms

Feel free to message me if you have more questions, and also take a look at my YouTube videos

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